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Grumpypants

Ethereal Cereal wrote: »

Does anyone know if you still have the €10 off first game voucher, can it be used in conjunction with the Pre-order Resident Evil VIII deal?

Cheap new controller and chromecast either way

It could with the same offer on cyberpunk. I got the tenner off.

blockfighter

Ethereal Cereal wrote: »

Does anyone know if you still have the €10 off first game voucher, can it be used in conjunction with the Pre-order Resident Evil VIII deal?

Cheap new controller and chromecast either way

I believe the €10 voucher is still a thing for new players.

DeSelby83

blockfighter wrote: »

I believe the €10 voucher is still a thing for new players.

That voucher for new people who sign up, for the free account, expires tomorrow I think. Definitely a few decent games you can get for under a tenner if you wanted to try it out.

Grumpypants

New Pro games arriving in April including Resident evil 7.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA:
PIKUNIKU


But importantly 5 games are leaving. Including the steamworld games, superhot and F1. Steamworl are great little games, if you are on the fence I'd recommend signing up and adding them to your account.

Leaving March 31st: SteamWorld Quest, SteamWorld Dig 2, SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE, F1 2020, and Hotline Miami.

Grumpypants

Two weeks of free play on the elder Scrolls online up now for pro players.

blockfighter

Get 3 months free of Stadia Pro by signing up to the Lenovo website. Won't work if you've used a similar promotion in the past (didn't work for me but worked for all my mates who are newer to the platform).

https://gaming.lenovo.com/us/earn/b/giveaways-members-only/posts/3-month-free-trial---stadia-pro

blockfighter

blockfighter wrote: »

Get 3 months free of Stadia Pro by signing up to the Lenovo website. Won't work if you've used a similar promotion in the past (didn't work for me but worked for all my mates who are newer to the platform).

https://gaming.lenovo.com/us/earn/b/giveaways-members-only/posts/3-month-free-trial---stadia-pro

Signed up, says this reward has ended

blockfighter

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Signed up, says this reward has ended

Ah flip. I seen it this morning but only put up the link when I got the chance after work.

feargantae

The 3 months free offer is back on btw, but be quick

https://gleam.io/OVaMX/3-month-free-stadia-trial-run-3-10k

Grumpypants

feargantae wrote: »

The 3 months free offer is back on btw, but be quick

https://gleam.io/OVaMX/3-month-free-stadia-trial-run-3-10k

When I click claim it just opens stadia app and nothing happens? Do I need to be on a pc ?

Guffy

Grumpypants wrote: »

When I click claim it just opens stadia app and nothing happens? Do I need to be on a pc ?

Just did it on android there

dulpit

Grumpypants wrote: »

When I click claim it just opens stadia app and nothing happens? Do I need to be on a pc ?

It took me a while to get this to work. In the end I followed these steps (note - I already have a Stadia account):

1. On a desktop PC, click the redeem link sent to you in email
2. It will open stadia site, for me it did nothing though after I signed in
3. Check the address bar, it will show in the link invite_code=xxxxx
4. Copy this invite code
5. On stadia site, click on your avatar in top left, then stadia settings
6. On next page, there'll be an option to redeem code on left hand menu, near the bottom. Enter the code here.
7. It prompts you to confirm payment, but if you look at the details it says payment today of €0, and next payment due is in July.

Thanks for sharing this OP!

Grumpypants

Brilliant, thanks both. I pulled the code from the URL.

I opened stadia.com on the phone but if you use the chrome settings to change it to show the desktop version you get the correct layout to get into stadia settings and redeem code. (In case you don't have a desktop pc).

It worked and moved my next payment date from April to July.

antodeco

Thanks for that. First payment was due this month so I'll happily take the 3 months free!

blockfighter

Excellent stuff. I managed to kinda avail of it. Gave my code to a friend who is in my Family Group. So now I have access to a lot of my old Pro games through Family Share option for the next 3 months.

Thanks for the link. Took another 3 month trial to give it another go.

I seriously need to figure out how to get Stadia running smoothly on my laptop. Just tried PUBG there, and it's virtually unplayable. Framerate about 15fps, resolution extremely low, sound as if my head is in a bucket. I have my laptop wired, 800mps down, 50 up, 4ms latency.

Will try through my Chromecast later on, really want a decent experience from this thing.

Edit: got it running on my Chromecast. Much better, but still a long way off how it performs on my Series X (or even my One X). I guess I just have to accept that Stadia isn't for FPS type games. I can't remember ever coming across a decent Stadia player online, so that's probably why.

