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Bethesda says its id-developed Orion technology will make cloud gaming better

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I think we all have to accept that sooner or later, Game Streaming will be the future of how we play videogames. While the next generation of consoles will still use physical media and game installs, Google’s Stadia and Microsoft’s streaming technology xCloud show that we’re approaching a reality where everything we play is streamed from a server somewhere.

EA, Activision, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Ubisoft and more have all expressed more than just a passing interest in game streaming. Publisher Bethesda is also doing more than just dipping their toes into streaming they’re building a streaming tech platform called Orion, that they believe will help reduce latency and bandwidth requirements, while pushing games out at their maximum quality. They say that they’ve done “years of research and development,” on this, and that their id-developed SDK takes a different approach to the hardware-based cloud rendering used by xCloud and Google’s Stadia by optimising the game engines themselves for “performance in a cloud environment.” It would then, work in tandem with the hardware to make cloud-based gaming better.

“Orion was designed to improve the player experience by mitigating latency and reducing bandwidth requirements. Orion was also created for publishers, streaming providers, and developers to lower their streaming costs and ensure that games perform at the high quality they intended. Orion makes it possible for streamed video games to reach more players in more places without compromising quality.”

Bethesda will soon be demoing the technology to selected members of its “Doom Slayers Club” using – of course – Doom to show how well it works. You can sign up for the club (and a chance at access) here.

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Last Updated: June 10, 2019

12 Comments

  1. Alien Emperor Trevor

    June 10, 2019 at 13:36

    “I think we all have to accept that sooner or later, Game Streaming will be the future of how we play videogames.”

    Nah, I’ll be dead in about 30 years, so I’m good with the ways things are now.

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    • Yahtzee

      June 10, 2019 at 13:36

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        June 10, 2019 at 13:36

        • Yahtzee

          June 10, 2019 at 13:36

          Well it’s funny because streaming will come from the cloud xD

          Reply

        • Yahtzee

          June 10, 2019 at 13:36

          Well it’s funny because streaming will come from the cloud xD

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            June 10, 2019 at 13:36

            I don’t care that your joke makes sense, you lawn invader.

          • Yahtzee

            June 10, 2019 at 13:37

            Yea well I cant afford my own lawn because you killed the economy!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            June 10, 2019 at 13:42

            The climate change you’re not solving would kill your lawn anyway, so you’re welcome.

        • Pariah

          June 10, 2019 at 13:36

          True fact: the less one has to chew their meat, the less their ass sags when they’re old.

          Reply

          • Yahtzee

            June 10, 2019 at 13:36

            In todays episode of facts I never wanted to know!

  2. Kromas

    June 10, 2019 at 14:01

    Reducing bandwidth requirements is the way to go. Also the reason Stadia is not getting a great response since most people can’t do 25mbps even in America.

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  3. Llama In The Rift

    June 10, 2019 at 14:19

    Bethesda Cloud gaming…where you are the bug.

    Reply

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