Update

The Google Stadia store is now rolling out, giving you a decent way to browse and buy its games

Available only to Premiere and Founder's Edition owners

The Google Stadia store is now rolling out, giving you a decent way to browse and buy its games
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Following its launch late last month, Google Stadia is finally ready to start rolling out its store, giving early adopters an easier way to view and purchase games from their Chrome browser on desktop.

The launch itself was, like all things Stadia, a little mismanaged. Mere days before Founder's Edition and Premiere Edition owners were set to gain access, a further 10 games were confirmed to arrive in time for launch, bringing the total up to 22 titles.

Here's a full list of what you can get right now:

  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Attack on Titan: Final Battle 2
  • Darksiders Genesis 
  • Destiny 2: The Collection
  • Farming Simulator 2019
  • Final Fantasy XV
  • Football Manager 2020
  • Grid 2019
  • Gylt
  • Just Dance 2020
  • Kine
  • Metro Exodus
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • NBA 2K20
  • Rage 2
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • Samurai Shodown
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • Thumper
  • Tomb Raider
  • Trials Rising
  • Wolfenstein: Youngblood

The service itself sounds fairly stable, provided you have the internet speeds to handle it. Its biggest issue right now, for me at least, is the cost of entry, lack of value, and overpriced games – many of which are now several years old. Like VR at launch, Stadia will appeal to a certain group of people with money to burn and an interest in where tech could be going. If this is the future, it's currently only so for a very small percentage of us, for a number of clear reasons.

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You currently need to own either the Founder's Edition or the Premiere Edition in order to test it out at all. The free version of Stadia, where you can purchase its games without a subscription/paywall, is set to launch next year at some point.

I'm in no real rush to give it a go, so I'll quite happily wait it out. If you've already taken the plunge, you can now view and purchase games from the Stadia store, accessible through this here handy link.

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Cameron Bald
Cameron Bald
Cameron started out as an intern here in late 2018, then went on to join us as our News Editor in July 2019. He brings with him an encyclopedic knowledge of decade-old GamesMaster review scores and plenty of stinking takes on games, movies, and proper pizza etiquette.