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Microsoft's Cloud Gaming Aspirations Revealed In Internal Email Leak
Monday, September 18, 2023 - 2:43pm | 529Internal emails from the FTC v. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) case revealed Microsoft planned to stream PC games over the cloud. While Xbox Cloud Gaming currently streams Xbox titles, Microsoft aimed to use its Azure servers to enable the streaming of native PC games, The Verge...
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Google To Shut Down Gaming Service Stadia: Analyst Says Demise Also Casts Doubts On Amazon And Meta's Forays
Friday, September 30, 2022 - 12:20am | 759Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google is shutting down its consumer gaming service Stadia as it didn't gain traction with users, the company said in a statement. “A few years ago, we also launched a consumer gaming service, Stadia. And while Stadia's approach...
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Google Offers Free Stadia Kits To YouTube Premium Subscribers As Cloud Gaming War Heats Up
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 5:50am | 527Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google is promoting its cloud-based game streaming service by giving away a Stadia Premiere Edition bundle valued at $100 for free to YouTube Premium subscribers, The Verge reported Tuesday. What Happened: The offer is only available to...
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Google Buys Typhoon Studios To Bolster Stadia
Monday, December 23, 2019 - 4:05pm | 218Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has acquired an independent startup Canadian game studio to boost the new Google game streaming platform Stadia. Montreal-based Typhoon hasn't released any games yet, but is closing in on its first release, "Journey to the...
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E3: Morgan Stanley's 6 Takeaways
Friday, June 14, 2019 - 2:58pm | 794Morgan Stanley came away from the Electronics Entertainment Expo video game trade show in Los Angeles with a better understanding of the details of some of the key releases coming up this year and what they might mean for the industry. The Analyst Brian Nowak had six takeaways for video...
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Google's Stadia Video Game Platform Announces Pricing, Games Structure
Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 12:49pm | 359Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced its Google Stadia pricing, games structure will be priced at $9.99 per month and the "The Stadia Founder's Edition" is priced at $129 pre-order available. The Founders Edition comes with a Stadia Controller, three months of Stadia Pro, a...
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Apple Arcade Is The Company's Newest Subscription Gaming Service
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 4:35pm | 500Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer gamers more than 100 exclusive games across multiple platforms as part of its new Apple Arcade, which it says is the first subscription games service. During a massive roll-out of various services on Monday that mostly involved offering customers ways to access...
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How Google's Stadia Video Game Streamer Will Be 'Highly Disruptive'
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 10:11am | 893For a while, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) was content with its Google Maps Easter Egg games. Now, it’s ready for the big leagues. Management announced Tuesday it will break into video games with a new streaming service, gaming hardware and content. Analysts are thrilled. Bank...
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OTR Global Upgrades Buffalo Wild Wings Amid Football Season, Stadia Remodels, Promotions
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 10:35am | 352OTR Global upgraded shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) to a Mixed rating from Negative amid catalysts like the football season, remodeling of stadia, value promotion and FastBreak Lunch. The brokerage pointed out that the company's same-store sales have either met or exceeded in eight of...