There has been a flurry of news from Stadia in recent weeks, but finally we had some significant news for Stadia last week. This includes Scott Pilgrim’s release on Stadia, as well as the surprise announcement that Ubisoft is making a Star Wars game.
Stadia Changelog is a weekly series on 9to5Google where we have collected some of Stadia’s news that we couldn’t talk about. This includes a round of which new games were released on Stadia during the week, which games had updates and patches, new games confirmed or speculated for the platform and much more. Come back every Friday!
New games added to Stadia this week
New game releases in January are not common, but there was a new addition to Stadia this week. As scheduled, Ubisoft released Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game for $ 14.99 this week.
Stadia Updates
Immortals Fenyx Rising 1.1.0
Available from January 14th on Stadia, Immortals: Fenyx Rising 1.1.0 brings with it several bug fixes and tweaks to the game, but most notably adds support for the upcoming “A New God” DLC. You can see the full changelog on the Ubisoft website.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 1.1.1
Released on January 14, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla took update 1.1.1 that offers Ubisoft Connect achievements and fixes a lot of longstanding bugs. There is also a Stadia-specific fix for an issue that caused the saved time to not reflect local time. You can read the full changelog for this update here.
Hitman 3 Devs talk story
Without going into spoilers, the developers behind Hitman 3 watched a new video to talk about the upcoming game and its exciting conclusion to the World Assassination Trilogy. Hitman 3 is released on January 20.
The ‘Stadia Enhanced’ extension gets new filters
An easy way to improve the Stadia experience on computers is to install the third-party “Stadia Enhanced” Chrome extension. This week, the extension added useful skill to filter clips and screenshots.
Orcs Must Die 3! confirms months of patches
Displaying the beauty of cloud games, Orcs Must Die 3 exclusive to Stadia! confirmed more than three months of patches this week that have been released in the background since September. You can read more here.
Cyberpunk 2077 1.06 brings changes specific to Stadia
Almost a month has passed between the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 1.06 on other platforms and the launch of this week’s Stadia. The wait was worth it, as this update brings a number of changes that are specific to the game’s Stadia port. You can read more about it here.
Republic Riders delayed
Ubisoft’s next Riders Republic game, confirmed to arrive at Stadia, has been postponed to the end of 2021. The game was originally scheduled for February 2021.
NBA 2K21 finally gets a lineup update
After a drought of more than two months, NBA 2K21 finally saw a lineup update this week. Reddit users reported the change on Tuesday, ironically at the same time as we put the spotlight on 2K’s continued neglect of the game’s Stadia port. Hopefully, the squad updates will be much more regular going forward.
Games coming to Stadia
Ubisoft is making an open world Star Wars game
Wednesday saw some really good news coming out – the Star Wars universe is expanding beyond EA. Ubisoft is currently in development on a new Star Wars video game that uses the open world concept popularized by titles like Breath of the Wild and Spider-Man. Details on this new release of Ubisoft’s Star Wars are scarce, but apparently the game is being developed by Ubisoft Massive, which is responsible in part for The Crew 2 and The Division 2. Nothing is known about where the game is going on. Star Wars timeline or which characters we’ll follow.
The best news implied here is that, as the game is being developed by Ubisoft, this Star Wars title is almost guaranteed to have a debut on Stadia, probably even the same day and date with other platforms. This is really exciting!
Tohu
Google confirmed that the game “Tohu” would be released on Stadia on January 28.
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
Launching on March 28, Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 is confirmed for release on Stadia (via Cloudy) The game will cost $ 39.99 and will mainly add multiplayer features to the game. The predecessor is currently available on Stadia and was also a Stadia Pro game.
Autumn guys, maybe?
As some in the community noted this week, Mediatonic ran a poll this week asking for feedback from the community. The Fall Guys developer asked where people would like to see the game released, placing Stadia in second place on the list. This one not it means that the game is definitely coming, but it is clear that at least it is being considered.
What we’re playing this week
Ben Schoon – Outcasts
Between CES 2021 and the launch of the Galaxy S21, games were at the bottom of my list of priorities. The little time I had to play was spent with Outcasters, just to remind me how bad I am at that game. The exclusive Stadia is a great concept and it’s super fun even when you lose, but man, I’m just struggling to get something close to “skill”. Finally I managed to win the Last Caster Standing game on Friday, but it was a bit of an empty win as it was a game with the majority of bots. In another match, I managed to take third place in a group of real players.
Given the great workload we saw this week, I was not alone in this, as my colleagues also did not have time to spend at Stadia.
This week’s biggest news from Stadia
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