Only 12 games will be available on Google Stadia in time for Nov. 19 launch, Ars Technica

           

  

Today, Google announced 12 games that will be available forindividual purchaseand streaming whenFounders Edition pre-orderersget their hands on Google Stadiastarting November 19. The games are:

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Destiny 2: The Collection (included with Stadia Pro subscription)
• (Gylt)
• (Just Dance)
• (Kine)
• Mortal Kombat
• (Red Dead Redemption 2)
• (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
• Samurai Shodown
• (Shadow of the Tomb Raider) : Definitive Edition
• (Thumper)
• (Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition)

Fourteen additional titles are promised to launch on Stadia before the end of 2019:

• Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle
• (Borderlands 3)
• Darksiders: Genesis
• (Dragonball Xenoverse 2)
• Farming Simulator
• Final Fantasy XV
• (Football Manager)
• Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
• (Grid)
• Metro Exodus
• (NBA 2K)
• Rage 2
• (Trials Rising)
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood

A number of legacy titles that were previously promised as part of the Stadia “launch window” are currently not included in Google’s list of 2019 Stadia releases. Those include:

• The Crew 2
• (Destroy All Humans)
• Doom(2016)
• The Elder ScrollsOnline
• (Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid)
• Superhot
• (Windjammers 2)

Major publishers Capcom and EA are also absent from Stadia’s current planned 2019 lineup, though both were listed as participating in Stadia’s “launch window” as recently as August. Google has not yet responded to a request for comment on those omissions.

A handful of other unreleased titles that were promised for the Stadia launch window have simply been delayed into 2020. Those include:

• (Baldur’s Gate 3)
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Doom Eternal
• Get Packed (Stadia exclusive)
• (Orcs Must Die 3) (timed Stadia exclusive)

Of the 26 titles planned for Stadia release this year,Tequila Works’ horror gameGyltis the only one that won’t be available on other platforms concurrently (though Google hasan internal development studio working on more exclusivesin the coming months and years).Darksiders: Genesisis due to Launch simultaneously on PC and Stadia December 5.

Looking at the (remaining) Stadia games, 15 were first released on other platforms sometime in 2019, and five more were first released in 2018. The list of (releases includes) ******************************************** (Farming Simulator) , even though an updated “2020 “version of the franchise is due for release on other platforms December 3. And while (Football Manager) will also be launching on other platforms November 19, developer Sports Interactivehas saidthe Stadia version will offer “the fastest way to experienceFootball Manager “thanks to Google’s cloud data centers.

At launch, Stadia is only availablevia the purchase of a $ 130 bundlethat includes a Stadia controller and a Chromecast Ultra for TV play. A free tier, which does not require a separate hardware purchase or a $ 10 / month “Stadia Pro” subscription, is planned for next year.

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