Nepal, Nov. 20 -- Google has unveiled a new cloud gaming platform called "Stadia" which will stream console-quality games to multiple devices such as TVs, PCs, tablets and smartphones. These types of games have traditionally only been available to play using home-owned hardware such a PlayStation 4 or XBox One console, using software downloaded from the internet or purchased on disc.Google may be about to steal a march on the video game business, and change its future, by allowing viewers of YouTube gaming videos to simply click a button and actually enter that game and begin playing it themselves.

Introduced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, "Stadia" will be a cloud-based system where games ...