A statement from a Google employee, Dov Zimring, has been released as a part of the FTC vs Microsoft court case (via 9to5Google). Only minorly redacted, the statement gives us a run down of Google's position leading up to Stadia's closure and why, ultimately, Stadia was in a death spiral long before its actual demise....
But somehow, Google couldn’t be bothered to advertise the product at all. They ran 1 Super Bowl commercial which didn’t make a whole lot of sense to the average viewer, and then basically zero marketing after that.
Google is really bad at marketing despite being an advertising company. Most of the products they’ve launched then shut down I just never heard of, despite finding the ideas behind them really enticing after the fact.
Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo welcoming Activision Blizzard employees to Microsoft (www.theverge.com) angielski
Well, it’s official. Microsoft bought Actiblizz....
Counter Strike 2 is surprisingly awful on Steam Deck right now (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
Stadia's death spiral, according to the Google employee in charge of mopping up after its murder (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
A statement from a Google employee, Dov Zimring, has been released as a part of the FTC vs Microsoft court case (via 9to5Google). Only minorly redacted, the statement gives us a run down of Google's position leading up to Stadia's closure and why, ultimately, Stadia was in a death spiral long before its actual demise....
A new fan-made port of Wipeout can be played in a web browser (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
If you just wanna play it, here's the link: https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/
Overwatch 2 retail patchnotes 10.8.2023 (Steam release patch) (overwatch.blizzard.com) angielski
And yes as expected you don’t need bnet installed to play, just need to link your Steam and Blizzard accounts....