Despite the end of Stadia (rip little angel), all is not totally lost for subscribers. Explanations:
This is not news for anyone, but Google will end its Cloud Gaming Stadia service in a few days, or exactly on January 18. If you were a subscriber it’s necessarily a bit sad to have invested time and money in it “for nothing” but you won’t leave with nothing. At least that’s a consolation.
Google is working on the Stadia controller
While Google has refrained from detailing how it will do this, the company said a “self-service toole “will be released next week”to enable Bluetooth connections on your Stadia Controller“.
We also have some Bluetooth news: next week we’ll be releasing a self-service tool to enable Bluetooth connections on your Stadia Controller. We will share the details here when released.
It is via the Twitter account of the service that we can learn the thing:
This is very good news for Stadia users, who were probably wondering what to do with their controllers, because right now they can only be used with Stadia and nothing else. On the other hand, Google does not seem to provide an open source bluetooth capability.
Ultimate sadness, Google just released one last game on Stadia just days before the service shut down on January 18 and it’s even one of the first titles ever developed for the platform. It is Worm Game. Google describes the title as an arcade game designed for single and multiplayer. Unfortunately, a game will not be remembered because once the service is shut down, you will no longer have access to your library at all. We can imagine the dismay of the developers and even the pain of seeing a game come out that will only be played by a handful of people for only a few hours. The harsh law of video games.
Were you a customer of the Google Stadia service? If so, do you plan to reuse the controller?
