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According to Axios Gaming newsletter (opens in new tab)<\/span> sources, both recently released horror game The Quarry and the upcoming FPS from Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games High On Life were initially being developed with Google’s assistance, and intended to launch on Stadia. Until Google shifted its focus away from game development, that is.<\/p>\n

In February of 2021, Google announced the closure of its internal Stadia game development studios. Then Stadia’s VP and product head left, as did several members of the Stadia Games and Entertainment team. What had been promoted as a platform with exclusive features only Stadia games would be able to make use of, like the way Pixeljunk Raiders used the service’s ‘play inside shared screenshots’ feature, became another technology Google could license so other companies can make better use of it.<\/p>\n