Google shuts down game development studios, but promises Stadia will continue

Google shuts down game development studios, but promises Stadia will continue

Google's journey in game development has been short but sweet. The company said it plans to close its internal development studio and divert all its resources to trick third-party developers into releasing games on Google Stadia. Google has only started making its own games in the last two years and will now close its Los Angeles and Montreal game studios, as well as part ways with Jade Raymond (founder of Ubisoft Toronto and Motive Studios). "Creating best-in-class games from scratch takes many years and significant investment, and the cost is growing exponentially," Google said in a new blog post explaining the decision. “Given our willingness to leverage Stadia's proven technology and deepen our commercial partnerships, we have decided not to invest further in bringing exclusive content from our internal SG&E development team, beyond the games planned in the near term. "What these games are in the short term is anyone's guess. To date, Google has yet to ship any proprietary titles and has only sourced a handful of exclusive titles through third parties, making the decision even harder to make. understand.

End of the game for Google Stadia? Not yet

The reasoning behind this move, according to Google, is to free up resources that will allow the company to develop the Google Stadia platform on its own: “Having games streamed to any screen is the future of this industry, and we will continue to invest in Stadia and its underlying platform to provide the best cloud gaming experience to our partners and the gaming community. This has been the vision of Stadia from the beginning. "So what does this mean for Stadia in the future? Well, that means we'll never get the first-party games that Google promised (bummer), and perhaps it could be seen as a move toward obsolescence, but for now there will be very few changes for Stadia users and Stadia Pro subscribers. Your games will still be there and nothing will be removed from the store.