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A Tribute for Street Fighter & Tekken Developers Team and Series

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GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

what’s your phone wallpaper : goro majima entering the ring, art by sharkcat on twitter.

last song you listened to : blazblue soundtrack apparently.

currently reading : literally just roleplays i'm having with people, i don't read books at all.

last movie : legit can't really remember.

last show : think it was still the tekken anime, but i don't really have netflix or watch tv so yea. xd

what are you wearing right now : evangelion top & leggings.

piercings / tattoos? : no piercings because my body doesn't handle jewellery well, i always wanted stretched ear lobes x-x / i have 15 tattoos, 2 front thigh ones ( majima one in progress ), 4 on my back ( one touches my neck ), 2 fingers, 3 on arm making full sleeve, 2 on other arm making half sleeve, 2 on chest ( full chest ), i don't think i'm missing any out ... lmfao, i plan to get more, i'm going for full body coverage honestly.

glasses ? contacts? : i have to wear glasses all the time, & i hate it, would wear contacts if i could stand things going into my eye.

last thing you ate? : pizza :3

favorite color(s) : don't really have favourite, but my fav combo that i have all my rgb in is purple & blue.

current obsession : yakuza series.

do you have a crush right now? : too many, & they aren't even real, it's not fair.

favorite fictional character : i think it's obvious that goro majima is, but others would be kashiwagi, reiji ishioda ( i'm not even up to this game yet ), zenos yae galvus, red xiii, nidhogg, ardyn izunia.

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The Game Awards (2023): My Votes | Thursday, 11.30.2023

Here are the nominees (and my votes; excluding nominees for Content Creators, eSports athletes, etc.) the upcoming 2023 Game Awards premiering live on Thursday, December 7, including:

Game of the Year

Alan Wake II

Baldur's Gate 3

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Best Game Direction

Alan Wake II

Baldur's Gate

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Best Narrative

Alan Wake II

Baldur's Gate 3

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Final Fantasy XIV

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Art Direction

Alan Wake II

Hi-Fi Rush

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Lies of P

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Best Score & Music

Alan Wake II

Baldur's Gate 3

Final Fantasy XIV

Hi-Fi Rush

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Audio Design

Alan Wake II

Dead Space

Hi-Fi Rush

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Resident Evil 4 (2023)

Best Performance

Ben Starr (as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XIV)

Cameron Monaghan (as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

Idris Elba (as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty)

Melanie Liburd (as Saga Anderson in Alan Wake II)

Neil Newbon (as Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3)

Yuri Lowenthal (as Peter Parker/Spidey in Marvel's Spider-Man 2)

Innovation in Accessibility

Diablo IV

Forza Motorsport

Hi-Fi Rush

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Mortal Kombat 1

Street Fighter 6

Games For Impact

A Space for the Unbound

Chants of Sennaar

Goodbye Volcano High

Tchia

Terra Nil

Venba

Best Ongoing Game

Apex Legends

Cyberpunk 2077

Final Fantasy XIV

Fortnite

Genshin Impact

Best Community Sport

Baldur's Gate 3

Cyberpunk 2077

Destiny 2

Final Fantasy XIV

No Man's Sky

Best Mobile Game

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Honkai: Star Rail

Monster Hunter Now

Terra Nil

Best VR/AR Game

Gran Turismo 7

Humanity (video game)

Horizon: Call of the Mountain

Resident Evil Village

Synapse

Best Action Game

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Dead Island 2

Ghostrunner 2

Hi-Fi Rush

Remnant 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

Alan Wake II

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Resident Evil 4

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Best RPG Game

Baldur's Gate 3

Final Fantasy XVI

Lies of P

Sea of Stars

Starfield

Best Fighting Game

God of Rock

Mortal Kombat 1

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Pocket Bavery

Street Fighter 6

Best Family Game

Disney Illusion Island

Party Animals

Pikmin 4

Sonic Superstars

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Best Sims / Strategy Game

Advance Wars: 1+2 Reboot Camp

Cities: Skylines II

Company of Heroes

Fire Emblem Engage

Pikmin 4

Best Sports / Racing Game

EA Sports FC 24

F1 23

Forza Motorsport

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged

The Crew Motorfest

Best Multiplayer Game

Baldur's Gate 3

Diablo IV

Party Animals

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Street Fighter 6

Best Adaption

Castlevania: Nocturne (Netflix anime)

Gran Turismo (live-action movie)

The Last of Us (live-action TV series)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (animated movie by Illumination & Nintendo)

Twisted Metal (live-action TV series)

Most Anticipated Game

Final Fantasy VII rebirth

Hades II

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Star Wars Outlaws

Tekken 8 (coming 01.26.2024)

The 2023 Game Awards premieres on Thursday, December 7 @ 8:00 P.M.

