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The fall of Stadia

Perry Gresham

7 Oct 2022

stadia

games streaming

games subscriptions

Google’s game streaming service Stadia is shutting down in January 2023, just over three years into its life. What went wrong for such a promising technology with the backing of one of the largest corporations...

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Quick take: Are Netflix’s games efforts still in line with the consumer needs of today?

Karol Severin

29 Sep 2022

Netflix

mobile gaming

games industry

It has been a year since Netflix announced its first games studio acquisition. Two days ago, it announced the launch of its own in-house gaming studio based in Finland, bringing a fourth gaming studio...

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Xbox to rid large games of a key competitive weapon

Karol Severin

10 Jun 2022

xbox

cloud gaming

games streaming

Xbox is looking simply unstoppable these days. After announcing the Xbox Everywhere vision, it has confirmed that besides the announced ‘puck’ in the works, it is indeed bringing the Xbox App into...

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Microsoft’s new cloud focus solidifies Xbox Game Pass as the Netflix of games

Perry Gresham

29 Mar 2022

cloud gaming

xbox game pass

Netflix

Last week Microsoft announced a new division of Xbox Game Studios, the “Cloud Gaming Organisation”, designed to help developers create new cloud-native games to be distributed via their Xbox Game Pass...

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Ninja’s next move crucial, as Apple Rejects Facebook Gaming App

Karol Severin

24 Jun 2020

Ninja

games streaming

Twitch

For the lack of better word, times are about get crazy for the mid-to-top tier end of games streamers and creators as the content wars heat up, so here are some observations and hopefully some useful pro...

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Watch Out, Twitch, YouTube and Apple Arcade: Facebook Gaming Is Coming For Your Market Share

Karol Severin

21 Apr 2020

Applee arcade

Facebook

facebook games app

Facebook has launched a new app, Facebook Gaming, currently available on Google Play. Though the company has been in games for years, this is a major development in its games-related strategy as...

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Why PlayStation Now’s Price Cut Alone Is Not Enough To Compete

Karol Severin

2 Oct 2019

Games

games streaming

Despite a price cut, PlayStation remains the most expensive gaming experience: PlayStation has announced a 50% price cut to its games streaming service, PlayStation Now. Though slicing a streaming service...

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Amazon Continues Tech Majors’ Foray Into Games Streaming

Karol Severin

11 Jan 2019

amazon games streaming service

console gaming

Games

As we predicted in MIDiA’s 2019 Predictions Report published in November 2018, Amazon is now reportedly working on a games streaming service. With plans to launch in 2020, Amazon has commenced talks...

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YouTube plays catch up, adopting Twitch-style Sponsorships programme

Karol Severin

22 Sep 2017

games streaming

games video

Live video streaming

YouTube announced this week, (September 20th) that it is expanding its sponsorships programme, following successful testing. Sponsorships will allow viewers to purchase digital goods directly from creators’...

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