20 Biggest Gaming Stories Of The Last 20 Years

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In celebration of 20 years of , the Gaming editor team has taken a look back at some of the biggest news stories and most viral gaming moments from 2003 to today. While some of these celebrate the excitement and joy of gaming — like the crowd's reaction to 2016's reveal — some highlight the more serious and problematic sides of the industry. such as allegations against video game companies.

There's no doubt that gaming has changed significantly over the years, not just in terms of the technological advancements of the games and systems themselves, but also in terms of culture surrounding gaming. In the last decade alone, commonplace practices like developer crunch have been exposed in various studios, while the explosion of social media has made leaks and fan criticism more prevalent than ever. For almost every negative, there's a positive though. Here's 's list of some of the good — and the bad — of the last 20 years of video games.

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Truthfully, from the inception of Google Stadia, critics predicted its downfall. Google has notoriously struggled with ambitious projects before: Google +, Google Cardboard, Google Hangouts, to name a few — and Stadia seemed too good to be true. A cloud-based gaming service that would allow users to stream new releases to their TVs or web browsers, Stadia promised a chance to experience modern gaming at its high settings peak for those without expensive rigs or access to consoles.

In practice, however, Google Stadia never really got off the ground. While it attempted to gain market shares with Stadia exclusive titles, other companies developed web-streaming services as competitors. That, coupled with a library that didn't stack up as a