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Stadia will shut down on January 18th, 2023. Here, you’ll find the latest developments on the service as its winds down as well as pieces from our writers on its impact (or lack of it) on the gaming and tech industry.

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RIP Google Stadia: the latest news on the discontinued cloud gaming service

Google announced on September 29th, 2022, that its Stadia cloud game streaming service will be terminated in late January 2023. You can no longer make purchases through the platform, and notably, Google is offering refunds to gamers for everything that they might have purchased during its three-year existence: controllers, games, and all.
Despite coming to a close (which many predicted given Google&rsquo;s tendency to kill projects instead of letting them fizzle out), Google arguably succeeded at delivering on its promise of bringing cloud game streaming to a bunch of screens before Microsoft, Sony, and Amazon had formal plans to do the same. It was also novel in the industry for being a platform that didn&rsquo;t require any hardware buy-in on the side of the user; you could plug a controller you already owned into your computer and get started by launching Google Chrome. Here&rsquo;s our original review from 2019, for old times&rsquo; sake.
We&rsquo;re taking a look back and a look forward to dig more into Stadia while we still can. You&rsquo;ll find all posts about the death of Stadia &mdash; and possibly the remnants of it that will live on &mdash; rounded up in this StoryStream.

All of the latest news and analysis on the death of Stadia.

Google has finally killed the Stadia Bluetooth tool — but this person rescued it

Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing

PSA: You’ve got another year to save your Google Stadia gamepad from a wired-only existence.

The Stadia controller is neither gone nor forgotten.

Google gives Stadia controllers more time to switch to Bluetooth

Another Stadia exclusive just ate a Power Pellet.

Gylt, once a Stadia exclusive, is getting a second chance on PC and consoles.

The former chief of Google’s now-shuttered Stadia service reportedly left the company

Amid layoffs and lost games, Amazon Luna comes to Canada, Germany, and the UK

Google’s cloud gaming ambitions died with Stadia, exec reveals

Leave no button behind.

Stadia: Gone but not forgotten.

How to activate Bluetooth on your Stadia controller

Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth support is available now

Google’s Stadia controller is getting Bluetooth support

T-minus one week until Google Stadia shuts down.

Google Stadia is shutting down soon, so transfer your games and saves while you can

Ubisoft is officially starting to hand out PC copies of purchased Stadia games.

Ubisoft has started transferring games from Google Stadia to PC

Hitman players about to be abandoned by Stadia will be able to transfer their progress

Google Stadia hardware refunds will be issued within two weeks

Google starts rolling out Stadia refunds in Europe and Canada.

Google is starting to process Stadia refunds

Bethesda’s letting people rescue their Elder Scrolls Online games from Stadia

Cyberpunk 2077 Stadia saves can be carried over to PC, but you’ll have to use Takeout

Stadia’s shutdown shocked developers, too

I fell in love with Stadia right as it shut down

Ubisoft will let you transfer your Stadia purchases to PC

I’m going to miss Google Stadia

Remembering all those times Google said it was committed to Stadia

Google Stadia never mattered, and it never had a chance

Google is shutting down Stadia

You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze

Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming

Leak reveals new Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ that’s part of Discord Nitro

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