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Stadia game-streaming service lets you play games anywhere

It’s safe to say that going into this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), Google’s keynote was the most anticipated on the schedule. Rumours had flown for weeks, though calling them “rumours” is perhaps underselling it. We knew Google was working on streaming games to the Chrome browser, after last year’s Project Stream tests, and it was clear we’d see more about those ideas at GDC. It’s called Stadia, and already the old box-under-the-TV paradigm feels outdated.

Meet Google Stadia: Streaming games anywhere

“Building a game platform for everyone.” That’s the tag line Google went with during its presentation. You have a desktop? A laptop? A phone? Then you have Stadia. It’s

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