There is less than a week left until Google shuts down Stadia’s servers, thus terminating its failed cloud gaming platform. It is true, and we have already commented on more than one occasion, that there have been many reasons why this has been the case, but it would be unfair to deny that the service, in terms of its operation, has been great. From my personal experience, the gaming experience with Cyberpunk 2077 was as smooth as I’ve had playing it on desktop and also through GeForce Now. On the technical side, Google engineers have done a great job with Stadia, and I think it’s only fair to acknowledge that.
Although the closure of services is something that happens on a daily basis, this in most cases goes unnoticed, since they tend to be little or nothing known and, therefore, the impact of their closure has a very, very localized impact, which generally does not transcend. However, when we talk about products and services that have become more relevant, the significance of this is much greater, because many more users tend to be affected.
A few months ago we published some of the most famous closures from both Microsoft and Google, and the next time we publish an entry of this type about the search engine company, without a doubt Stadia will have to be on this list, since the expectations before its launch, just over three years ago, in November 2019, they aimed very high. And going back to those days, some will remember that a very popular advance, Worm Game, a simple game but that served to test the operation of the service.
You might have seen one last game arrive on Stadia today. It’s a humble ๐งก thanks ๐ for playing from our team.
Find it here: https://t.co/PyAUH181v1
โ Stadia โ๏ธ๐ฎ (@GoogleStadia) January 13, 2023
Well, said game was present when the service arrived and it will also do so at its farewell, since Google has added Worm Game, for free, to all Stadia accounts. It was the company itself that has announced it Through the service’s Twitter account, and by following the link that we found in said message, we can directly access the game (if we have a Stadia account, of course).
The game is quickly recognizable as an evolution of the mythical and much-loved Snake, which gave so many good times to all Nokia mobile phone users two decades ago. Thus, whether you have been a Stadia user and want to say goodbye to the service by using it, or if you never did and are somewhat curious about how it works, this is the moment. There’s only five days left, but I’m sure you can make the worm stuffed with fruit. I can’t think of a better farewell to a gaming service than, of course, using it to play.
