Google Stadia takes on Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo with new online game platform

Get ready gamers: Google is ready to take on Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo in the gaming space. At the annual Game Developers Conference the technology giant announced its new Stadia gaming platform, looking to make it easier to not just make video games but play them on any screen you own including phones, computers and TVs. Stadia, which will launch later in 2019, promises new ways to connect with games including a Play button on YouTube videos that will launch you from the video into that game. Google demonstrated the new platform at the annual event Tuesday in San Francisco. While showing a video of the game "Assassin's Creed Odyssey," it was shown how a "Play" button on the YouTube video could transport the viewer right into the game.