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Disney isn't bringing video games to its new streaming platform News Apr 12th, 2019

Disney isn't bringing video games to its new streaming platform

Follows CEO Iger saying that licensing is the best means of being involved in video games

Microsoft: Google has tech and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed News Apr 9th, 2019

Microsoft: Google has tech and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed

Xbox marketing boss Nichols is first Big M exec to weigh in on the platform

Cloud tech startup Polystream secures $12 million to develop 3D streaming services News Apr 2nd, 2019

Cloud tech startup Polystream secures $12 million to develop 3D streaming services

Wargaming's investment suggests Polystream is getting into games

Tencent is preparing to test another streaming platform Start in China News Mar 29th, 2019

Tencent is preparing to test another streaming platform Start in China

Appears to be separate to Intel Instant Play partnership

Google is certain Stadia won’t go the way of Google+ News Mar 20th, 2019

Google is certain Stadia won’t go the way of Google+

"This is not a trivial project by any means”

Here's where the name for Google's Stadia might have come from News Mar 20th, 2019

Here's where the name for Google's Stadia might have come from

A company formerly owned by the tech giant trademarked the name back in 2010 which is one hell of a coincidence

OPINION: Google announced some cool tech at its GDC keynote, but some massive, basic questions remain about its new Stadia games business Interviews & Opinion Mar 19th, 2019

OPINION: Google announced some cool tech at its GDC keynote, but some massive, basic questions remain about its new Stadia games business

Showing off at GDC, it's possible that the firm felt leading with tech was the way to go; but developers care about things like who their audience is going to be and how they're going to make money

Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming beta has a million-strong waiting list News Mar 19th, 2019

Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming beta has a million-strong waiting list

Graphics firm may also be setting up a structure to let third-parties in on the streaming service

OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote Interviews & Opinion Mar 18th, 2019

OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote

Who this is for, what partners it might have attracted and what investment it might have made in its first-party studios

Microsoft’s xCloud lets you stream Xbox games to your PC, smartphone and console News Mar 13th, 2019

Microsoft’s xCloud lets you stream Xbox games to your PC, smartphone and console

Public trials will begin this year

1 Updated: ERA "spend on access" figures for games include microtransactions as users do not own content News Mar 11th, 2019

Updated: ERA "spend on access" figures for games include microtransactions as users do not own content

Trade body claims consumers parted with £2.25bn in 2018 for accessing, not owning games

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings News Mar 7th, 2019

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings

But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular

Intel: Cloud tech will expand what games can be made and how many people are playing them News Mar 7th, 2019

Intel: Cloud tech will expand what games can be made and how many people are playing them

Chip firm is the latest to jump on the hype train

Tencent partners with Intel for Instant Play streaming service News Feb 27th, 2019

Tencent partners with Intel for Instant Play streaming service

Details are scarce, but we'll likely know more at GDC

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks News Feb 20th, 2019

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks

2.1 times Fortnite, but Epic's battle royale title is gaining again

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