UPDATE February 28, 2021: In a statement to GamesRadar +, Google says that the VGC report “was inaccurate and reported rumors as fact” and that VGC’s claims about the canceled “projects” by Kojima and Yu Suzuki are not true.
In addition, he added that Google “[doesn’t] has nothing, nor announced anything, with Kojima or Yu Sazuki “.
The original story follows.
Google’s decision to move away from original game development canceled “dozens” of Stadia game projects, according to a new report.
Google announced that it was closing its first Stadia gaming and entertainment studios earlier this month, abandoning their exclusive game plans.
At the time, Vice President and General Manager Phil Harrison did not specify which “short-term planned games” would survive this closure, but a new report from VGC suggests that the canceled games include a Yu Suzuki project, a Journey to the Savage Planet sequel and an episodic horror game by Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions – leading some to believe that this is the remaining cancellation Hideo Kojima feeling “very upset” last year.
The report also claims that another partnership with Harmonix “is virtually complete”, but complications around music licensing have left the project in limbo, although Harmonix CEO Steve Janiak allegedly disputes this and says the game will reach out to others. platforms if it cannot be launched on Stadia.
“Creating the best games from scratch takes many years and significant investment, and the cost is rising exponentially,” said Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison at the time of the announcement.
“Given our focus on developing Stadia’s proven technology, as well as deepening our business partnerships, we have decided that we will no longer invest in bringing exclusive content from our internal SG&E development team, in addition to any games planned in the short term.”
In related news, during a recent question and answer session by the team, Harrison allegedly “specifically pointed to Microsoft’s buying spree and planned acquisition of Bethesda Software later this year as one of the factors that led Google to decide to close the book on the development of original games “.
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