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New Tekken Bloodline trailer just dropped. What are your thoughts?

I'm pretty hyped!

Lots of the things I was concerned about in the teaser trailer are addressed in the full trailer. Like I was concerned that they would depict young Jin as already full of rage, giving him no chance to change after his mother's death, and absolving Heihachi of the role he played in cultivating Jin's hatred for his own ends. This trailer makes very clear that Heihachi is invested in shaping Jin into someone violent and hateful, and makes reference to Jin's more pacifist ways beforehand.

likin jin's lil smile here

I was also mildly concerned that they might somehow do a stripped down Tekken 3 story without reference to Jin's friends, but seeing Xiaoyu and Hwoarang with speaking lines and prominent places on the release poster makes me confident they will get big roles in this. I was also unsure how they would play Jin and Hwoarang's rivalry, but the glimpse we get in the trailer looks well characterised to me.

"not" friends

I like the inclusion of characters from later games, who could plausibly be around, like Leroy and Feng. I don't know if Julia's Tekken 7 costume might mean they're going to leap straight to her Tekken 7 vlogger vocation. I hope not since I prefer her in earlier games, but the game devs seemed confused for years about what they wanted to do with Julia, so I understand if tv writers will attempt to consolidate her character more into one thing.

Nina seems surprisingly cogent for an amnesiac assassin waking up from cryosleep, but her Tekken 3 story was always odd to me, and the whole Ogre mind control seemed peculiar. Maybe they'll build up some kind of rapport between her and Jin so that Ogre can make her try to assassinate him? Or maybe they want some rapport established to give better grounding to her working for him in later games?

I'm not too fussed about Kazuya being labelled the ultimate evil, and tentatively hopeful that this means the writers are going to try and explain the (otherwise quite left-of-field) hatred that Jin has for the entirely absent Kazuya. I hope we will see a clear Heihachi line of propaganda saying that Kazuya is the worst, and that Kazuya and Ogre are built up to be the big bads of the series, only for Heihachi to shoot Jin in the ending. It seems they'll not shy away from showing Heihachi's ruthless training regimen, which should at least give the audience pause to wonder what living as Heihachi's sons might have been like.

So yeah, this trailer mostly makes me feel positive. It seems like they're committed to a Tekken 3 story, and the changes they're making from what I can see feel pretty uninvasive and contribute to existing lore and world-building in an interesting way. I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes.

aw my bby look he's so happy :)

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Discussion Topics: GEEK BROS approved video games, TV Shows and Movies! Amazon acquires MGM Studios, Netflix announces a Tekken TV series, Christopher Lloyd joins The Mandalorian in season 3, Daredevil reboot reportedly in the works, Sony acquires Haven Studios, Playstation’s March 2022 State of Play, A new Witcher game has been announced and it will use Unreal Engine 5, Ms. Marvel Official Trailer Reaction and GUNDAM EVOLUTION Network Test Trailer reaction. All this and more on this week’s episode of the Keepin’ Up With The GEEK BROS podcast! TUNE IN on your favorite podcasting app or listen here - https://webegeekspc.com/keepin-up-with-the-geek-bros-podcast-the-152nd/

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Tekken: Bloodline (Netflix Series Trailer):

“You know what? I am so excited for this. Even tho I was focusing more on watching movies, instead of tv series, I will gladly watch this one when it comes out. I think that the Tekken franchise has such a rich lore, so it’s perfect for something like this. Also, I am loving the little details added like: characters doing the same moves as in the games, the special effects when a character hits an attack, and many more. I am excited.”

