Google is giving Stadia customers some comfort prizes earlier than the sport streaming service shuts down on January 18th. To start out, it is planning to launch a instrument that can allow Bluetooth help on the Stadia controller. You will have to attend till subsequent week to obtain it, however this could make the machine helpful for nearly any title that has gamepad help, as long as the platform acknowledges the {hardware} within the first place.

The corporate has additionally released a Snake clone, Worm Recreation, as a last “thanks” to customers. It is a easy venture the Stadia crew has been utilizing for testing since earlier than launch, nevertheless it could be value a strive if you wish to give the service a correct sendoff.

You are out of luck should you performed Future 2 on Stadia, nevertheless. Bungie has already shut down Future 2‘s Stadia servers, and is giving players till January 18th to activate Cross Save and migrate their characters elsewhere. The developer additionally warns that you simply should not disable Cross Save after the 18th “for any motive” so long as Stadia is your main account.

These last-minute bulletins seemingly will not come as a shock. Google introduced its shutdown plans in September, and began issuing refunds in November. Different sport studios have additionally been serving to with the transition for weeks. IO Interactive lately launched a promised Development Carryover instrument for Hitman gamers, whereas Ubisoft is providing free PC copies of video games bought by means of Stadia. In the event you hadn’t already made the leap, you have been in all probability preparing for it.

The know-how behind Stadia will dwell on after it and Worm Recreation are simply recollections. On high of the controller replace, Google’s Immersive Stream for Video games makes the cloud performance accessible to different corporations. Nonetheless, it is a bittersweet second — the information is a reminder that Google’s most formidable gaming initiative is sort of at an finish.