Mar 01, 2021 13:00:00

'The closure of Stadia's development department has interrupted dozens of projects, including a new game directed by Hideo Kojima.'

On February 1, 2021, Google announced the closure of the dedicated game development department of the

cloud gaming service 'Stadia'. Due to this closure, dozens of game projects, including a new game project directed by Hideo Kojima, who is known for the development of 'Metal Gear Solid Series ' and ' Death Stranding ', were suspended, according to VGC of game-related media. I am.

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Stadia is Google's cloud gaming service that started in November 2019, but on February 1, 2021, it was announced that Google's internal division 'Stadia Games & Entertainment', which develops games exclusively for Stadia, will be closed.

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Regarding Stadia, VGC said, 'According to the people concerned, dozens of game development projects were suspended due to the closure of the game development department dedicated to Stadia. Some of the suspended projects were suspended. It also included a new game project by Director Kojima and

Yu Suzuki, who is known for the development of 'Shenmu 3'. '

Director Kojima posted a tweet on his Twitter account in November 2019 suggesting the development of a new horror game. However, in an interview released in May 2020, he said, 'I'm a little sick of a big project.' For these reasons, VGC claims that 'Kojima's new horror game development project has been suspended due to the closure of Stadia's dedicated game development department.'

I wanted to create the scariest horror game, and watch scary movies little by little to awaken the horror soul. The most horror horror from Thailand 'THE EYE' that I borrowed from Murashu at the time of PT. A movie that was too scary to watch until the end. I'm afraid of the sleeve visual of the package, so I will borrow only the contents this time. Can you really watch it till the end? pic.twitter.com/33xaCcZXLg

— Hideo Kojima (@Kojima_Hideo) November 22, 2019

A Stadia spokeswoman told VGC that 'Stadia has not announced a partnership with Director Kojima or Suzuki. In the gaming industry, some communication is needed before the project begins. Is commonplace, 'he said, arguing that it has nothing to do with the closure of Stadia's dedicated game development department and the new game projects of director Kojima and Suzuki.

At the time of writing the article, Kojima Productions , a game development studio led by Director Kojima, is looking for human resources for a new project, and expectations are high for the announcement of a new game.