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Google is officially shutting down its ambitious game-streaming project, Stadia, said Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison.
The announcement comes less than three years after he launched his cloud gaming console.
Harrison said players who purchased Stadia hardware and games can get a refund for their purchase.
“Thanks to the dedicated Stadia player who has been with us from the beginning,” Harrison said. will refund the content of Players will still be able to access their game library and play until January 18, 2023, so they can complete their final game session.
“Harrison said the cloud that powers Stadia and streaming his technology could also power other of his Google products, adding that Google remains “deeply committed to gaming.”
Most refunds he expects to be completed by mid-January 2023. For more information on this process for players, please visit our Help Center.
“There is a clear opportunity to apply this technology to other parts of Google, such as YouTube, Google Play and our Augmented Reality (AR) efforts, making it available to our industry partners and adapting it where we look to the future of gaming. I think there is,” said Harrison. “We are firmly committed to gaming and will continue to invest in new tools, technologies and platforms that drive the success of our developers, industry partners, cloud customers and developers.”