We may have gotten a tantalizing hint as to what is next for Google’s Project Stream.
Bandai Namco U.S. sent out a tweet on Tuesday announcing their excitement to work with the tech mega-giant in 2019.
Thank you for inviting us @Google! We're excited to work with you in 2019 to make video games more fun for everyone! pic.twitter.com/BV5rRk9aq2
— Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) January 8, 2019
Since Google is not currently in the home console business, one can surmise that this meeting was in regards to Google’s upcoming streaming service, currently known as Project Stream.
Project Stream allows users to stream triple-A quality titles to any device with an internet connection and Google’s Chrome web browser.
Google announced the service in October of last year and began it’s first invite test shortly thereafter. This test featured a partnership with Ubisoft, who provided access to the latest in the Assassins Creed series, Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
While Bandai Namco’s involvement in an upcoming Project Stream beta can only be treated as speculation at this point, the idea that the prolific Japanese developer would be participating in the project is quite intriguing.
One major criticism leveled at the idea of streaming games is latency. And the genre that would be most impacted by any acute latency would be fighting games; a genre in which Bandai Namco is particularly proficient.
Seeing as the two companies are announcing they are at least working together in 2019, it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that we could see Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, or even the upcoming Jump Force used as test cases for fighting games on Project Stream.
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