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Thursday, August 18, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE DIANA INVESTIGATIONS (discovery +) SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW (Disney + Star) WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT (Paramount +) GLORIOUS (Shudder) BLINDED (Sundance Now) SELENA + CHEF (Crave) 7:30pm - 9:00pm 60 DAYS IN (A&E Canada) 9:00pm INMATE TO ROOMMATE (A&E Canada) 10:00pm

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

DISNEY + STAR SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW (Season 1 premiere)

NETFLIX CANADA HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Season 3) INSIDE THE MIND OF A CAT TEKKEN: BLOODLINE

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 1:00pm: Rockies vs. Cardinals (SN Now) 2:00pm: Dodgers vs. Brewers (SN) 7:00pm: Jays vs. Yankees (SN1) 7:00pm: Red Sox vs. Pirates

NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL (TSN3/TSN4) 8:00pm: Bears vs. Seahawks

KINGS OF THE WOOD (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Ella builds a bird bath for a woman's foster parents; Alex creates a personalized toolbox; Saf makes a stylish drinks cabinet.

JOINED AT THE HOUSE (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  With the addition of a toddler, a family of four has run out of room in its two-bedroom home and needs more space fast; Jake and Christin bolt on an extension to create a more functional kitchen and help this couple reclaim some grown-up space.

CANADA'S DRAG RACE (Crave) 9:00pm

OFF THE WALL BUILDS (HGTV Canada) 10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  A family of four wants a unique home for its desert property outside of Los Angeles, so Tony and his team stretch their imaginations to transform shipping containers into an oasis complete with a rooftop deck and a pool with a slide.

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: Fanmi; Life Support

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Favourite colour(s): i'm an artist, i can't really pick and choose with colours, but if anything, i really like blue, purple & pink as colour combinations, all my rgb is those colours.

Favourite flavour(s): i actually don't have much of a sense of taste, it's more texture i prefer, & i honestly couldn't describe my favourite in that.

Favourite genre(s): horror & fantasy mostly.

Favourite music: video game soundtracks, & jrock.

Favourite movie: battle royale probably when it comes to something that is actually live action.

Favourite series: series in what ? game, anime, show ? for games, that's a bit up in the air honestly as i like a lot of series of games, anime, definitely neon genesis evangelion, & i do not watch tv at all so couldn't really state a favourite tv series, i used to like doctor who before the writing just became complete garbage i suppose.

Last song: i have not listened to anything for a while now tbh.

Last series: well i'm playing the yakuza series atm. if this meant for anime/tv show, then idk, probably the tekken anime & tv show, like i said, i have not paid attention to tv in like a idk, a decade or more now ?

Last movie: like tv show, i barely watch movies, besides a lot of new movies out there don't look appealing at all to me, i would rather watch something decades old at this point.

Currently reading: i read the yakuza dialogue kek i don't really read anything besides rp.

Currently watching: nothing, & likely never will again as i know i sub to netflix for like a month & then unsub, but i don't agree with things they have been recently doing, so pls capcom, make whoever makes your animated movies/series, put them on bluray or something.

Currently working on: nothing atm, i have some asks to get to plus the rest of my majima bio, i'm gonna start playing ishin again in a bit however.

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Tekken will try to make the jump to TV with a new Netflix series on August 18th

Tekken will try to make the jump to TV with a new Netflix series on August 18th

Back in March, Netflix announced its Tekken TV show, and now we have a full trailer as well as a release date: August 18th. Dubbed Tekken: Bloodline, this anime adaptation follows the story of the King of Iron Fist Tournament from the perspective of Jin Kazama, as he’s trained by his grandfather Heihachi Mishima on a quest for revenge. It wasn’t the most original storyline when the games debuted…

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Netflix will release a Tekken animated series later this year

Netflix will release a Tekken animated series later this year

Having helped bring properties like and to TV, Netflix is ​​once again turning to a historic gaming franchise to add to its content library. On Saturday, the streamer announced it would release Tekken: Bloodlinean animated adaption of Bandai Namco’s popular fighting game series, in 2022. In the Netflix trailer shared alongside the announcement, we’re introduced to protagonist Jin Kazama, who…

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🍿 TEKKEN BLOODLINE: LA MINISERIE ANIMATA È SU NETFLIX DA OGGI! ▶️ GUARDA ORA

Dopo aver perso la casa a causa di un potente nemico, un impetuoso lottatore si allena sotto la guida dello zelante nonno aspettando l'occasione per vendicarsi.

