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Random Build Your Own Arcade Game with Google's Doodle of the Day
Celebrating the life of industry legend Jerry Lawson
While we focus on PlayStation at Push Square, it’s always important to remember the origins of the industry we love – after all, without trend-setters like Atari, Nintendo, and SEGA, we doubt Sony would have ever even entered the space. One person who played an important role in helping to...
News Once Considered a PlayStation Competitor, Google Stadia Is Shutting Down
Sorry, Stadians
Back in 2019, Google officially announced its new game streaming platform, Stadia. At the time, the tech juggernaut framed Stadia as the future of gaming — a way to play all kinds of games on demand, without having to worry about your computer's specifications. It all sounded rather impressive — and it actually worked fairly...
News The Quarry Was Supposed to Be a Google Stadia Exclusive
Dodged a bullet
Google was allegedly the original publisher of Until Dawn spiritual successor The Quarry, where it would have released as part of the search engine giant’s cloud streaming Stadia platform. That’s according to a report by industry newsletter Axios, citing “two sources familiar” with the release’s development. It was...
News Google Denies Cancelled Stadia Exclusive Hideo Kojima Horror Reports
Axed
Update: Google has told Games Radar that VGC’s report on cancelled Stadia projects, including a title by Hideo Kojima, is “inaccurate and reported hearsay as fact”. It added that it “[doesn't] have anything, nor has announced anything, with Kojima or Yu Suzuki”. Original Story:
News PS Now Competitor Google Stadia Ceases Internal Game Development
Pivoting business focus to publishers
Well, it's happening. Google has just taken its first big step towards removing the Stadia streaming service from the market as it shuts down two internal studios originally set up to produce exclusive games. The news broke via a Kotaku report published minutes before the official confirmation, which claimed the...
News Painterly PSVR App Tilt Brush Shadow Dropped on PS4
Google app out today
There have been several pretenders, but now Google has managed to squeeze the critically acclaimed Tilt Brush on the PlayStation 4. Ported by Falcon Age creators Outerloop Games, this package is considered a “staple in the virtual reality content creation space” and “encourages free-flowing creation with paint brushes...
News Sony Santa Monica Boss Shannon Studstill Leaves to Lead New Google Stadia Studio
Good luck
Sony Santa Monica boss Shannon Studstill has been poached by Google to lead a new Stadia development studio in Playa Vista. The industry veteran, who helmed the team which would go on to produce 2018’s undisputed Game of the Year in God of War, will recruit a group responsible for creating “exclusive games” for the embattled...
News Google Stadia Buys Lost Words: Beyond the Page Exclusivity, PS4 Version Pushed Back a Year
God damnit
It was only last month that we featured Lost Words: Beyond the Page here on Push Square, and now we're not going to be able to play it on PlayStation 4 until at least March 2021. That's thanks to Google Stadia, which has just bought exclusivity to the title for a full year. The game will arrive on the company's streaming service next...
News YouTube TV Is Now Available on PS4 in the US
What is YouTube TV?
Every company on the planet is getting into the streaming game, and here comes Google with YouTube TV. The service, which launched back in 2017 in select areas of North America, is an alternative to traditional cable or satellite television. With YouTube TV, you're able to stream live TV from a wide variety of channels. The good...
News Google Stadia Will Pay to Postpone 10 Games on PS4
Searching for subscribers
Google Stadia’s not got off to the greatest of starts, and the search engine giant appears to appreciate that it has its work cut-out. As part of a press release today revealing a roadmap for the platform, the organisation has admitted that it plans to release 10 timed exclusives by July 2020, meaning it’ll pay...
Will it be missed?
Journey to the Savage Planet developer Typhoon Studios has just been acquired by Google, boosting the company's line-up of teams which form the Stadia Games and Entertainment initiative. This means that once the studio's debut title arrives on PlayStation 4 next month, the Montreal-based team will develop games exclusively for the...
News Google Stadia Terrified Sony Before Streaming Service's Tepid Launch
Impact was overstated
It looks like streaming could be a part of the future of video games, and with Google showing its hand with the recent Stadia launch, the moment we leave behind downloads could be closer than ever. That is if Google Stadia had been a success upon its release last month. Disappointing sales and alarmingly low player numbers have...
News PS Now Competitor Google Stadia Nearly Doubles Its Launch Line-Up of Old Games
Final Fantasy XV! Farming Simulator 2019!
Last week, Google announced that its Stadia streaming service would launch tomorrow with just 12 old games -- all but one of which you've already played. It was a rather dire line-up, but overnight the company has gone and nearly doubled the number of titles you'll be able to purchase on launch day. Now...
News GRID's 40-Car Mode Apparently Not Possible on PS4, But Launching on Google Stadia
Or so they say
Remember GRID? The racer released on PlayStation 4 last month to somewhat decent reviews, but it has seemingly already been all but forgotten about. It's due to launch on Google Stadia before the year is out, but the streaming service will be getting its hands on an exclusive mode once it ships. Speaking with WCCFTech, development...
