How DOOM Helped Convince Google That Stadia Would Work

Google Stadia team members describe how Google Fiber and DOOM (2016) helped inspire the cloud-based game streaming service and helped shape it and bring it to life.

Take a look at the video above to find out more, and don’t miss our previous Stadia coverage while you’re here, including our look at how the Stadia gamepad was designed and, in the video below, how Stadia battles its biggest nemesis: latency.

Google Stadia launches on November 19.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

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