Google should soon be announcing their first major foray into the video games industry on March 19 at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Rumoured to be the so-called ‘Yeti’ project Google has been working on, this supposedly subscription-based video game streaming service could finally make cloud gaming a thing. With the backing of a big company such as Google, maybe we might see a proper streaming service that won’t fail as OnLive did.
The implications alone of a full-fledged video game streaming service could see the gaming landscape change drastically. For one, the barrier to entry could be lifted for those who can’t or won’t spend money on expensive electronics for a computer or a console. Google could be offloading rendering the game to more beefy computers and stream the result to use as you send back commands to their server to play a game. This means gaming can be much more accessible to everyone, so long as you have decent Internet.
As of yet though, official information is scarce but according to sites like Kotaku, there is an indication that Google could be pursuing to pair their streaming service with their own hardware. Most likely the hardware won’t be anything too obscenely expensive, we doubt they would compete against the current big names. What we are likely to get will be a beefed-up version of their Google Chromecast hardware to interface with the user and the streaming library.
What we do know for sure is that Google has already tested streaming Assassin’s Creed Odyssey through a Google Chrome tab successfully last year. Aptly dubbed ‘Projected Stream’, users were able to fully control the game and could even use a Bluetooth controller.
Google has been seeking out game developers and publishers to build a library for their streaming service. Recently, the multi-technology corporation appoints veteran game developer, Jade Raymond as Vice President of Google. Raymond was responsible for producing famous game franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs, and the cancelled single-player Star Wars game along with game writer and designer Amy Hennig during her tenure in Visceral Games.
Google will present and stream its GDC keynote to reveal their vision in ‘the future of gaming’. So do expect a bunch of names, techs, and games to be dropped during the Game Developers Conference in the coming weeks. Check out Google’s mysterious teaser for GDC below:
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