Stadia Testing System Where You Play Games Until You Unlock A Certain Achievement

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Google Stadia has announced it will be testing a new game trial system that will allow users to play certain game demos until they unlock specific achievements.

Testing will be starting next week and it's been confirmed half of the players who have access to the trials for Control and Sniper Elite 4 are being invited to demo the game with unlimited access until they unlock certain achievements (via GameDeveloper).

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Players involved will be split 50/50 so the Stadia team can monitor the effects of the new trial length metric, and with the new system, players will be allowed to play demos for an unlimited amount of time until they unlock certain achievements. With Sniper Elite 4, players will be able to trial the game until they complete the «Beginning of the End» achievement, which is attainable after completing the first mission.

Although players will have unlimited access to a game's demo, their progress is tied to their Google account, meaning they won't be able to restart it repeatedly. Rebellion North's head of studio Arden Aspinal said that he thinks players having access to Sniper Elite 4's unlimited demo would give players the opportunity to experience the game and series before they purchase.

«If some of these gamers then convert to full on Sniper Elite players and fans then that is fantastic, but at least we are offering as many people as possible the chance to give get some time with the game,» he said.

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