{"id":664669,"date":"2026-04-02T21:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:09:16","slug":"google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Google insists Stadia is &#8220;not shutting down&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>No, Stadia &#8220;is not shutting down&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Google responded to a new batch of online rumours this week by promising that it is &#8220;always working on bringing more great games to the platform&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stadia is not shutting down,&#8221; the company tweeted when asked outright on Twitter if closure was imminent. &#8220;Rest assured we&#8217;re always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro. Let us know if you have other questions.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, Stadia &#8220;is not shutting down&#8221;. Google responded to a new batch of online rumours this week by promising that it is &#8220;always working on bringing more great games to the platform&#8221;. &#8220;Stadia is not shutting down,&#8221; the company tweeted when asked outright on Twitter if closure was imminent. &#8220;Rest assured we&#8217;re always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro. Let us know if you have other questions.&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":664670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[197,871,724,201],"class_list":["post-664669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-google","tag-industry","tag-rumour","tag-stadia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google insists Stadia is &quot;not shutting down&quot; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No, Stadia &quot;is not shutting down&quot;. 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