So far, Google has gotten cloud-based videogaming half right. The other half will prove a major challenge. The Internet giant owned by Alphabet Inc. unveiled a new service Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Called “Stadia,” it makes the most graphically intense games playable on any internet-connected device running the company’s Chrome browser, obviating the need for a dedicated console to download a game or render it from a disc. The service makes use of Google’s massive global network of data centers...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 19, 2019 19:52 UTC