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Google claims that the information regarding possible canceled projects of Hideo Kojima and Yu Suzuki for Google Stadia are false. The North American company, in declarations to GamesRadar, maintains that the article initially published by VGC is “inaccurate and reported rumors as fact.” To that they add that “Google has nothing and has not announced anything with Kojima or Yu Suzuki.”
Just a few days ago, a British media report claimed that sources close to Stadia had revealed Google’s plans in recent times with its video game streaming service through the cloud; ambitious plans that included the production of a project led by Hideo Kojima based on action and with a business model supported by the publication of chapters on an episodic basis. According to the information, that video game was paralyzed in 2020 by the decision of Phil Harrison, product manager at Stadia. It is unknown if that project is the one Kojima Productions referred to on October 22, when they announced via Twitter that they were working on a new video game from their Tokyo offices.
And that’s not all. The apparently erroneous information, according to Google, also pointed to at least four more large-scale titles; with members like Yu Suzuki (Shenmue, Out Run) or Francois Pelland (Splinter Cell, Assasin’s Creed Syndicate), the latter a multiplayer action video game. To make matters worse, Typhoon Studios, responsible for Journey to the Savage Planet, which were acquired by Google just two months before the closure of the internal studios of the great G. media.
Google closes its Los Angeles and Montreal development studios
However, and despite the announcement of the closure of its development studios, Google assures that this year 2021 they will publish more than 100 games for its streaming platform. The Californian giant informed the media on February 1 of its plan to end all operations that were being carried out at the headquarters in Los Angeles, California, and Montreal, Canada, immediately.
The situation, which affects more than 150 workers, apparently will result in their relocation to other areas of work in the company. Personalities such as Jade Raymond, the main person in charge of one of the two studies, thus ceases their activities at Google; where he will go now is unknown. These closures do not, however, prevent Stadia from continuing to operate as a service and as a store where you can buy streaming video games.
References | VGC; Games Radar
