Google Reportedly Passed on a Stadia-Exclusive Follow-Up to Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima was reportedly working on a follow-up to Death Stranding, intended to be a Google Stadia exclusive title. However, due to its single-player nature, it appears to have been cancelled.
according to Reported by 9to5Google, the next Death Stranding (it’s unclear if it’s a prequel to the sequel or a spin-off) will feature some of the cooperative features of the first game, such as building bridges to your own world that can appear in other players’ worlds. There was no asynchronous multiplayer functionality. .
This was reportedly the reason Google made the decision to cancel the game, as the company thought the solo experience would not sell very well. Google gave the green light to the project, but the project was later canceled when the company was shown a mockup in 2020. The final decision was reportedly made by Stadia general manager Phil Harrison. increase.
We reached out to Kojima Productions and Google for comment. [Update: Kojima Productions declined to comment]
Google announced yesterday that it will shut down Stadia on January 18, 2023. Thankfully, Google is offering a full refund to those who purchased the platform. It’s been a bumpy road for game streaming platforms. The first and greatest sign of its decline was when Google decided to close its own development studio last year.
Currently, Hideo Kojima is working on Microsoft’s “cutting edge”, specifically games that utilize its cloud services. Earlier this year, Norman Reedus apparently confirmed that a sequel to Death Stranding was also in development.
George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey.
