Cloud gaming faces challenges as Google prepares launch


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 27 Aug 2019

The US digital behemoth unveiled details of its nascent streaming video platform at last week's Gamescom trade fair in Cologne in the hope it can gain massive traction among hardcore gamers to zap past other providers of existing gaming fare. — Bloomberg

COLOGNE, Germany: Urging fans to plunge into a virtual high-res surround sound universe of extraordinary games, Google hopes its cloud-based Stadia platform will take the world by storm on its November launch.

The US digital behemoth unveiled details of its nascent streaming video platform at last week's Gamescom trade fair in Cologne in the hope it can gain massive traction among hardcore gamers to zap past other providers of existing gaming fare.

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