Google Stadia Review: Gaming’s Streaming Future Isn’t Here Yet

Scott Stein, reviews Google Stadia cloud gaming service for CNET: Stadia’s launch day was earlier this week… sort of. Really, consider this the start of Stadia’s early-access beta period. Because Google’s big promises haven’t arrived, and at the price of the Stadia’s Founder’s Edition, I can’t recommend anyone jump onboard at the moment. Google’s experimental game streaming service, Stadia, launches without…

Google’s Stadia Cloud Gaming Service Will Launch on November 19

Google’s Stadia game streaming service will launch on November 19th, the company’s Rick Osterloh announced today at the company’s fall hardware event. From a report: In a separate blog post published during the keynote, Google added that servers will open to the public at 12PM EST/9AM PST. Besides the US, Stadia will launch in Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,…

‘Men In Black’ Director Barry Sonnenfeld Calls 8K, Netflix HDR ‘Stupid’

CIStud writes Barry Sonnenfeld, director of the “Men in Black” series, “Get Shorty” and most recently Netflix’s “Series of Unfortunate Events”, says 8K is “only good for sports” and High Dynamic Range (HDR) is “stupid” and “a waste.” Sonnenfeld, speaking with actor Patrick Warburton at the CEDIA Expo last week in Denver, called for a “filmmaker mode” on all TVs that…