Video Games
Google Stadia Launch Lineup Revealed, Includes ‘Mortal Kombat 11’, ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’, ‘Samurai Shodown’
Ahead of the service’s launch next week, Google has revealed the entire launch lineup of games available for Stadia. In total, there will only be 12 games hitting Stadia on its first day of availability. Genre fans will be able to get their fill with Mortal Kombat 11 and the three Tomb Raider games available. There’s also the service-exclusive GYLT, if you want something new.
Here’s the full slate of titles you’ll be able to download and play on November 19:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Destiny 2: The Collection
- GYLT
- Just Dance 2020
- Kine
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Samurai Shodown
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Thumper
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
The number of titles is expected to double by the end of the year, which is good news for those early adopters. Google also revealed today that Borderlands 3 and Metro Exodus will also be joining the service before the year is out.
Other games heading to Stadia before the year’s end include RAGE 2 and Wolfenstein: Youngblood. As for next year, we can look forward to DOOM: Eternal and Cyberpunk 2077.
Video Games
Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.