Starside Chat Episode 049
[News of the Week]
- Stadia now works on new Chromecast with Google TV and other Android TV set-top boxes
- Google holds Stadia keynote about how it plans to attract games and publishers to the platform
- Microsoft’s xCloud streaming service now available on iOS and PC for Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers
- Netflix to add game streaming to service
- Sony buys Housemarque
- Ghost wire Tokyo delayed from October 2021 release to early 2022
- Casey Hudson, formerly of Bioware, creates new studio, announces new IP.
- EA Play shows Battlfield 2042 Portal
- Nintendo Switch OLED model (costs $350)
- No Bluetooth support
- No 4k or HDR support from the dock
- No fast charging or extended battery life
- Valve announces Steam Deck handheld, starting at $400
- Basically a small PC
- They talked about cloud saves, allowing you to start on PC and pick up where you left off on the Steam Deck
- Suspend mode coming too
- Battery life = 2-8 hours
- Dock coming, will be sold separately (can use any other dock)
- Tom Clancy’s xDefiant coming soon
- Free to play first person multiplayer shooter that combines all of Tom Clancy’s big franchises
- Will have cross play and is out for literally everything including streaming service like Stadia and Luna
- Seems like an Overwatch competitor
[Features]
- Mid-year top games
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
- Zach’s Mystery
- Chivalry 2
- Overboard
- Griftlands
- Ys 9
- Fast 9
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