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Netflix's Tekken: Bloodline Anime Is Coming Later In 2022

Netflix just announced one more title for its swelling library of original anime series. It plans to release Tekken: Bloodline later this year and revealed the series with a one-and-a-half-minute "Official teaser" trailer. There's no exact date or mention of episode count, but the summary reveals it will focus on Jin Kazama, who joined the series as a character in Tekken 3. If Tekken: Bloodline follows the games, the show will tie together The King of Iron Fist Tournament that includes control of a powerful corporation as its prize, the intergenerational power struggle of the Mishima family that runs the corporation and the tournament, and the supernatural powers / corrupting nature of the Devil Gene mutation shared by Heihachi Mishima, his son Kazuya Mishima, and Kazuya's son Jin Kazama. Even after failing to deliver a live-action Cowboy Bebop that it deemed worthy of a second season, Netflix continues to focus on adapting anime and games for new content. Its League of Legends-based anime series Arcane received a rave review here, while The Witcher live-action TV show has done well enough to earn a third season, a second anime movie, and upcoming kids show. A live-action adaptation of One Piece started production earlier this year, and Netflix also has anime adaptations of Scott Pilgrim and the Terminator series in the works.

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The best Netflix TV show soundtracks are now on Spotify, from Cowboy Bebop to Squid Game

Spotify has launched a new hub featuring soundtracks from many of the best Netflix shows, which could be a fantastic addition if a particular piece of music caught your ear while binging your new favorite Netflix series.

As reported by The Verge, Spotify's Netflix hub is available to both Spotify Premium subscribers and free users (though in the latter case, you will still need to listen to ads between songs), and includes tunes from popular shows like Squid Game, Cowboy Bebop and Bridgerton. A selection of official Netflix podcasts have landed on the streaming platform, too.

In addition to all this new content, Netflix has also released an "enhanced album experience" for its latest original movie, The Harder They Fall. The Idris Elba-led Western film features music by Kid Cudi, Jay-Z and more.

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The addition of Netflix content to Spotify shouldn't be a surprise, and actually feels a little overdue. Spotify has partnered with entertainment giants in the past, including Disney.

The two companies previously worked to bring a Disney hub to the music streaming platform, loaded with playlists and soundtracks featuring iconic songs from Disney's rich entertainment history.

Analysis: Spotify gets even more robust

We couldn't be happier that in the many years since its launch, Spotify has experimented with bringing a variety of music to its platform. You can listen to most of your favorite bands and artists no problem, which is great, but what's equally impressive is that the music streaming app is host to a variety of fantastic soundtracks, too.

Spotify doesn't just play host to movie and TV show soundtracks, though, as gaming is also hugely represented on the platform. Soundtracks from series like Final Fantasy, Tekken, Assassin's Creed, Sonic the Hedgehog and many more enjoy representation on Spotify, and it only helps add to the service's variety.

The addition of Netflix soundtracks in particular could prove to be important leverage over the competition. Movie and TV show soundtracks aren't easy to come by on other platforms, like YouTube Music, where content uploaded in an unofficial capacity more often than not leads to content strikes against uploaders. 

Having Netflix playlists and soundtracks readily available on Spotify, then, takes much of the headache out of not just finding music from your favorite shows, but also being able to stream the audio at a higher quality than what might otherwise be available.

Adele aside, Spotify is right to remove shuffle from albums

source https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-netflix-tv-show-soundtracks-are-now-on-spotify-from-cowboy-bebop-to-squid-game/ from Blogger https://ift.tt/3r36JgH Source Link The best Netflix TV show soundtracks are now on Spotify, from Cowboy Bebop to Squid Game

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Morning Mist #87

Announcements, Releases, Trailers

Doom Eternal has a new trailer, and it's very Doom

The Nemesis Strikes In New Resident Evil 3 Trailer

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot video reminisces on Goku and Vegeta's epic rivalry

Teamfight Tactics is launching on mobile mid-March

Dystopian food truck simulator Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! arrives in early access this month

Konami's cutesy shmup Bells & Whistles returns on PS4 and Nintendo Switch

Coffee Talk will finally open its doors on January 30

An indie collective released 48 games in one day on Steam

Valve is 'absolutely not' making Left 4 Dead 3, for VR or anything else

Final Fantasy VII Remake Delayed Until April

Marvel's Avengers delayed by four months

Cyberpunk 2077 developers will be required to crunch following its delay

Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer now unlikely to come before 2022

This gameplay video for Frostpunk's Last Autumn DLC shows off worker strikes and more

The three-game BioShock collection might be coming to Switch

3D Realms revives 1999 PC shooter Kingpin

Black Book is an adventure RPG about witches and demons

World of Horror, a creepy 1-bit style horror RPG, will release next month

Table Manners, a dating sim, is out this Valentine's Day

The unknowable chaos of physics in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Darwin Project is basically reality TV battle royale, and it’s now launched on Steam

