If you’re eyeing handheld gaming but don’t want a full Windows PC in your hands, Acer’s new Nitro Blaze Link might have caught your attention. It’s Acer’s answer to the PlayStation Portal idea: a slim device whose only job is to stream games from your existing PC. The pitch is simple: no heavy hardware, no […]
Tag: cloud gaming
Stadia Changelog: A Quiet Week and Hope for Football Manager 2021
As cloud gaming platforms fight for relevance in a console-heavy market, Google Stadia ended its first full calendar year on an unexpectedly quiet note. The final week of 2020 brought no new game launches and no major updates, but one long-awaited sports title inched closer to reality. A Silent End to Stadia’s First Full Year […]
Xbox Game Pass Cloud Streaming Is Finally Acting Like You Own Your Games
I’ve tested more cloud gaming setups than I care to admit — from clunky phone clips on Bluetooth controllers to casting from a Chromebook that sounded like a jet engine. The same frustration always killed the buzz: the game I actually wanted to play wasn’t in the subscription catalog, or it vanished a month later. […]
Ubisoft+ on Stadia: Great Idea, Thin Library for $15
The $15 you spend on Ubisoft+ buys you over 100 games on Windows. On Stadia, it currently buys you not even 20. That’s the trade-off in a nutshell: breadth on PC versus flexibility on Google’s cloud platform. If you live in the Ubisoft ecosystem and bounce between a gaming rig, Chromecast, and Android phone, this […]