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• On the same day it announced the Stadia launch date, Google killed VR tech Daydream

  Google has effectively abandoned Daydream just as it was getting ready to reveal the launch date of Stadia, its latest gaming platform.

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has every DLC tomb, weapon and outfit

  Square Enix has announced the release date for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

• Google Stadia launches November 19

  Google Stadia Founder’s Edition will be available starting November 19 to those who pre-ordered the cloud-gaming service.

• Google launches Android subscription service Google Play Pass with over 350 apps and games

  Google has announced its own mobile subscription service, Google Play Pass, which launches with over 350 apps and games.

• Stadia Founders Edition to be replaced with Premiere Edition when stock is all out

  Google has revealed that as stock of the Stadia Founders Edition runs out, it will be replaced with a different edition.

• Google will offer Stadia service trials and game trials post launch

  Beyond the upcoming launch of Google Stadia, the company already has plans for how the service will be introduced to potential customers.

• Google Stadia's streaming tech works a dream in a controlled environment - but the real tests are yet to come

• Stadia Launch Games: every game confirmed for Google's new game streaming service

  Google Stadia now has a November release date and pricing. You can buy games individually, or pay a subscription for a Netflix-style subscription package featuring a collection of games. But… what games? Well, now we know.

• The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr MMO is coming to Stadia

  Massively Multiplayer game The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr will be coming to Google Stadia.

• Watch Dogs: Legion's elderly assassin can drop dead at random

  Sometimes, recruits in Watch Dogs: Legion will just drop dead.

• Mortal Kombat 11 is heading to Stadia this November

  Warner Bros. firmly believes Google Stadia can handle Mortal Kombat 11.

• Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Stadia

  CD Projekt Red’s upcoming futuristic romp Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Stadia.

• Gamescom 2019: Watch the Xbox, Google Stadia and Opening Night Live streams here

  Europe’s premier gaming conference – Gamescom 2019 – is close at hand, so save the date!

• Phil Spencer reckons game streaming is "years and years" away

  Xbox boss Phil Spencer feels a “Netflix for games” is further away than you think.

• Google will host another Stadia Connect at gamescom 2019

  Google will host its second Stadia Connect during gamescom 2019 later this month.

• Google can't say how much games are going to cost on Stadia, but they won't be cheaper than consoles

  Google has clarified that it doesn’t expect games sold on Stadia to be cheaper than they are on other platforms, such as PS4 or Xbox One.

• Your first Stadia name change is free, but future name changes will have a cost

  Update: Stadia’s head of comms Patrick Seybold says that players can change their names at any time, and the first change is free. This means there will be a fee for changing your ID, although Google hasn’t announced the cost just yet.

• Google Stadia will gobble 1TB of data in 65 hours if streamed at 4K

  Google Stadia’s first Connect stream yesterday gave us hard numbers on the game streaming service, and the maths presents a sobering reality when it comes to data: 1TB for every 65 hours of play.

• GYLT looks like a school-age nightmare about confronting your fears

  Tequila Works, the developer behind Rime and Deadlight, has announced a game about facing your worst fears named GYLT.