Milestones, Industry

Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 raised a whopping £2.3 million for charity

Universal Studios Reveals Super Nintendo World Details

Riot Tabletop is the League Of Legends developer's new board game division

Over a million people subbed to RuneScape in 2019, with ‘many millions’ more playing F2P

GameStop is so screwed

Players spent over $61 billion on mobile games in 2019

Ubisoft sues website alleged to have facilitated DDoS attacks against Rainbow Six Siege servers

GDC 2020 offers practical tips on hiring and keeping women leaders in games

Magic Legends’ lead answers 75 questions in 7 minutes

8 of the 10 best-selling games of the decade were Call of Duty

Interested in getting into games? Our friends at GI.biz have a guide for that

Epic Games Store now has OpenCritic reviews

Valve's Index VR headset is sold out everywhere

Deals, Freeware

Humble launches a new bundle for the Australian Wildfire Relief Fund

Destiny has a charity T-Shirt to help Australia

PlayStation Store started an 'Under $20' bargain bin sale

Get Stardew Valley plus six more games for less than a tenner in the Sweet Farm Humble Bundle

Indie platformer Horace is free on the Epic Games Store

Solve a festive puzzle in small, free adventure A Good Tree

Form a one-man band in free musical adventure Haunted Garage

This 17-inch gaming laptop with an RTX 2060 and 144Hz display is on sale for $999

Save over $150 on this fast 144Hz HP 25MX gaming monitor

Samsung's Space monitor is a revelation

The awesome Microsoft Elite Series 2 controller is $20 off right now

The PS Classic is now £40 at Amazon

BT is including a free Google Stadia with its fibre broadband deals

These 'smart' contact lenses have a built-in display for augmented reality

500,000 new Witcher books are being printed in the US

Information

Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra enters open beta on January 24

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's first season gets an extension

Limited testing for Halo: Combat Evolved begins next month

Capcom will align content updates for PC and console players of Monster Hunter World

Pokemon-esque MMO Temtem is down to two last stress tests before early access next week

Hunt: Showdown is getting a solo PvE mode and a PS4 port

The Joker is having a bloody good time in his Mortal Kombat 11 trailer

Rocket League's Chinese New Year event kicks off next week

Overwatch has seven skins for Lunar New Year 2020

Cuphead and Assassin's Creed are invading Smash Ultimate in Mii form

Disintegration is running a few beta tests this month

The Sims is asking players about potential new features like “bromances” and second homes

This video solidifies just how packed Zelda: Breath of the Wild's world really is

Mobius Final Fantasy will be shutting down in June

Etc

There's an official rap version of Toss a Coin to Your Witcher that you might get to hear someday

Netflix created an interactive timeline for The Witcher and now I understand what's actually going on

This South Korean apartment block looks like a Minecraft house

Pokémon's official ASMR video lets you relax to fireside Charmander

There's an animated Mortal Kombat movie coming in the first half of this year

Mortal Kombat movie reveals new spin on the famous dragon logo

Videogame subtitles could learn a lot from comic book lettering

Twitch's latest obsession is betting on a Final Fantasy Tactics autobattler

The Writer of Rogue One Wants to Make a Star Fox Film

Tekken-Style Health Bars Make Watching Taekwondo So Much Better

Somebody has speedrun the entirety of Ring Fit Adventure in 18 sweaty hours

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Choose your fighter in the game streaming battle royale: Google Stadia vs. GeForce Now vs. Project xCloud

Say goodbye to consoles—your games now live in the cloud. (Glenn Carstens-Peters / Unsplash /)

People have been streaming music and movies for years now, so it’s no surprise that video games have joined the on-demand revolution with a growing number of services ready to beam gameplay right to your computer or television.

Rather than your computer or console running games, remote servers (the cloud) handle the actual processing. As with services like Netflix or Spotify, content—a game’s visuals, in this case—is streamed to your phone, laptop, or TV screen, so you can enjoy high-resolution gaming action on devices that wouldn’t otherwise have the specs to cope.

It sounds good in theory, but the main concern is lag. The extra milliseconds it takes for your commands to enter the cloud, and their effect to register, can really mess with your performance—especially when you only have a moment to take that headshot or make that turn.

However, companies such as Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft promise they currently have the technology to provide a seamless game streaming experience on a multitude of devices. One or more of them might be ideal for you.

