Since Typhoon is no more, game developers cannot implement this fix. As lordubuntu discovered, it seems that both Google and the 505 Games publisher of Journey to the Savage Planet are not sure who is responsible. Google support responses sent to lordubuntu ask them to contact 505 – but 505 support messages indicate that the company no longer has control over the game’s code and say that only Google would be able to implement a fix.
At Reddit, a community manager at Stadia now said that Google is “actively working with our partners to identify a solution”, but did not offer any updates on who would be responsible for this, or if it was possible. We contacted 505 and Google for comment.
The result is that some players are left with a game that they simply cannot access and without a current schedule for a fix. This would normally be routine work for a newly released game – and it must be deeply unpleasant to be a former Typhoon developer knowing that you cannot make your own hard work available to those who want to play it.
Google closed its internal Stadia studios in early February 2021, impacting 150 employees. Since then, it has been promised that more than 100 third-party games will still come into service this year. A class action lawsuit was filed against Google, Id Software and Bungie for allegedly misleading customers about the platform’s ability to display games in 4K resolution.
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