Google was allegedly the original publisher of Until Dawn spiritual successor The Quarry, where it would have released as part of the search engine giant’s cloud streaming Stadia platform. That’s according to a report by industry newsletter Axios, citing “two sources familiar” with the release’s development. It was eventually picked up by 2K Games, where it was ultimately released on PS5 and PS4, as well as various other platforms.
While neither Google nor developer Supermassive Games has commented, a representative for 2K Games’ parent company Take-Two said the UK studio was “looking for a publishing partner as the project came to completion”. The Until Dawn developer announced a collaboration with Stadia in 2020, although Google effectively canned plans for first-party projects in 2021, and the title was never publicly announced.
Ultimately, we thought The Quarry was a middling affair, but reviews elsewhere have been have been much more positive. Still, we’re glad it was ultimately released on PlayStation platforms – imagine if this had ended up forever tethered to Stadia.
[source axios.com]
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Will pick it up on a sale. What’s stadia?
A delayed game is good, a game on Stadia is eventually a game. - Shigeru McDonalds
Probably would’ve gotten me to actually use my Stadia. Haven’t played mine since Cyberpunk came out.
While I know many people are going to just crap on Stadia here (possibly without ever having used it), the “console” was interesting and it’s a shame it didn’t get the opportunity to reach its potential. It came a generation or two too soon, in my opinion. I will say that it was the best platform to play Destiny 2 on, at least. That’s about as much a chance the “console” got.
Really enjoying The Quarry. Think it’s brilliant actually. I don’t know why people complained it was too slow at the start. I thought it got to the action pretty quickly.
Colin Moriarty was reporting this months ago, and repeating it often.
Any game that had been tied solely to Stadia deserves a second chance on a relevant platform. I'd rather see The Quarry as a Nintendo DS exclusive than be stranded on Google's shambles of a service.
dirty move that could of been. safe to say id ignore the game because of that. streaming a game and not owning a physical copy so not for me. id of waited til it appeared on steam or the consoles. if not id never of played it.
I still regularly play stadia, if you don't use the service you'll probably be fed some bad information on how it works.
@Victor_Meldrew ive tried it. I found it to be an absolute mess.
Definitely dodged a bullet, indeed
Colin Moriarty broke this like 3 or 4 months ago
Dodged a bullet? I doubt Liam would agree on that.
I'm glad it didn't though, do eventually wanna check it out.
Still waiting for the Tequila Gameworks game Gylt to end up on consoles as that's also tied up to the Google poison as well.
Glad stadia is a massive failure for Google. Lets hope they don't do anything gaming related again.
I'm just starting it and I gotta say, it's a LOT better than the trilogy they did.
Until Dawn is still better though, from what I've played so far.
i’ll play it when it’s free or if the multiplayer ever happens
Same reasons we lost out on a sequel to Journey to the Savage Planet. Disgraceful.
Stadia maybe an awful service in terms of its games catalogue and full price streaming only games.
But, its actual streaming is the best around, I could run games at 1080p on my phone with no lag and my internet is 90mbps, something gamepass and ps now couldn't do
@AstraeaV the guys behind that game have created a new studio called Raccoon Logic and retained the rights the the savage planet IP
@UltimateOtaku91 Woo Hoo!!!!!!!
@RogerRoger Thank you. I feel like the majority of people that criticize Stadia haven’t actually used it, which I find frustrating, so I have this weird compulsion to defend it, even if I think it’s simply a novelty device that more casual gamers would like than they realize. I got one of my sisters a Stadia for Christmas when PS5 came out since she’s wanted a console for a while, and she likes it. She’s very casual, so the monthly games and free to play titles are enough for her.
Truthfully, the Stadia has the same issues Xbox Series has: so little exclusive content that it’s hard to justify it as a novel ecosystem, outside of the uniqueness of its premise of full streaming. Xbox was just smarter with Gamepass as a service and retained their base with it. If Stadia would’ve went out the gate with some compelling exclusives, it’s possible it would’ve picked up and more people would’ve tried it. I feel like Google didn’t have full confidence in their own device and let it fizzle really quickly. At any rate, it’s better than it’s competition in Luna, which Amazon continues to promote. I am curious if Google will try again with Stadia or not.
@UltimateOtaku91 Too bad they're funded by Tencent. Ewww!
I’m in the middle of a couple other games, but I want to try this one out soon. Glad it didn’t end up the way it was intended as a stadia exclusive. Many of use would have never played it then.
Personally i found stadia to work very well however ultimately its downfall is it should have been a subscription service rather than buying the games
That would have been a terrible fate, since I never would be able to play it.
@somnambulance I didnt like the setup one bit it was a expensive rental where you didnt own anything in the end.
The wet dream of any multinational corporate stooge/scrooge pay and get nothing out of it. As much as i love Netflix it will never be the to go for movies i really love so i can own them but thats me.
Also a pity that some games are lost forever because of this such a waste this thing was there to consume stuff instead of being customer.
@AverageGamer tencent owns 40% of epic yet everyone still plays fortnite and games that use the unreal engine epic created.
@Flaming_Kaiser I get it. I still purchase physical media myself because I feel there’s ethical questions about current culture. After all, any digital download is a licensing purchase that only lasts as long as the platform’s servers provide and it forces us all into a place where it’s on these companies to protect their own legacy, which they typically don’t, which results in illegal emulation, etc. Hopefully this changes as the demand for legacy content increases.
However, I’m also all for new, interesting tech, and typically I’m self-aware of my gaming habits enough to know that I typically play through games once and don’t turn back, so things are a bit different for my purchases. I buy Switch games physical because I know my kids will play them in a few years, but largely digital on other platforms. Stadia legitimately could’ve been a Netflix of games, but they had a model that was too greedy and Xbox snatched that title. I don’t mind Gamepass, but I wouldn’t argue it’s a better way to play than actual purchases. I wouldn’t say that I don’t get anything out of Gamepass or digital content, however. I would say that I do get a fair bit of entertainment for the cost. The ROI in gaming is still quite strong, in my opinion. At any rate, a digital game purchase is cheaper than a tank of gas or a night out at a restaurant these days
@UltimateOtaku91 I don't soo... yeah.
@AverageGamer so you've never played a game that used the unreal engine?
@UltimateOtaku91 I did before the whole Tencent investment. Now i don't support anything epic related anymore.
EDIT: Hell... I've even stopped buy Ubisoft games once they took their games from Steam and moved to the Epic store.
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