Control Ultimate Edition and three more games join Stadia Pro in October

The Oldest House in Control for Stadia
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What you need to know

  • Stadia Pro will add another four games for subscribers to play for free beginning on October 1.
  • The four games are Cake Bash, Control Ultimate Edition, DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure, and Hello Engineer - Early Access.
  • FIFA 22 and The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem are launching for the Stadia store on October 1.

Update, September 30 (5:51 pm ET): Unto The End is now coming to Stadia Pro in December. Update, October 2 (10:47 am ET): Google added Mafia III to Stadia Pro.

Stadia Pro will be adding another four games to its catalog for subscribers to claim and play at no additional cost for the month of October, Google announced in a blog post today.

Beginning on Friday, October 1, Stadia Pro members can claim multiplayer construction game Hello Engineer - Early Access, four-player party game Cake Bash, and Remedy Entertainment's mind-bending shooter Control Ultimate Edition which is alongside some of the best Stadia games.

The final Stadia Pro game is DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure, a game about bonding with your horse and exploring the countryside, and will be launching on the Stadia store for $40 on October 1. Also coming to the store on the same date is Electronic Arts' annual soccer game FIFA 22 for $60 and four-player 3D adventure The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem for $40.

Google noted that online co-op firefighting multiplayer game Embr will receive cross-platform play with the Steam and console versions on Thursday, September 30, and the Corrupted Horizons expansion for turn-based strategy game Phoenix Point will be available in the Stadia store on October 1 for $5.

The company also rolled out the Phone Link option to the Stadia app today, allowing players to link compatible third-party controllers or use their smartphones as controllers with any Stadia-enabled device on TV.

Update, September 30 (5:51 pm ET) — Unto The End coming to Stadia Pro has been delayed.

Google initially announced that cinematic platformer Unto The End would be added to Stadia Pro on October 1 alongside four other games. The company announced on Twitter today that the game will now be added to Stadia Pro on December 10, 2021 instead of its original October date. The article has been updated to reflect the delay.

Update, October 2 (10:47 am ET) — Mafia III has been added to Stadia Pro.

Google announced on Twitter that 2K Games' action-adventure game Mafia III can now be claimed on Stadia Pro.

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