No, Stadia will not shut down by the end of the summer

July 29, 2022

A rumor circulated this week suggesting that Google plans to close down Stadia by the top of the summer season, however there is no cause to essentially imagine that is the case.

First launched in 2019, Google Stadia had a robust first yr stuffed with main AAA titles, however some pleasure across the service waned after Google’s first-party studio Stadia Video games & Leisure shut down final yr. Regardless of this, Stadia has continued to fill its library with video games huge and small, with Google aiming to usher in at the very least 100 new titles a yr.

This week, a rumor was shared in a Stadia fan group on Fb (the unique submit has since been deleted), wherein an individual claiming to have a connection to a Google worker alleged that Stadia can be shut down in a close to future. The rumor, posted by a person by the title of “Donny Jepp” – claims that in a Google retail seminar in California, the corporate shared its “exit plan” for Stadia, shutting down the streaming service from video games by “the top of summer season”.

The poster went on to assert that Stadia would obtain remedy “like they did with Google Play Music”, with prospects to be notified 30-60 days prematurely however not moved to a different platform. This comparability is unusual, nonetheless, as a result of Google moved prospects and options from Play Music to YouTube Music. Google Play Music prospects additionally had effectively over 60 days discover, or almost 5 months, to modify to YouTube Music.

Past the inconsistencies within the rumored claims, there’s merely no reality to the concept of Stadia shutting down within the close to future. For starters, the final day of summer season 2022 is September 23, and a number of other titles have been confirmed to launch on Stadia after that date, together with FIFA 23 on September 30. Plus, we’re already lower than 60 days away from the top of summer season, so Google ought to have began sending out opinions now.

Extra importantly, the official Google Stadia account has since tweeted – with an acceptable quantity of snark, I would add – successfully confirming that this rumor is fake by parodying the “seminar in California” format.

Only a warning

My former colleague is now certainly one of Google’s social managers. They held a fairly large seminar in California final weekend, and lengthy story quick, now you can play Wavetale at no further value on Stadia Professional till August 1: https://t.co/2O6P0Kd8Kd pic.twitter.com/Hjo0pvARKx

— Stadia ☁️???? (@GoogleStadia) July 29, 2022

To place it plainly, Google Stadia is not stopping anytime quickly. As an alternative, the service is now effectively positioned to be ported additional by Google licensing its Immersive Stream expertise, on which Stadia is constructed, to different corporations. Google even introduced that Stadia will develop to Mexico this yr.

Past that, our APK Perception crew has been monitoring a number of new options — like 1440p streaming, Discover tab reactions, and movement controls — which might be set to reach quickly to enhance the expertise for Stadia gamers. To maintain up with the number of Stadia-related information every week, make sure to try our Stadia Changelog column, posted each Friday.