The American multinational Google announced this Wednesday that starting today and for the next two months it will offer its Stadia video game platform for free to facilitate entertainment options during confinement orders.
"Maintaining social distances is vital, but staying home for long periods can be difficult and generate loneliness. Video games are a good way to socialize with friends and family without leaving home," Google vice president for Stadia said in a statement. Phil Harrison.
The offer will be available in all markets in which Stadia currently has a presence, that is, Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
Anyone who subscribes to the service for the next 48 hours will get two free months of Stadia Pro that will allow them to access nine different video games, including GRID, Destiny 2: The Collection and Thumper.
Apart from these, the user will be able to buy more games in the digital store that he will continue to own even if after the two-month offer, he decides to cancel his subscription.
For those people who are already subscribers of Stadia Pro and pay each month the $ 9.99 that the service costs (9.99 euros in Spain), Google assured that the offer will be applied the same and that the collections of the next two months.
Google launched Stadia in November last year as a bet for video games in "streaming", since it allows you to play without a console, just by having a subscription to the service, an internet connection and a smart device.
The service promises high-quality technical features : up to 4K resolution, 60 fps (frames per second) graphic quality and 5.1 sound. The minimum Wi-Fi speed to access is 10 Mbps, although the platform recommends 35 Mbps.
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