Articles by David Jagneaux

Stadia is kicking off the last month of 2020 with a bang.

What you need to know

Outcasters and Submerged: Hidden Depths are both out now for $20 each or free for Pro subscribers.
ESO is free for Stadia Pro subscribers from today until 7 a.m. PT on Dec. 9.
Six new games hit Stadia Pro this week, including Hitman 2 and Into the Breach.
Valkyria Chronicles 4: Complete Edition launching on Dec. 8.

Google Stadia just passed the one-year anniversary mark last month and over the past year, it’s grown considerably. Looking at the list of every game on Stadia the consistent quality of its Pro subscription offering is becoming apparent.

Google is kicking off the last month of 2020 with a bang as well by launching two brand new Stadia-exclusives today that are being added into the Pro subscription, as well as six new games for Pro earlier this week.

The two new exclusives titles releasing today are Outcasters, a quirky twin-stick shooter with cute blob-like characters, and Submerged: Hid…

Mixing the quirky charm of Fall Guys with an inventive twin-stick shooting format.

Slowly but surely, Google is building out a library of quality Stadia games. With recent examples such as Destiny 2 and Super Bomberman R Online both going free-to-play for anyone and everyone, the ecosystem should be thriving with new users. That’s why it could be the perfect time to launch an addictive and fun new competitive game like Outcasters.

The premise here is pretty simple: You dress up your little squishy blob character in different outfits, shoot fireballs at each other, and unlock new customization options along the way. It controls like a twin-stick shooter and has just enough quirky charm to feel like its own beast, but it’s still lacking enough depth and variety to get a wholesale recommendation.

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Outcasters

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What you need to know

Super Bomberman R Online is now available to play, for free, for anyone, via Google Stadia.
Google Stadia Pro subscription is not required at all.
You can play the game right now in your web browser with a free Stadia account right here.

Joining Destiny 2: New Light, Super Bomberman R Online is only the second game to be available entirely for free to anyone and everyone on Google Stadia starting today. All you need to do to play right now is have an active Google account, so you can sign into Stadia and jump into the game using a compatible web browser, the Stadia app, or a compatible Chromecast device.

Super Bomberman R Online is a multiplayer-focused battle royale-style version of the classic Bomberman formula that pits 64-players against one another in a massive map to battle it out and be the last bomber standing. It even features a litany of iconic character skins from the wide range of Konami properties, such as Snake from Metal Gear Solid, Pyramid H…

LittleBigPlanet’s star finally gets the full spotlight.

I’ve always felt like the LittleBigPlanet universe had a lot more potential than Sony seemed to give it credit for. Sackboy is iconic and identifiable in a way few video game characters are and platformers have always been tried-and-true formats for delivering mascot characters in the game industry.

Whereas the mainline LBP games tended to drift more towards creation platforms with user-levels overshadowing the brief campaigns, there is tremendous potential for a fully-realized adventure to rival the likes of Mario, Crash, and Sonic. From what I’ve seen so far, Sumo Digital seems to have finally pulled it off.

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Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Bottom line: Sackboy: A Big Adventure is basically just the PlayStation version of Super Mario 3D World and that’s totally fin…