While Google’s Stadia project is becoming a distant memory, cloud gaming lives on, and Sony is now embracing it further with its PlayStation Portal handheld finally adding cloud gaming for everyone.
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As promised, Nvidia is launching its Blackwell upgrade today for GeForce Now, bringing RTX 5080-based machines to the cloud service alongside a whole slew of other upgrades.
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As the grave of Google Stadia continues to draw mockery, Amazon’s cloud gaming service Luna is still thriving, with a new announcement this week bringing new regions online and also expanding available games with a deal with EA that includes Star Wars titles and more.
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First launched in beta in 2023, Samsung has officially launched its own cloud gaming services for Galaxy devices in the US.
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Samsung recently announced a total of eight new monitors, each equipped with Samsung’s Gaming Hub that allows users to connect to cloud gaming services with ease. These self-sustained monitors are now available for pre-order, and doing so comes with a substantial gift card.
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Nvidia has announced a simplified new way to install GeForce Now on the Steam Deck, opening the handheld to the service’s hundreds of streamable titles.
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Gaming Hub became a popular choice for users who wanted a cloud gaming solution for their TVs already baked in. Samsung has announced that its Gaming Hub will expand to Galaxy phones.
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PC gaming storefront GOG has announced a partnership with Amazon Luna, allowing supported games in your library to be played in the cloud.
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Free users of Nvidia’s GeForce Now service will start noticing ads when they start up a cloud gaming session, the company has confirmed.
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Nvidia is rolling out a new update to GeForce Now on Android which improves streaming quality at up to 1440p and up to 120fps.
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In my years of playing video games on my phone, I’ve been waiting for a controller that allows me to carry over my full gaming skillset wherever I go. Without a doubt, the GameSir G8 Galileo is exactly the controller I’ve hoped for.
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The appeal of cloud gaming has always been the ability to run extremely high-quality games without needing the hardware to back it up. But, the tough part of getting people to use it has always been distribution, and one particular headache was the iOS App Store, which barred cloud gaming services for ridiculous reasons. Now, though, Apple is finally changing that.
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Ahead of CES 2024, Samsung is taking the wraps off of a new officially licensed accessory program for the cloud “Gaming Hub” available on its line of Smart TVs, including a new controller from PDP.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 breaks a period of 10 years since Rockstar introduced the last GTA title. Even after that tremendous wait, Rockstar has alluded that GTA 6 will not come to PC and will remain limited to console. An unfortunate caveat is that GTA 6 might not come to the cloud, either.
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Call of Duty is finally arriving for cloud gamers, with three of the latest titles, including Warzone, launching onto GeForce Now.
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Backbone One PlayStation Edition is the cleanest way to take your PS5 games with you everywhere, but a few minor issues hold it back from being the outright best mobile controller.
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After teasing it earlier this year, Sony has confirmed that PS5 games are coming to cloud gaming later this month but only on consoles for the time being.
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Amazon Luna has been struggling to some extent with big library shuffles, but the cloud gaming platform is now introducing a big new feature – the ability to buy games.
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Galaxy smartphones and tablets are reportedly adding a new app from Samsung as soon as this week, a new report claims, as Samsung will apparently expand its own cloud gaming service to all Galaxy users.
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An absolutely massive leak has revealed unredacted details of Microsoft’s plans for Xbox, including new consoles and a dedicated cloud gaming device.
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After launching the “Gaming Hub” on newer smart TVs and other devices, Samsung has announced that its 2020 smart TVs will gain support for cloud gaming apps.
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Samsung has today announced a new portable projector, the Freestyle Gen 2, that bundles in the company’s Gaming Hub, which supports a collection of cloud gaming services.
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PlayStation cloud gaming hasn’t really taken off in the same way that Microsoft’s efforts have in the Xbox world, but Sony is preparing a major step up. This week, Sony has started streaming PlayStation 5 games through cloud gaming, and at up to 4K resolution.
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Cloud gaming has seen some rocky developments over the past year or so, but also some big positives. Through it all, though, Sony has been surprisingly quiet about the technology, but as efforts internally push for improved cloud gaming, the company has today announced that PlayStation 5 games will soon be available through the cloud.
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