Google shutters internal Stadia game studio

Google said it will no longer invest in creating its own games for the service beyond any ‘near-term’ planned titles. — AFP

NEW YORK: Google is closing the internal studio tasked with developing games for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, a move that raises questions about the future of the Stadia service itself.

Google launched Stadia in November 2019 as a new type of video-game platform that operates without a console and that stores game-playing sessions in the cloud. It lets players jump across devices including phones, PCs and laptops.