Google has announced that their cloud gaming platform Stadia will be shut down on January 19th of next year. Until then, you can play games in your Stadia library. For the last two years, Google has heavily invested in cloud gaming. Google confirmed that all Stadia hardware and game purchases made through the Google Store would be refunded.
Ubisoft will transfer all the games purchased on Stadia to play on PC. However, Ubisoft doesn’t share any timelines. Users who don’t want to transfer their game purchases to a PC can get a refund for all games and in-game purchases.
Unfortunately, Google will not refund Stadia Pro subscriptions. Google doesn’t share how this will be processed, but it will notify users through emails and will soon be updated. Google Stadia will cease operations on January 18th, 2023, with Google expecting to complete refunds by mid-January 2023.
Not to mention, employees working on Stadia will be assigned new roles in the company. Users don’t have to take any action, and refunds will likely be processed automatically. However, you are advised to download your Stadia Data, which includes your data, game stats, profile information, save files, and captures stored on Google Takeout. Otherwise, you can delete your Google Stadia account.