Phil Harrison: Last News

After a three-year struggle, Google has decided to wind down the operations of Stadia, its video game streaming service.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After three years, Google Stadia is exiting the arena. The internet search giant, which launched the streaming games service in November 2019, announced that Google Stadia will be winding down over the next few months. Players will continue to have access to their games library and be able to play through Jan. 18, 2023. Google said it will refund all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, as well as all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store. While Stadia’s approach to streaming games “was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service,” Phil Harrison, VP and GM of Stadia, wrote in a blog post Thursday about the decision.

Hollie RichardsonWith the heats done, the successful cooks reconvene for the semi-finals. Tonight, a tougher audience than Gregg and John awaits: the celebrities will be heading to North Weald Airfield to prepare a feast fit for 70 pilots, medics and air ambulance support staff. It’s a task to daunt the most experienced of caterers, so expect a few dicey moments.

Hollie RichardsonSomething to make everybody feel over the hill: Holby City has been running for 23 years. Alas, the BBC has announced that tonight’s episode will be the reliable medical drama’s last ever, and it follows the outcome of Dr Jac Naylor’s brain tumour operation.