News Google Stadia's Weak Launch Lineup Won't Have PS Now Sweating Yet
Just 12 games day one
PlayStation Now is getting its first proper competitor in the form of Google Stadia next week, but the service’s launch lineup leaves a lot to be desired. While we’d anticipated an enormous selection of software would be available day one with the initiative, the search engine giant has instead confirmed that there’ll be...
News Google Stadia Brings PS Now's First Real Competitor on 19th November
The streaming wars start now
PlayStation Now may have been discarded from the conversation, but it’s still the only game streaming service currently on the market. That changes on 19th November, as Google gears up the release of its Stadia initiative. The launch will be limited to begin with, as the search engine giant sells off its Founder’s...
Reaction Sony Won't Be Scared of Google Stadia in the Slightest
A wet fart
The punchline of today’s Stadia Connect stream is that Google tried to sell us on its vision of a game streaming future with a pre-recorded YouTube broadcast that had more macroblocking than a Minecraft map. The broadcast – fronted by former PlayStation executive Phil Harrison in a shirt and sneakers – failed to cash in on
News Sony and Microsoft's Collaboration Was a Mutual Move to Compete with Google Stadia
"The landscape is changing fast"
A few weeks ago, Sony and Microsoft, big rivals within the video game space, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with regards to technology and innovation. This was quite a surprise, even for Sony's staff, but with the future of the industry looking to change a lot over the n
News Google Stadia Attempts to Beat the E3 Hype with Dedicated Stream This Week
Another PlayStation competitor enters the fray
Remember Google Stadia? That's a genuine question, by the way -- we'd almost completely forgotten about it until we saw this announcement. Google's game streaming platform was revealed back in March, and we've heard very little about it since. Billed as the next step in gaming's evolution -- supposedly...
Poll Do You Think Google Stadia and Streaming Are the Future of Video Games?
Check that connection
Is streaming the future of video games? Google certainly wants you to think so. Earlier this week, the company revealed its plans for Stadia, a streaming platform that, in theory, allows for the instantaneous streaming of big, AAA, modern video games through any device supported by Google. On paper it's an impressive concept...
News Ex-PlayStation Executive: Google Stadia Starts Inevitable Shift Away from Consoles
Phil Harrison believes the end is near
There was some speculation prior to Google Stadia’s announcement this week that the tech giant was preparing a console that would compete directly with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. As it happens, it revealed a product potentially more threatening: a cloud-based service running on top of YouTube, which will...
Reaction How Will Google's Stadia Affect PlayStation?
Cloud strife
Google announced its ambitious game streaming platform Stadia this week, and it’s a hot point of conversation for the entire industry. But does it represent a paradigm shift in terms of game delivery, and what does it all mean for PlayStation moving forward? Our esteemed editors weigh in. Sammy Barker, Editor: Even a root canal...
News Google's Stadia Controller Has an Awful Lot In Common with the PS4's DualShock 4
The sincerest form of flattery
You know that the DualShock 4 must be a pretty good controller when a company like Google is copying it. Much like the PlayStation 4's primary peripheral, Google's official Stadia controller has symmetrical analogue sticks, a central home button, and, of course, a share button. Oh, sorry, we mean a capture button...
News PlayStation Could Have Fresh Competition in Stadia, Google's New Game Streaming Platform
The power of the cloud
Google just announced Stadia, its new streaming platform for playing video games. In a lot of ways, this could be our first real look at a next-gen console -- except it's not actually a console. The gist of it is that with Stadia, you'll be able to play full games, like Assassin's Creed Odyssey, immediately through the power...
News Google Poised to Announce Potential PlayStation Competitor
A new challenger approaches
Google will make a gaming announcement at the Game Developers Conference tomorrow which could rock the industry to its core. Of course, it could also turn out to be another footnote in the tech giant’s list of failed experiments, but there’s no doubt that the top brass at Sony will be tuning into the organisation’s...
E3 2015 YouTube Gaming Makes Twitch, Er, Twitch
Google reveals new streaming initiative
Twitch may be trying to laugh off YouTube Gaming's big announcement today, but there will be a lot of businessmen with furrowed brows right now. The video sharing giant has revealed its streaming initiative on the eve of E3 2015, touting a summer release date in the US and UK. Essentially, it will allow you to...
Rumour Google Gets Twitchy and Acquires Streaming Site for $1 Billion
Paranoid Android
You can’t blame Google for wanting to flash a little cash – after all, with corporate competitors Apple and Facebook both splurging some spare change of late, the search engine giant must have been feeling left out. Fortunately, it’s reportedly managed to find a use for the coins stashed down the side of its office sofa – by...
Report Sony Actively Developing A PlayStation Branded Android 3.0 "Gaming Phone"
Tech-site Engadget's got wind of word from some "trusted sources" that Sony's actively developing a PlayStation branded phone
PlayStation Phone rumours have been on the cards since the PSP's inception — but these suggestions would play into a report posted by the Wall Street Journal earlier in the year. According to Engadget's sources, the device...
