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<\/figure>\n If you haven\u2019t heard, Google Stadia<\/span> is shutting down and closing shop next week<\/span>. But before the never-quite-successful game streaming service dies, it has provided one neat (and free) little gift you can only play for a few days before it all goes offline. <\/p>\n Launched back in 2019, Google Stadia was a costly and massive investment from Google into the world of video games. Powered by the cloud aka a bunch of servers and off-site computers, Stadia\u2019s big promise was instantaneous gaming on the go. No more updates or expensive consoles. And while it sometimes worked<\/span>, the high cost of games, lack of features, small library, and internet costs ended up dooming the service. Sure, some superfans logged thousands of hours into it<\/span>, but for most, it just wasn\u2019t what they wanted or needed from a video game platform.<\/p>\n So it wasn\u2019t surprising that in September of last year, Google announced the end of Stadia<\/span>. In five days, on January 18, the video game streaming service will shut down. With the end so near, it seemed unlikely that Stadia would receive any new game releases. Yet, Google has published one final game<\/a><\/span>. But don\u2019t expect some big open-world RPG or remake. Instead, the final Stadia game is Worm Game<\/em><\/span>, an internally developed title used to test Stadia long before it became a public service.<\/p>\n