As announced by Google on Monday, Google Stadia will shut down its internal games development studios and would be refocusing on offering its tech platform to third-party publishers.
As reported by Kotaku, Google will close two Stadia Games & Entertainment studios which are located in Los Angeles and Montreal. This will affect over 150 employees which Google reassured that they will find new roles for those who are impacted.
Google’s vice president of Stadia and GM Phil Harrison gave his statement saying, “With the recent successful launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, gameplay on all types of devices, including iOS, growing our slate of YouTube integrations, and our global expansions, it’s clear that Stadia’s technology has been proven and works at scale. Having games streamed to any screen is the future of this industry, and we’ll continue to invest in Stadia and its underlying platform to provide the best cloud gaming experience for our partners and the gaming community. This has been the vision of Stadia since the beginning.”
Also, Jade Raymond, the producer who helped with Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, is leaving her role as head of game development at Google.
When it comes to its Stadia subscribers, Google says that players can still access their games on the platform. Also, third-party publishers are still expected to continue to release on the service. But it’s still unclear on what number it will be expecting with third-party games.
As of today, there is still no word aside from Phil Harrison leading the initiative to offer Stadia’s game streaming technology to other interested companies.
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