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Voice games developer Labworks gets $640k investment News Mar 4th, 2020

Voice games developer Labworks gets $640k investment

It will be used for a subscription service

Stadia's free service set to roll out in "next few months" News Feb 7th, 2020

Stadia's free service set to roll out in "next few months"

It will roll out in the next few months

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass subscribers up more than doubled in last quarter of 2019 News Jan 30th, 2020

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass subscribers up more than doubled in last quarter of 2019

Games division saw a 21 per cent dip in revenue as the console cycle comes to a close

Paradox is testing a subscription service for Europa Universalis V News Jan 23rd, 2020

Paradox is testing a subscription service for Europa Universalis V

It is designed to make the game more accessible to new players

Microsoft says that Xbox Game Pass is here to stay News Jan 6th, 2020

Microsoft says that Xbox Game Pass is here to stay

"This is a service that our members can count on being on whatever products we introduce in the future"

Google puts its Stadia assistant in early access News Dec 9th, 2019

Google puts its Stadia assistant in early access

Currently it only works on Chromecast

The Buddy Pass is now available on Google Stadia News Nov 28th, 2019

The Buddy Pass is now available on Google Stadia

It gives access to Stadia Pro for three months

Tomb Raider and Farming Simulator join Stadia Pro as Google announces another exclusive title News Nov 27th, 2019

Tomb Raider and Farming Simulator join Stadia Pro as Google announces another exclusive title

Destiny 2 and Samurai Showdown are already available in the premium service

Netflix still isn't interest in entering the games market News Nov 12th, 2019

Netflix still isn't interest in entering the games market

CEO Hastings says that it is competing with Fortnite for hours but isn't interesting in directly going up against titles like the battle royale behemoth

French cloud PC platform Shadow switches up pricing model News Oct 31st, 2019

French cloud PC platform Shadow switches up pricing model

Introduces three tiers to take on Microsoft and Google

Sony's PlayStation Now streaming service hits 1m subscribers News Oct 31st, 2019

Sony's PlayStation Now streaming service hits 1m subscribers

Launched in 2015 on PS4 ahead of a PC rollout the following year

Fallout 76 fans not happy with Bethesda's new subscription service News Oct 28th, 2019

Fallout 76 fans not happy with Bethesda's new subscription service

the new service Fallout 1st launched last week

Humble Bundle increases the price of monthly subscription News Oct 21st, 2019

Humble Bundle increases the price of monthly subscription

The new service will allow users to choose their own games

Xbox claims Game Pass subscribers play 40% more games News Oct 18th, 2019

Xbox claims Game Pass subscribers play 40% more games

And they're trying new titles, too

UPlay+ users reportedly being locked out of their accounts News Oct 16th, 2019

UPlay+ users reportedly being locked out of their accounts

Some subscribers have been charged multiple times

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