Can you get this working on a Shield? I have geforce now, want to compare

radius345

dulpit wrote: »

It took me a while to get this to work. In the end I followed these steps (note - I already have a Stadia account):

1. On a desktop PC, click the redeem link sent to you in email
2. It will open stadia site, for me it did nothing though after I signed in
3. Check the address bar, it will show in the link invite_code=xxxxx
4. Copy this invite code
5. On stadia site, click on your avatar in top left, then stadia settings
6. On next page, there'll be an option to redeem code on left hand menu, near the bottom. Enter the code here.
7. It prompts you to confirm payment, but if you look at the details it says payment today of €0, and next payment due is in July.

Thanks for sharing this OP!

This worked a treat, thank you for sharing OP and for instructions on how to redeem dulpit

dulpit

Any good stadia pro games worth checking out? Specifically ones which are handy to pick up and play on mobile rather than a big featured game.

blockfighter

Basil3 wrote: »

Thanks for the link. Took another 3 month trial to give it another go.

I seriously need to figure out how to get Stadia running smoothly on my laptop. Just tried PUBG there, and it's virtually unplayable. Framerate about 15fps, resolution extremely low, sound as if my head is in a bucket. I have my laptop wired, 800mps down, 50 up, 4ms latency.

Will try through my Chromecast later on, really want a decent experience from this thing.

Edit: got it running on my Chromecast. Much better, but still a long way off how it performs on my Series X (or even my One X). I guess I just have to accept that Stadia isn't for FPS type games. I can't remember ever coming across a decent Stadia player online, so that's probably why.

Not sure why you're experienceing issues. A few things I tried in the beginning which really improved performance for me:
1: Turn off and on your router.

2: Set whatever device you are using to 5GHz Wifi rather than 2.4GHz. Most things by default connect to the 2.4G network in your house. The 5GHz signal will be cleaner as a result.

3: Also if your TV supports it, make sure its display is set to Game mode. Makes a huge difference to latency.


I play a good mix of games on the service including shooters and at this point I would be hard pressed to tell if I was playing on a local console or streaming, it's that good.

the heathen

Deleted User wrote: »

Can you get this working on a Shield? I have geforce now, want to compare

You can. I have it working on the Shield. You'll obviously have to sideload it etc but I think it was straight-forward enough.

It works well enough - I find it's easier to claim the games through the app on your phone and then head across to the Shield where they'll then appear to play them.

Hellrazer

Basil3 wrote: »

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Edit: got it running on my Chromecast. Much better, but still a long way off how it performs on my Series X (or even my One X). I guess I just have to accept that Stadia isn't for FPS type games. I can't remember ever coming across a decent Stadia player online, so that's probably why.

If you can use the chromecast through ethernet - much ,much better experience.
Or as block fighter says 5 ghz wifi - Id say both are roughly equal.

I play on both a PC (wired ) and Chromecast (wired) and the chromecast has always been more stable.

Grumpypants

dulpit wrote: »

Any good stadia pro games worth checking out? Specifically ones which are handy to pick up and play on mobile rather than a big featured game.

I really like the Steam World ones, Steam world Heist is good fun. Like a 2D turn based game so easy to play on a mobile.

dulpit

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order added to Pro today. Looks decent...

Grumpypants

dulpit wrote: »

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order added to Pro today. Looks decent...

It is very good. That is a nice surprise, I hadn't seen it on any rumours.

Resident evil demo is up too. You don't need a sub to play it.

radius345

Grumpypants wrote: »

It is very good. That is a nice surprise, I hadn't seen it on any rumours.

Resident evil demo is up too. You don't need a sub to play it.

Claimed straight away, looking forward to playing that, very decent addition. Flat out at RDR2 at the moment and with RE Village due this Friday, it's going to be a busy few weeks!

blockfighter

I'll have access to RE: VIII since my mate in my family group is buying it. Not sure I'm brave enough to play it though. Can't do scary games.

Brian201888

I've bought it to get the free controller and Chromecast ultra but not sure I've the stomach for it

blockfighter

Brian201888 wrote: »

I've bought it to get the free controller and Chromecast ultra but not sure I've the stomach for it

At least if it turns out it's not for you you're still getting the hardware out of it.

DeSelby83

Brian201888 wrote: »

I've bought it to get the free controller and Chromecast ultra but not sure I've the stomach for it

I'm playing through 7 at the moment. My time is limited these days and I'm a wuss when it comes to horror games so I'm playing it on easy and have a guide to hand if I get stuck...and possibly look ahead for any jump scares.... While it kinda feels like cheating I have to say I'm loving it.