Here’s the crux of the matter: Stadia refund starts with the users in the UK, Europe and Canada receiving emails. Stadia, a cloud gaming service will be shutting down by January 18, 2023, stopping users from accessing games on their website and also rendering the hardware related to the software unusable.
We had reported that the Google Stadia refund had started on November 9, however, it was just the US users that got refunded. The second wave of the refund process has started and this will be covering the UK, Canada and most European countries according to reports.
As Stadia refund starts in the new regions, the players have noticed emails and alerts in their various bank accounts, credit cards and account credit. According to a Reddit thread, the Stadia refund starts in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Poland, Netherlands, France and many more. As the Stadia refund starts, you shouldn’t be worried it hasn’t gotten to your region yet – it’s a gradual process and you should get your refunds before January.
Stadia refund starts: steps to getting your refund
Google mentioned that the Stadia refund process is automatic so you’ll be getting emails of refunds for
- Game purchases
- Founder edition purchase
- Premiere edition purchase
- Game add-on purchases
- Stadia controller purchases
- Play and Watch with Google TV package purchase
Meanwhile, you can also head over to pay.google.com and tap on the bell icon to where you can adjust the transaction and change the refunding method. Unfortunately, Pro subscriptions will not be getting refunds, however, active monthly subscriptions will remain active until January at no charge at all.
