CD Projekt is helping Stadia players rescue their save files from annihilation

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The surprise dissolution of Stadia(opens in new tab) (which, to be clear, won't actually happen until January) has left users and developers alike scrambling to respond. Google is offering refunds on Stadia hardware and software purchases, which is definitely a good move, but it's not much help for people who own a game on Stadia and want to keep playing it somewhere else.

Ubisoft(opens in new tab), IO Interactive(opens in new tab), Bungie(opens in new tab), and Tequila Works(opens in new tab) have all said they're looking into other options for their players on the platform, and now CD Projekt has weighed in with instructions on transferring Cyberpunk 2077 saved games from Stadia to other platforms.

The first half of the process is basically just a rundown of how to use Google Takeout(opens in new tab), a tool that enables users to export the data in their Google accounts in order to back it up or use it with an external service. It's pretty basic stuff:

Once you've done that, you'll want to extract the archive and then navigate to .../Takeout/Stadia/GAMING/GAME_SAVE. The files for each saved game will be inside their own individual archives—extract those into a separate folder for each, then copy those folders and paste them to %userprofile%\Saved Games\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077. 

When you're done, it should look like this:

That's some classic old-time PC gaming horseplay, and really not a big deal as these things go. If you want to play on console, however, there are a couple of extra steps required: After getting the Stadia save downloaded and copied onto your PC, you'll need to start the game with the Red Launcher, enable cross-platform saves, load the Stadia save onto your PC, and then save the game. That