The cloud gaming service is looking more and more barren as Warner Bros. and Xbox Game Studios pull their catalogue from the platform.

Microsoft is headed towards the cloud and while Nintendo and Sony will always be primary competition in the gaming space, they won’t be considered rivals to the Xbox brand in the decade to come.

Stadia’s just been dealt another kick in the teeth. Nvidia’s officially launched its GeForce Now streaming platform. It’s a similar service in that it allows players to stream games they buy through GeForce now from just about any PC, removing the need for expensive hardware. As with Stadia it’s a tiered service. There’s a free tier that lets you access your games from anywhere, but limits game sessions to just an hour. There’s a $5 per month service that gives you priority access and extended session length, but also uses top tier hardware in the cloud, even enabling advanced features like RTX.

Google's streaming game service is planning on introducing a whole load of new games this year, to be enjoyed by all three Stadia users.

Even though nobody’s talking about it (positively that is), Google’s Stadia service is still a tantalising glimpse at the future of gaming, one that it’ll face some stiff competition in as the technology improves and other companies learn from the mistakes made by Google with their initial soft launch of the service. Microsoft has its Project xCloud in development, but it looks like a new challenger has arrived!

As can be expected, even this China exclusive service will probably function better than Stadia.

Yesterday at its great big event for the Pixel 4, Google revealed the final launch date for its generation-defying cloud-based gaming platform, Stadia. We knew that it was set to be unleashed on the world in November, but now we know exactly when it’ll be available: November 19.

You thought Batman meeting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was an unlikely alliance? Well buddy hold onto your butts, because this generation’s most unexpected team-up has been announced: Sony and Microsoft are joining forces to create a “strategic partnership” that will see the duo develop new cloud-based tech for their Xbox and PlayStation divisions.