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Google announces Google Stadia Founder's Edition

Google revealed details for the Google Stadia Founder's Edition during the latest Google Stadia Connect.

Josh Hawkins

June 6, 2019 9:27 AM

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Today Google announced the Google Stadia Founder’s Edition, a limited-edition Stadia package for those looking to adopt the program early on.

The Google Stadia Founder’s Edition will feature a special, limited-edition Google Stadia gamepad, three months of Stadia Pro subscription, as well as a three-month buddy pass for Stadia Pro, allowing a friend to join you. The Founder’s Edition will also launch with a Chromecast Ultra, and the full Destiny 2: Collection, which grants access to all of the content release so far for Bungie’s hit shooter. Those who purchase the Founder’s Edition will also have a first chance to choose their Stadia name, making it a great way to secure your favorite gamertag.

The Founder’s Edition of Google Stadia is a very limited run item. According to Google, the Founder’s Edition will only be available for a short amount of time, and only in a small quantity. This means that those users who want to pick up the Founder’s Edition and acquire Google Stadia early, will need to go ahead and preoder.

Those looking to preorder the Founder’s Edition will need to make their way over to the Google Stadia store page, where they’ll find all the information they need to know about this special limited-edition version.

The Founder’s Edition will be available in fourteen countries, including Norway and Canada. We’ve included the full list below:

• Belgium
• Italy
• Finland
• Netherlands
• Canada
• Norway
• Denmark
• Spain
• France
• Sweden
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• Ireland
• USA

We’ll continue to keep an eye on Google Stadia and any additional developments that come from the announcements today. For more information, be sure to check out our other Google Stadia stories, and make your way over to Twitter, where you can follow Shacknews to get easy access to all of our news, features, and strategy content as it goes live each day.

Josh Hawkins

Guides Editor

Joshua holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and has been exploring the world of video games for as long as he can remember. He enjoys everything from large-scale RPGs to small, bite-size indie gems and everything in between.