Apple announced its picks for the best games released in 2019. Google named games that won User’s Choice awards across several categories.

Three senior Assassin’s Creed developers left Ubisoft to work at Jade Raymond’s Stadia Games and Entertainment studio.

Stadia’s rollout turned out to be one of the most disastrous launches in the history of gaming platforms. That’s according to analyst firm DFC Intelligence.

Google Stadia is out now in 14 countries. So are the tech reviews. Those who tested the platform agree that it offers the unprecedented quality of streaming, but the experience is still far from optimal.

Google Stadia launches tomorrow (November 19) with 22 titles, which is somewhat more generous than the 12 titles announced last week.

Google announced the lineup of games available on its Stadia platform when it launches on November 19. One of them, Gylt by Tequila Works, will be Stadia’s exclusive.

Following the launch of its mobile subscription service, Google said: “Developers earn a royalty that incorporates time subscribers spend in their app and captures how users value all types of content (from weather apps to epic endless runners).” That language alerted some developers as it seemingly resembles how Spotify and the likes of it pay artists. Under the pay-per-stream model used by Spotify, musicians get paid based on how many plays their songs gets. So…

A premium games subscription is arriving at Google Play. Google has posted details about its Play Pass subsription platform.

Google has updated its Community Guidelines that signal a change in the company culture.

The Google Play Store has received a new design. It makes it easier to find games and apps.

The tech giant follows Apple’s suit. A review process for new apps has been impleneted on Google Play. It’s off to a sloppy start, however.

The Amazon Alexa Fund, the Google Assistant Investment Program, Sisu Game Ventures and others have invested around €1m in Doppio, Portugal based studio that makes “voice-controlled conversational games.”

Sam Corcoran, technical account manager for Google, said that the tech giant received over 4,000 applications from developers for its upcoming Stadia platform.

Publishers with big portfolios will be able to include their own subscriptions on top of Stadia subscription.

Yesterday, Google announced new details about its streaming platform Stadia, which the company teased 3 months ago. Two types of subscription will be available: paid and free. The paid version is launching this November.

Google announced yesterday it would open a new data center in Hamina, Finland. The company will be investing about 600 million euros ($672 million) in the new facility.

Last week, Google announced it would be updating Google Play Store rating system. The update will make ratings more reflective of recent reviews.

Google has announced the nominees for this year’s Google Play Awards.

Launched last year, Indie Games Accelerator program is now accepting applications for class 2019.