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Google launches Stadia -Cloud gaming service

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Google is launching its Stadia cloud gaming service at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today. Sundar Pichai says he plays FIFA 19 qutie a hit introduced the Stadia service during a special keynote at GDC this morning describing it as a platform for everyone.

Stadia will stream games from the cloud to the Chrome browser, Chromecast and Pixel devices and it will launch later in 2019 in the US, Canada, UK and Europe. 

Phil Harrison, a former Sony and Microsoft executive, joined Pichai onstage to fully unveil stadia saying “Google will amplify this game streaming service by using YouTube and the many creators that already create game clips on the service. Google tested publicly using Google’s service in their browser Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Stadia offers instant access to play without the need to download or install any games.

To power all of this cloud streaming Google is leveraging its global infrastructure of data centres to ensure servers are as close to players around the world as possible and expects to support 4K AT 60fps at launch over a internet connection with around 30Mbps of bandwidth, and it’s planning to support up to 8K resolutions and 120 fps in the future.