Weeks after firing game developers, Google fixed a critical bug in Journey to the wild planet at Stadia. The game was impossible to play for some on the streaming platform, according to Eurogamer, as it was freezing in the main menu (although it worked when Engadget tested the problem). He arrived at Stadia in early February as a gift to Stadia Pro subscribers.
A redditor sounded the alarm about the problem a day after Google said it would close its internal Stadia game development studios and end production on its original titles. Purchased Journey to the wild planet developer Typhoon Studios in 2019 to strengthen the team.
Stadia support told the redditor, u / lordubuntu, that 505 Games would solve the problem. The publisher brought Journey to the wild planet for other platforms, although Google published it on Stadia. According to 505 Games, he was unable to solve the problem, since Google has all the game code and data for the Stadia version.
A community manager at Stadia named Grace responded to a Reddit thread on the subject on Monday night. They apologized and said that Google is “actively working with our partners to identify a solution”.
Since then, the Stadia team has solved the problem. “Hello everyone, this problem should be resolved now,” Grace wrote in another topic at 11:47 am ET on Tuesday. “Thanks again for your patience and let us know if the problem persists on your side.”
The incident was the latest case of turmoil at Stadia. Along with the closure of its own game development studios, the service is facing collective action over allegations that the games do not run in true 4K on the platform, as promised.
Update 23/02 12:20 ET: Stadia has released a patch to fix the bug.