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Pretty important for longer play sessions.

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A new update for RPG dungeon crawler Demeo adds saving mid-campaign and the ability to load previous saves.
Players can store three multiplayer saves and three saves for the single-player skirmish mode.
The update also adds new cards, notifications, and fixes.

Demeo, a dungeon crawling RPG playable entirely in virtual reality on Oculus Quest 2 and other headsets, has finally added a save feature via the latest update.

The game originally launched last May with one campaign and added another, Realm of the Rat King, a month later. While each campaign was broken down into a series of separate dungeons, a complete playthrough could take at least an hour. Getting together four friends and playing non-stop, without breaks or someone needing to leave mid-campaign, could be a challenge.

Players can now save their progress mid-campaign and load it up anytime with the new update. Creating checkpoints works with both multip…

Physics based fighter Mad Streets also coming soon to Stadia.

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Google announced two more games coming to the Stadia store this year.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be coming to Stadia on Tuesday, October 26.
Beat ’em up party game Mad Streets will be coming soon to Stadia.

The Stadia store will add two more games to its catalog with one coming as soon as next week, Google announced in a blog post today.

The first game is Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The action RPG retells the events of Dragon Ball Z through battles featuring iconic enemies such as Frieza and Cell in destructible environments. Players can also take on side quests, participate in activities like fishing or driving, and build relationships with other Dragon Ball Z characters.

The game initially released for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in January 2020 and was ported to Nintendo Switch last month. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be coming to the Stadia store on Tuesday, Oct…

No Stadia sign-in required.

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AT&T Wireless customers can play Batman: Arkham Knight for free on PC through Stadia’s streaming service without needing a Stadia account.
This is the first example of Google lending its Stadia tech to other companies without using the Stadia name or store.
Batman: Arkham Knight can be played for a limited time and is not available to purchase from the Stadia store.

Google is partnering with AT&T to offer the telecommunication company’s customers a free version of Batman: Arkham Knight streamed through Stadia’s service without needing to sign into a Stadia account.

9to5Google reports that AT&T Wireless users can play Batman: Arkham Knight for free streamed through Google Chrome or another Chromium-based web browser on a desktop or laptop. Users sign in with their AT&T phone number and billing zip code, and can play the game in full-screen at 1080p resolution using either keyboard and mouse or a compatible third-…

Over the next five years.

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Facebook plans to create up to 10,000 jobs including highly specialized engineers within the European Union to help build the “metaverse.”
The metaverse is being called the next computing platform and uses virtual and augmented reality interconnected with real life.
The company will create these jobs over the next five years and will be working alongside European lawmakers.

Facebook announced that it plans to create up to 10,000 high-skilled jobs within the European Union (EU) over the next five years to help build the “metaverse.”

The company defined the metaverse as “a set of virtual spaces where you can create and explore with other people who aren’t in the same physical space as you” when it announced an initial $50 million investment in programs and external research in the project last month.

This online world would be accessed through virtual and augmented reality, such as the social network’s Oculus Quest 2 wireless VR he…

Lightweight, portable, and meant for relaxation.

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The HTC Vive Flow are lightweight smart glasses that wirelessly connect to Android phones to stream content and apps.
The new hardware focuses on meditation, brain training, business collaboration, and watching TV shows or movies than running demanding games or apps.
Coming this November for $499 with preorders beginning today.

HTC announced the new Vive Flow smart glasses at the company’s Go with the Flow event on Thursday after teasing the hardware with pictures of its carrying case last month. The Vive Flow is not a standalone virtual reality headset like the Oculus Quest 2, but a pair of immersive glasses that connect wirelessly to a 5G Android smartphone and can stream apps, TV shows, and movies with the phone used as a controller.

The device contains screens that support a 100-degree field of view, 3.2K resolution, and 75 Hz refresh rate alongside full 3D spatial audio which can also connect to externa…

Ghost Recon also celebrating an anniversary with free stuff.

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Assassin’s Creed Rogue and The Falconeer are now available on the Stadia Store.
Far Cry 6 launches on October 7 and players can get a free Stadia Premiere Edition from buying the game.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands both giving away free add-ons for a limited time.

Google announced a few new Stadia games already available or coming later this week to the Stadia store alongside free add-ons for two Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon games.

Aerial combat game The Falconeer launched on the Stadia store earlier this week for $20. The BAFTA-nominated game also comes in a “Warrior Edition” for $30 that contains two add-ons, The Hunter and Edge of the World, which can be purchased separately.

The other game already released this week is Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered. The remaster of the 2014 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game includes two bonus missions from the origi…

Google recently announced that its Stadia video game streaming service will be available for more Android TV devices. Before, people who wanted to stream games from the cloud to their televisions needed the aging Chromecast Ultra. While the Chromecast Ultra worked well and was bundled with the Stadia Controller, it was the only option to play Stadia games on the television. Here is a list of every Android TV model that will officially support Stadia.

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Chromecast with Google TV – Snow

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The Chromecast with Google TV replaces the Chromecast Ultra and does everything of its predecessor and more. It can cast content from an Android or iOS device, allow users to browse content among several apps without switching, and control smart home devices. It also comes with a dedicated voice remote equipped with Google Assistant.

$50 at Google $50 at Best Buy

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Hisense Android Smart TVs (U7G, U8G, U9G)

Those looking to upgrade their screen can go with the…

Comes with some caveats to regain control.

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A GitHub script allows Oculus Quest 2 owners to unlink the Facebook account attached to their virtual reality headset.
A Facebook account and credit card are required to initially run the tool.
The tool unlinks the always-required Facebook account but also disables other Oculus features.

There is a new tool that lets Oculus Quest 2 owners remove the Facebook account requirement from their virtual reality headsets.

‘Oculess’ is a script that can be sideloaded onto the Oculus Quest 2 to log the user out of Facebook while still making the headset usable. The specific tool comes after Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp suffered an outage globally earlier this week. The Oculus Quest 2 and Ray-Ban Stories glasses were also rendered useless during the outage since all require an active Facebook account.

The tool can unlink the Facebook account from the Oculus Quest 2 so that it can still work even if the social media net…

Best answer: Yes, you can play Stadia games on Google TV. There’s a limited list of hardware that officially supports Stadia through Google TV. Still, any device that can run Google TV will play Stadia games in some capacity.

Official Google TV devices

If you’ve ever asked yourself: Can I play Stadia on Google TV? It’s important to note when Google Stadia first launched in November 2019, users could stream games directly to their PC, television, and some mobile devices through the cloud. However, during that time, the only way to play Stadia games through the television was through the company’s own Chromecast Ultra device with a Stadia controller.

But times change. In mid-2021 when Google announced it was extending Stadia support to more existing hardware. The list of officially supported devices includes the following:

Chromecast with Google TV
Hisense Android Smart TVs (U7G, U8G, U9G)
Nvidia Shield TV and Shield TV Pro
Onn FHD Streaming Stick and UHD Streaming Device
Panasoni…

All hardware that supports Google Stadia.

Finding a complete list of Stadia devices can be tricky. Most of the best Android phones support it by default, or you can hook up one of several streaming devices to your TV for a more traditional gaming experience. However, it is not always clear which Stadia-enabled hardware is officially supported or not. Below are all the Stadia-compatible phones, tablets, computers, and TVs today, as well as the devices that have planned Stadia support in the future.

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All Stadia Compatible Android Phones

So long as your Android phone is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or better — and if it isn’t, you really should upgrade already — Stadia should technically run on it. If you want it to run Stadia well, Google has a list of officially supported devices that should play Stadia games as intended. You can see…