Jack Buser, formerly Director for Games at Google Stadia, is leaving for Google Cloud. On September 13, Buser is stepping in as Google Cloud’s Director of Global Gaming Solutions.

Last week, Microsoft and Hideo Kojima reportedly signed a letter of intent. The partnership that might come out of this will see Kojima create a cloud-based game using Microsoft’s Azure tech. Over 700 gamers have taken to Change.org to prevent any official agreement from being signed.

Microsoft announced that tomorrow it’ll begin sending out invites to start testing the Xbox Cloud Gaming limited beta for Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets via web browsers.

Cloud gaming company Blacknut has reported a new milestone, with its catalogue of premium games now exceeding 500 titles.

International provider of cloud and edge solutions G-Core announced a contest for the best online indie game. Five winners will receive up to $5,000 to spend on the premium infrastructure.

In 2021, the video games industry will generate $189.3 billion in revenue, partly driven by the emerging markets like Southeast Asia and the Middle East & Northern Africa.

Yesterday Facebook rolled out its own free cloud gaming platform focused on mobile games.

Microsoft has been developing a “direct browser-based solution” to bring xCloud to iOS in early 21. This is coming from the sources familiar with the matter who confided the information to The Verge.

Amazon revealed a new cloud gaming platform called Luna. It will initially be available on PC, Mac, Fire TV, and iPhone and iPad, with an Android version arriving later.

Apple announced changes to its App Store Guidelines. Cloud gaming services like Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now can now technically exist on iOS. However, there’s a catch.

Apple said it won’t allow cloud services like xCloud and Google Stadia on its devices. Nvidia’s GeForce Now will also be limited to Android.

Tencent and Huawei are working together on a new cloud game platform.

One of the most pressing challenges Stadia is facing is a small library. Google understands this. That is why the tech giant announced that it’s working on a program that will allow indie devs to publish games on the cloud platform.

Fortune Business Insights analysts are confident about the bright future of cloud gaming.

On Tuesday, Nvidia announced that it had to remove Activision Blizzard title from its cloud-based gaming platform GeForce Now. This happened at the request of the publisher, but no explanation was provided at the time.

During the Unpacked event this Tuesday, Samsung announced a partnership with Microsoft. According to David Park, Samsung’s director of strategy, the Korean giant is collaborating with Xbox on a “premium cloud-based game streaming experience.”

“We’ve worked with publishers to onboard a robust catalog of your PC games,” an official post on the Nvidia blog cheerfully begins, nothing foreshadowing what’s about to come. “This means continually adding new games, and on occasion, having to remove games,” the post goes on to gradually prepare the reader for the bad news. “Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service.”

After several years in beta (testing of the service began back in 2017), GeForce Now is now officially released.

Facebook has purchased Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga. It cost Facebook $78 million, according to CNBC.