Stephen Totilo of Axios reports an interesting background that unites The Quarry and High on Lifetwo games that have attracted considerable attention during this period and which should have been reportedly both of Google Stadia exclusivesbefore resizing imposed on the division in question by Alphabet.
The Quarry is the new horror narrative adventure from Supermassive Games that is already out and has been very successful in these first days, also well evaluated in our review.
The game was finally published by Take Two Interactive but, according to what Totilo reported, the project had been started within Google Stadia as a possible exclusive for Google’s streaming service.
Similarly, High on Life was also supposed to come out within Google Stadia as an exclusive, being produced by the Mountain View company. The game in question was presented during the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase 2022 and is developed by Squanch Games, an indie team led by Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty. The latter is part of the ID @ Xbox program and will be included in Xbox Game Pass from day one, therefore the production has clearly passed into the hands of Microsoft.
There are no official confirmations neither from Google nor from the development teams, but according to what Totilo has gathered, it seems that both games have found themselves without the publisher and the exclusive distribution agreement after the famous downsizing of the Google project. Stadia in 2021, which also led to the closure of internal teams first party, finally finding different ways to reach the market.
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