Google’s new gaming service will let game makers use rival clouds, exec says

Google vice president and general manager Phil Harrison speaks during a Google keynote address announcing a new video gaming streaming service named Stadia that attempts to capitalize on the company's cloud technology and global network of data centers, at the Gaming Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

SAN FRANCISCO: A Google executive offered new details on March 20 about the company's upcoming videogame streaming service, telling Reuters that game makers may use competing cloud providers and must avoid some inappropriate content.

Google, owned by Alphabet Inc, unveiled Stadia on March 19, saying the service launching this year would make playing high-quality videogames in an Internet browser as easy as watching a movie on its YouTube service.