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Play NBA 2K21 free on Stadia Pro for the next week, or pick up Terraria for 10 bucks
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition is out now, but it doesn't fit up there in the headline
Stadia's still here, and it's still getting new games. New in the sense that they're new to Google's streaming platform, not in the sense that no one has played them before. On March 18th you can pick up the 2D craft-em-up Terraria for $10, and (deep breath!) Square Enix's Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition is on the store now. It's $32, a temporary discount from $40.
After all the drama, Terraria is coming to Stadia later this month
The streaming version of the popular 2D crafting game is officially un-cancelled
Terraria creator Andrew Spinks had a high-profile tiff with Google last month, citing a familiar problem: Google unexpectedly locking a personal account. It led to a highly public conversation on Google's lack of transparency, and a vow from Spinks to cancel the incipient release of the popular crafting game on Google's Stadia streaming platform. Spinks, development company Re-Logic, and Google managed to hash out the problem, confirming that the game was still on its way.
Terraria developer and Google finally work out their beef
Re-Logic previously said it would cancel Terraria for Stadia
Terraria is perhaps one of the most successful indie games ever, but earlier this month, the lead developer announced that an in-development version for Google Stadia would be cancelled. The decision came after the creator went on a multi-tweet tirade against Google for shutting down his account (allegedly due to YouTube TOS violations), but now the Stadia port is back on.
Re-Logic confirms Terraria will continue to be supported on the Play Store
But future games from the studio will not be coming to Google platforms
Andrew Spinks is the primary developer behind the hit indie survival game Terraria. He's the founder of Re-Logic, the development studio that created Terraria, and this studio was planning on bringing Terraria to Stadia, but this may have changed thanks to Google locking Spinks out of his Google account. You see, Google sent Spinks a ToS warning for a YouTube violation, which was ignored thinking it was sent in error, and so Google did what is does best and banned Spinks' account for this violation, which has caused Spinks to hit back by announcing that the Stadia version of Terraria will no longer happen.
Terraria update Journey's End comes to Android with new content and fixes
The mobile version of Terraria is now on v1.4
Terraria is an open-world sandbox survival game that arrived on PC back in 2011, which was then ported to Android in 2013. Since 2013 the game has often languished on mobile thanks to a lack of updates and controller support. Luckily both of these issues have been rectified in the last year or so, which is why Terraria just received the Journey's End update (v1.4) on the Play Store.
Terraria finally adds support for Bluetooth controllers, seven years after release
Terraria mobile just got a heck of a lot better
Back in August of 2019, the mobile version of Terraria received a large update after a three-year drought. This update is known as Mobile 1.3, and it brought with it many necessary bug fixes and changes, such as a brand new UI, new controls, and online multiplayer. Basically, the mobile version was rebuilt from the ground up for version 1.3, and today a new update was just released on the Play Store that brings physical controller support to the game, a much-requested feature that's been missing for the last seven years.
We've already drawn attention to Terraria on the Play Store, where it's still on sale for $1.99 after nearly a month. For people who enjoy good sandbox games with 8-bit inspired graphics, and have grown tired of that other one, then this is an easy recommendation. In addition to Google Play, it's also available in the Amazon Appstore for the same $1.99, a sizable discount from the regular price of $4.99. This translates to 199 coins for anyone who has a stockpile of Amazon's digital currency sitting around.