With music and video streaming taking over from physical media and downloading, it’s no surprise that the video games industry wants to be a part of that too — even Nintendo is getting in on it with Resident Evil 7 for Switch.
It hasn’t been the greatest success so far. OnLive no longer exists, and while Sony’s PlayStation Now has a solid selection, it has been criticised for its price, connection drops and input lag.
The latter two things are inherent problems to game streaming as a whole, and ones that Google wants to tackle head-on with its own service.
The tech giant has announced Project Stream, which runs through its Chrome browser rather than a separate app. The makers spent ages on trying to get smooth game streaming, and now they need members of the public to test it, which is why they are letting people play the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for free.
The catch (there’s always a catch) is that you must live in the US, be over 17 years old, and you probably should have a connection speed of at least 25mb per second. If you meet that criteria, you can apply here.
For the rest of us, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be released on October 5 (that’s this Friday), is set in Ancient Greece and lets you choose a male or female character to play as.
It will also have Dynasty Warriors-esque sections, which is more than fine by us.
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