Google has just finished their GDC Keynote. Here is a summary of everything they’ve announced:
- Starts with a hilarious cricket joke. No one cares.
- Followed up with a joke about the little jumping dinosaur chrome game, quite funny.
- Boooooooooring.
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey being played through a Chrome browser
- All triple A gaming playable through a browser. Incredible.
- Aim is to create a game platform for absolutely everyone
- Controller revealed. Looks very similar to a Switch Pro controller.
- Name revealed as Stadia. Pretty cool.
- Project stream was essentially a beta test
- This is amazing
- You can be watching a trailer on Youtube and immediately jump into the game. No downloads required.
- No console, no limitations.
- You can use any device: chromecast, phone, laptop etc
- 1080p, 4k, 60fps, 8k, 120fps.
- 10.7 teraflops, nearly double the Xbox One X
- Partnered with Unity and Unreal
- Development kit is a box
- I do not understand most of this technical stuff. Much better water effects than usual game development
- Cross Platform play
- Games saves and progression are also cross platform
- Stream connect, couch co-op at any point and new multiplayer options
- Weird art stuff via Tequila Works
- Crowd Play – play with the Youtube creator you’re watching. Uses a queue system.
- Google Assistant will help you when you’re stuck in games.
- Parental controls are available
- Lots of developers on board
- In house game studio, Stadia Games and entertainment
- Headed by Jade Raymond, formerly of Ubisoft
