Stadia Savepoint: April updates

We're back with another update in our Stadia Savepoint series—here's what happened in April.

This month we welcomed everyone within our 14 launch countries to Stadia and gave gamers two months of free games with Stadia Pro. Stadia is now free and open to anyone who wants to create an account. Our most recent Stadia Connect revealed that you can click here to play PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS on Stadia, plus new info on First on Stadia titles Wave Break, Crayta, and Get Packed. 

Stadia’s Phil Harrison also revealed: “We are bringing five games from Electronic Arts to Stadia as part of our partnership. It all starts with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order™ coming this fall followed by EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL and FIFA. We are excited to bring these hugely popular franchises to our players on Stadia in 2020 and beyond. We’ll have more news to share about EA games on Stadia later this year.

Stadia Pro updates

• Get new games for free as part of Stadia Pro in May: PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, The Turing Test and SteamWorld Heist.

• Existing games still available to add to your collection: Destiny 2, GRID, GYLT, Serious Sam Collection, Spitlings, Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks), SteamWorld Dig 2, and SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech.

• Act quickly: Thumper leaves Stadia Pro on April 30.

• Ongoing discounts for Stadia Pro subscribers: Check out the web or mobile Stadia store for the latest.

Recent content launches on Stadia

• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - Ultra Pack 1

• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - Ultra Pack 2

• Get Packed

• Monopoly

• MotoGP™20

• Octopath Traveler

• PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS

• Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks)

New games coming to Stadia

• Crayta

• Embr

• F1® 2020

• FIFA

• Gunsport

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

• Just Shapes & Beats

• KONA

• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

• Madden NFL

• Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

• République

• Rock of Ages 3

• Wave Break

• West of Loathing

• Zombie Army 4: Dead War

Play Stadia Pro for free

Click to Play on web
Click here to instantly play PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS in your Chrome browser with an active Stadia Pro subscription.

5.1 surround sound on web 
We added support for 5.1 surround sound when playing games on your Chrome browser with an active Stadia Pro subscription.

On-screen keyboard on web
Access an on-screen keyboard in your Chrome browser when you have a gamepad connected and require text input.

Mobile connection notifications 
Receive notifications about connection quality while playing on mobile devices.

Connection status updates
The connection status icon now only reflects connection strength, following user feedback.

Mobile captures
While playing on mobile devices, press the Capture button on your Stadia controller to save gameplay screenshots and clips.

OnePlus compatibility
Stadia is now compatible with the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro mobile devices. More info here.

That’s it for April—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news. 

by Andrey Doronichev via The Keyword