Stadia Games and Entertainment expands and is done with the services of Shannon Studstill, until now director of the God of War studio.
The video game-focused division of Google, Stadia Games and Entertainment, has announced the opening of a new development studio based in Playa Vista, California, where they will begin working on new video games exclusive to Google Stadia. This is the second first party study of the American giant after the opening of the study located in Montreal, Canada.
Shannon Studstill changes Santa Monica (God of War) to Google
According to the statement, this new Stadia study will feature Shannon Studstill as director; a profile that to date assumed this same sun in Sony Santa Monica Studio, one of the main bastions of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. In his curriculum, Studstill has responsibilities in the God of War series, including the successful PS4 video game (10 million units sold); although in the past I also work in executive production tasks within the original trilogy. In total, he has spent 19 years in the PlayStation brand.
First image of the new Google studio in Playa Vista
Jade Raymond, head of Stadia Games and Entertainment, has celebrated the news with a statement saying:
“The new studio in Playa Vista will be focused on offering exclusive games,” in case there is any doubt. “We will use new gameplay mechanics, ways to create games together in a creative way and unique interaction models that we are beginning to explore right now. We are not yet ready to share specific details about the game, ”he adds, in relation to the first video game of this new Californian Google Stadia team; Not surprisingly, they are "listening to players" to see what new types of experiences and intellectual properties they would like to play. They don't want to make a sequel, but something new.
Shannon Studstill with Cory Barlog during the DICE Awards 2019
Regarding Shannon Studstill, he won't have to change the city, since Playa Vista is near Santa Monica, where he worked until now for Sony.
The news about Google Stadia leaves us with a panorama with room for improvement, according to its users. The editor has asked for patience with all these news and promises made months ago. To our knowledge, Google Stadia will have more than 10 exclusive games in the first half of 2020.
