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Watch Dogs: Legion gets loads of new free and paid content today.

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Stadia Pro members can claim Darksiders 2, Little Big Workshop, and Wave Break in September.
Watch Dogs: Legion adds free missions, modes, and paid season pass content with an Assassin’s Creed crossover today.
Destiny 2’s latest expansion, The Witch Queen, is now available for preorder in the Stadia store.

Google announced the latest Stadia Pro games that subscribers can claim beginning in September alongside new content for Watch Dogs: Legion and a preorder for the newest Destiny 2 expansion available today.

Stadia Pro members can claim Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition, Little Big Workshop, and Wave Break starting on September 1. The company noted that subscribers can still claim Blue Fire, Chronos, and Gunsport until August 31.

Watch Dogs: Legion received both paid and free content now available. Season pass owners can play as Darcy, a member of the Assassin Order from the Assassin’s Cr…

Available today alongside the Season of the Lost.

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Destiny 2 now supports cross-platform play starting today.
Cross-platform play includes Stadia, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
The feature comes as the game kicks off its 15th season, Season of the Lost, today.

Destiny 2 now fully supports cross-platform multiplayer between Stadia and other platforms, developer Bungie announced during its Destiny 2 Showcase 2021 livestream on Tuesday.

The free-to-play online multiplayer shooter can now be played with friends across the Stadia, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox versions at no additional cost. The Stadia version has supported cross-platform saving since 2019, which allowed players to migrate progression and rewards between platforms, but not cross-play Bungie had announced cross-play support would be coming sometime in 2021 last year, but could not confirm an exact date.

A big criticism of Destiny 2 on Stadia, which was one of the launch titles for the cloud streaming p…

Humankind on Stadia is a Civilization alternative with alternative civilizations.

Humankind has been marketed as the “magnum opus” for its developer Amplitude Studios, creators of other 4X turn-based games Endless Space and Endless Legend. The game offers some fresh ideas but ultimately needs to be polished a bit more before it can reach its potential.

There are ways it could be improved. Amplitude can polish and refine through the inevitable post-launch support that is commonplace within the strategy genre, and plenty of helpful in-game and video tutorials can combat early-game confusion. However, it also touts exclusive Stadia features that don’t feel quite exclusive. The Stadia version is also lacking compared to the other PC versions depending on how important mod support and multiplayer is to you.

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Beat’em up RPG Young Souls also launches on Stadia today.

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Humankind and Young Souls launches on the Stadia store today.
Stadia Pro members can play The Elder Scrolls Online for free until next week.
YouTube Premium offers three months of Stadia Pro for new users.

Google covered a few announcements about Stadia in a blog post today concerning new games launching on the platform today, upcoming games and expansions, and another free play weekend for Stadia Pro subscribers.

Amplitude Studios’ 4X turn-based strategy game Humankind launches on Stadia today with both standard and digital deluxe editions. The game will support Stadia-exclusive features such as State Share and direct touch controls for mobile, though the latter is only available for Android with mobile web on iOS coming soon. Young Souls, a 2D brawler and RPG, is also launching on Stadia today for $25.

Google noted that the new Marvel’s Avengers expansion Black Panther – War for Wakanda is now av…

New Stadia Pro games also available to claim this month.

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New Play and Watch with Google TV Package contains Chromecast with Google TV and Stadia controller.
Stadia Pro members can claim five new games for August.
Stadia Pro members can also play Far Cry 5 for free this weekend.

Google announced a new Stadia bundle that replaces the Premiere Edition, alongside new Stadia Pro games and another free weekend in a blog post today.

The Play and Watch with Google TV Package bundles the Chromecast with Google TV and a Stadia controller for $100, and the store listing boasts a savings of $19 if you buy them together rather than separately. Google added the Chromecast with Google TV as an official device that can play Stadia with other Android TV devices last June.

The new bundle does replace the old Premiere Edition, but it is still available in the shop at an $80 discounted price. It contains a Stadia controller and the old Chromecast Ultra while supplies last.

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Control Ultimate Edition also launches today in the Stadia store.

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Stadia Pro members can play another two games for free this weekend only.
The two games are Marvel’s Avengers and Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game.
Control Ultimate Edition launches on the Stadia store today.

Stadia Pro subscribers can enjoy two free games to play this weekend only alongside another new game joining the store today, Google announced on its Stadia Community blog.

Those with a Stadia Pro subscription can play Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers and Sega’s recently released Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game this weekend only. The free weekend begins on Thursday, July 29 at 9 a.m. PT and ends at the same time on Monday, August 2.

Marvel’s Avengers received new cosmetic packs for each of its heroes last week and both editions of the game are currently on sale, alongside some of the best Stadia games in the store, until Wednesday, July 28. Meanwhile, …

YouTube creators can easily play with viewers in select Stadia games.

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Stadia’s Crowd Play feature is in beta via application.
Lets YouTube streamers play alongside viewers in games while they watch the stream.
Requires a Stadia account, a YouTube account, and owning one of several games that support the feature.

YouTube streamers can now sign up to test Stadia’s Crowd Play feature, which allows viewers to jump into select Stadia multiplayer games and play alongside the streamer while watching the stream, Google announced on Friday.

The company showed off how the feature works in a short video using one of the games that supports it, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game. Beta users will need to link their YouTube and Stadia accounts, then activate the feature before starting the livestream. Top viewers will receive an invitation to join after selecting a sport within the game, and the streamer can choose to continue playing with the same viewer…

Two new games in the store and more content for Marvel’s Avengers.

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Cris Tales launches on Stadia today.
One Piece: World Seeker Premium Edition is now available to purchase from the Stadia store.
Marvel’s Avengers receives several packs of paid add-on content.

Two more games have launched on the Stadia store this week, and Marvel’s Avengers has added various paid cosmetic add-ons, Google announced in its weekly blog post today.

Cris Tales launched on the Stadia store today and can be purchased for $39.99. The turn-based role-playing game has been noted as a love letter to classic Japanese RPGs and was developed by Colombian game studios Dreams Uncorporated and Syck.

The other game now available on the Stadia store is One Piece: World Seeker. The open-world action-adventure game from developer Ganbarion and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment was originally launched for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019. The Stadia version is positioned as the Premi…

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 a Chromecast Ultra to your TV for a more traditional gaming experience. But in terms of Stadia on Android tablets, Stadia iOS support, Stadia on Android TV, or even Stadia on Chromebooks, it’s not always clear which will work or which will work well. 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 s…

A few more games will be free for Stadia Pro members starting July 1.

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Stadia announced four games for Stadia Pro members to claim in July.
The four games are Moonlighter, Street Power Football, Terraria, and The Darkside Detective
Rainbow Six Siege also comes to Stadia on June 30.

Stadia revealed four games that Stadia Pro subscribers can claim starting the first week of July alongside other game announcements in its weekly blog post.

The four games that can be claimed starting on July 1 are action RPG Moonlighter, arcade soccer game Street Power Football, 2D survival sandbox Terraria, and point-and-click adventure game The Darkside Detective. Meanwhile, Pro members have until Wednesday, June 30 to claim Steamworld Dig, Ary & Secret of Seasons, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Pikuniku, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard for free.

The company also said in its post that Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available on the platform on June 3…