After recalling that players can start testing a selection of games without paying anything thanks to the first two free months of the Stadia Pro formula, it was a confined Phil Harrison who let his colleagues take stock of the announcements of the day. Starting with a partnership with Electronic Arts which will result in the release of five EA-stamped games on the cloud gaming platform. Among them, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, FIFA and Madden NFL are expected this fall. The appearance of Electronic Arts in the Stadia catalog is quite interesting since Andrew Wilson's company is also supposed to push its own cloud gaming platform, Project Atlas.
Once again, the exclusives will have been severely missed in the program, even if Google has presented one in the form of Crayta, a collaborative building and sharing game developed by the British studio Unit 2 Games, which will be released during the summer. We also discovered that Wave break
Stadia Pro players will note that Zombie Army 4: Dead War, Spitlings, SteamWorld Heist and The Turing Test will be available from May 1 as part of their subscription, while Thumper will bow out at the end of the current month.
But Google's biggest announcement for this Stadia Connect, however, comes from PUBG, which is making its debut now on the cloud gaming platform at no additional cost to Stadia Pro members. Good news for the Stadia community, the battle royale is crossplay with PS4 and Xbox One editions. Note that if Stadia players can play keyboard / mouse, they will be separated from players equipped with a controller, if necessary Explain on the game page.