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Doom Eternal Would Come To Google Stadia Game Streaming Platform

Streaming seems to be the latest trend, and Google has also released its own gaming streaming service named Google Stadia. The announcement was made by Phil Harrison, the company VP during the Google GDC 2019 keynote. Now, the game streaming platform of Google attracted some game devs, and it seems that Doom Eternal would also come to Stadia.

Doom Eternal would come to Stadia, an id Software executive said

Various games are supposed to run on the hardware, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was one of the big names featured here. However, Marty Stratton, the id Software executive producer announced that Doom Eternal would be coming to Stadia as well.

According to Stratton, it’s great to play the game on Stadia, and it looks just as great. The game is a sequel to Doom, which was released back in 2016. The game will be available in true 4K HDR at 60 FPS.

What is Google Stadia, the tech giant’s game streaming platform?

The cloud gaming platform aims to get players and developers together on one platform. More than that, Stadia aims to include spectators as well. For instance, during the Google presentation, we were shown that it is possible to watch a game trailer on YouTube and then start playing the game in just a couple of seconds thanks to streaming.

Cross-platform support will also be available on Stadia. According to Harrison, Google Stadia will allow you to play with others, no matter which platform they used. Game stats and save files can be saved in the cloud as well, which makes it easier to play on different platforms as well.

We also know that Stadia will work on multiple platforms, such as mobile phones, TVs, tablets, laptops, and desktops. The service will be able to stream games up to 4K HDR at 60 FPS, but Google plans to enhance this in the future, and the service should be able to stream games up to 8K resolution. Google is also going to release its own controller. It would be lovely to see a game like Doom Eternal on Google Stadia, but we guess that’s only the beginning and more video games would accept Google’s game streaming platform.

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Google Stadia Is The New Game Streaming Platform

Google Stadia is the new game streaming platform the giant Internet company presented yesterday, and it promises to make available graphically-intensive games to everyone with a Chrome browser.

What novelties does Google Stadia bring?

Unlike streaming services such as Nvidia, Google Stadia “is built on an infrastructure no one else has,” as Majd Bakar, Stadia head of engineering said. If until now games were provided on a remote server that created latency, Stadia promises that rendering will be powerful. Google relies on “fiber optic links and subsea cables between hundreds of points of presence and more than 7,500 edge node locations around the globe, all connected with our network backbone.”

Gadget switching and split-screen multiplayer in Google Stadia

Players will be able to shift gadgets during the games and will allow players to share game states or save files. Another great thing is that it will enable split-screen local multiplayer on a single display, which was until now limited because games had to render two scenes at the same time.

Google Stadia was built on Linux servers and using Vulkan API. To make it, Google teamed up with AMD to create a custom sophisticated GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) with “more than ten teraflops of power.” Google also came with a custom CPU as “to make up a single Stadia instance.”

As Google CEO Sundar Pichai says, “games should be instantly enjoyable, with access for everyone.” Stadia will be available on “desktops, laptops, TV, tablets, and phones” with existing USB devices such as controllers, keyboards, mice.

Google Stadia and YouTube

Google said they would also release a controller with a button for sharing gameplay to YouTube. People who watch YouTube will be able to press “Play now” at the end of the video and go back to the game in less than 5 seconds.

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Twitch Game Streaming Site Is Blocked in China After Gaining Popularity

As we speak, the famous Twitch game streaming site is blocked in China, and its iOS app was deleted from the local App Store after it experienced a boost in popularity during August. Twitch confirmed the news to the folks from The Verge but did not offer details in this regard.

In August this year, Twitch positioned the third most popular app in China, among free apps, as the Chinese people downloaded the famous application to watch live the e-sports matches at the Asian Games. Also, according to The Verge, during the peak of the competition, 23 times more Chinese downloaded the Twitch app.

This ban against Amazon’s Twitch is in line with the recent policy followed by the Chinese Government to block Western apps that increase in popularity across China, as a measure of caution. Also, Facebook and Twitter remain banned indefinitely, while Google, which missed form the Chinese market for eight years, is now developing a censored search engine to regain this vast Asian market.

The Twitch game streaming site is now blocked in China

The Chinese decided to block Twitch after the app massively increased in popularity in August. However, the decision was not implemented consistently, and while the majority of China’s provinces doesn’t have access to the game streaming site, some region scattered in Northern and Southern China could still access the platform yesterday.

For the majority of the IT&C companies, the Chinese Government’s decision to ban the Twitch game streaming platform is just another proof of the Chinese censorship on the Western platforms and companies. However, for one firm, in particular, Steam, the situation is very upsetting as the renowned games platform has some significant plans for the Eastern markets, including China.

Valve planned to launch a Chinese version of Steam, but they went dark soon after the announcement was made. Most likely, the Chinese market is not the best option right now for Western companies to expand.

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