Welcome to the first CGC Update. The CGC Update is a weekly post summarizing the following:
- Major cloud gaming news
- New playable games on the various cloud services
- New game announcements for the various cloud services
- New trailers for games playable in the cloud
Big News
Launch of the Cloud Gaming Catalogue: Not a major development in cloud gaming, but one for the site itself. The Cloud Gaming Catalogue has been officially launched and advertised this week. This is the foundation, many more features will be added. You can read what’s next right here. The first new features have been added, namely Free To Play, Cross Play and Kid Friendly tags.
Amazon Luna now supports smartphones as controllers: Earlier this month, Amazon Luna has gone from an early access phase to an official launch. New featuers have been rapidly added. The latest one sees you using your smartphone as a controller, without extra hardware. Check out the article for more information.
New Playable Games
A number of new games have become playable in the past week, across Amazon Luna, GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Click on a game to learn more about it. You can find the list below:
- Buccaneers! (GeForce Now)
- Bus Driver Simulator (GeForce Now)
- Distant Worlds 2 (GeForce Now)
- Grow: Song of the Evertree (Amazon Luna)
- Ironsmith Medieval Simulator (GeForce Now)
- Kentucky Route Zero (Xbox Cloud Gaming)
- Martha is Dead (GeForce Now)
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Xbox Cloud Gaming)
- Survival Quiz CITY (GeForce Now)
- Young Souls (Xbox Cloud Gaming)
New Game Announcements
The past week saw a bunch of new game announcements for Stadia! Great games are coming towards Stadia soon. The games coming are:
- Cities: Skylines (Stadia)
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat (Stadia)
- Golf With Your Friends (Stadia)
- Trivial Pursuit Live! (Stadia)
Trailers
Below you’ll find a selection of new trailers for games either playable through cloud gaming or coming soon!
The Gunk: Photo Mode Trailer
Death Stranding – Director’s Cut: New Missions
Dead By Daylight: Sadako Rising Trailer
Trek To Yomi Story Trailer
Young Souls GamePass Launch Trailer
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Launch Trailer
The Lawn Mowing Simulator: Dino Safari DLC
Sea of Thieves: Season Six Content Update Trailer
Mus (PapaBear Gaming)