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Google has formally revealed its plans for a video game streaming platform called Stadia

Stadia is offering games on demand streamed through the cloud. It planned for launch this year and allows you to stream games across a variety of devices with very little friction. Stadia could be a very big deal for gaming going forward.

The platform aims to bring together playing, spectating, and developing games onto a single platform. Things like game updates and patches and system requirement are effectively a non-issue, because the game is running on Google’s servers, rather than your local device.

Google VP Phil Harrison promised the technology will work across desktops, laptops, TV, tablets, and phones. In a demonstration, the same demo was seen across a Chromebook, smartphone, tablet, and TV, the latter through Chromecast Ultra HDMI streamer. Harrison also promised that the platform will embrace cross-platform play.

You will be able to use existing controllers on laptops and PCs, and Google will offer its own Stadia controller links to whichever device you’re playing on, and it sports a dedicated Google Assistant button for referencing walkthrough videos if you get stuck.

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