Nvidia GeForce Now

Nvidia GeForce Now has been seven years in the making. (David Nield/)

GeForce Now from Nvidia has been going longer than any of its rivals: its testing phase dates back to 2013. That “beta” period is now over, and anyone can sign up for GeForce Now. You can either pay $5 a month for unlimited use of the service, or pay nothing and have your gaming sessions capped at one hour.

Streaming quality maxes out at 1080p and an impressive 60 frames per second in most cases, though some games support 120 fps. For you to enjoy that quality, Nvidia recommends an internet connection with download speeds of 50 megabits per second. The platform can run on slower connections, but the streaming quality will suffer.

Some games are free, but you’ll need to buy some others. If you’ve already bought a game on a compatible store (such as Steam), it’s automatically available to play on GeForce Now. That means there’s a huge library of titles to choose from—currently the best selection of the three streaming services we are talking about here. The full list stretches into the hundreds and you can browse or search for specific titles.

GeForce Now works with laptops, desktops, Android devices, and the Nvidia Shield set-top box, though you will need to add a controller if you don’t already have one and you aren’t using a mouse and keyboard. Nvidia has a list of recommended controllers, or you can pick your own.

With many years of beta testing and the might of Nvidia behind it, GeForce Now is certainly a robust option. Other services might offer higher streaming resolutions, but Nvidia currently has the widest selection of game titles to pick from.

Google Stadia

Google Stadia has its own controller, which you'll need to use with a Chromecast in order to access the platform. (Cristiano Pinto / Unsplash/)

You can sign up for Google Stadia right now for $129—that’s the extra Pro subscription, which includes a controller, a Chromecast Ultra, and three months of Stadia Pro: the platform’s top tier. After that, the service will cost you $10 a month.

Google has promised to launch a free option for Stadia at some point this year, though you’ll presumably still have to pay for a controller (and a Chromecast Ultra, if you need one). You’d have to pay for individual games, which will go into your library and become available to stream. Google has not yet announced an official release date for this service.

The Pro subscription gets you games at a higher resolution (4K instead of 1080p), with surround sound rather than stereo sound, and also unlocks access to a library of games at no extra cost. Other games can be purchased individually too, with some available at a discount to Pro subscribers.

For now, Stadia Pro is your only option, with the number of supported devices slowly expanding. They now include Chromecast Ultra dongles, the Chrome web browser on any desktop platform, and Pixel phones—support for more devices is coming in 2020, Google says. The company recommends at least a 10 Mbps Wi-Fi connection speed, but 1080p HDR, 60 fps streaming will require 20 Mbps, and 4K HDR, 60 fps streaming will need 35 Mbps.

Some of the games in the Stadia Pro subscription library include Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Red Dead Redemption 2, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XV, Borderlands 3, and Football Manager 2020.

Microsoft Project xCloud

For now, Project xCloud is an exclusive, invite-only club. (David Nield/)

Project xCloud from Microsoft is still in its testing phase, which means it’s the least-advanced of the three streaming services here. But just because it’s taking the longest to get to market doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to end up as the least-appealing option. If you want to test it, you can sign up for free, though it’s invite-only at the moment. If you’re interested in being part of the test ride, you can register at the platform’s site, though Microsoft warns you may get your invite many months after you register—if you get it at all.

But before you put your name down on the waiting list, make sure you’ve got an Android phone or tablet running Android 6 or later, and Bluetooth 4 or later. You’ll also need an Xbox Wireless Controller ($47 from Amazon), and a 5-gigahertz Wi-Fi connection with at least 10 Mbps download speeds (or the equivalent cellular connection). And don’t expect out-of-this-world graphics—for now, Project xCloud’s streaming resolution is capped at 720p.

During the current testing phase, you can’t stream to computers or iOS devices, though the service may well expand to these gadgets in the future. Microsoft says more than 50 games are available for testing, including Forza Horizon 4, Gears of War Ultimate Edition, Tekken 7, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Just Cause 4, and Dayz.

With these restrictions in mind, this is probably something only serious Microsoft and Xbox fans need to consider for the time being—more features and support for more devices are likely to be added when the service officially launches.

Expect to hear more about Project xCloud as we get closer to the launch of the Xbox Series X at the end of 2020. Note that this is a different service to the Xbox Console Streaming apps for Windows and mobile, which let you stream gameplay from a physical Xbox console to a Windows computer or mobile device on the same Wi-Fi network.