Following yesterday’s information that Google Stadia could be shutting down in 2023, a report from 9to5Google alleges that Hideo Kojima was at one level making an unique title for the service. Allegedly some sort of comply with as much as Kojima Productions’ 2019 recreation Death Stranding, the undertaking was finally canceled. 

Before Stadia’s incoming finish, Google tried to get first-party video games for the cloud streaming service off the bottom. But the studios made to develop these video games have been closed, and third-party titles initially meant to be unique to the service (reminiscent of The Quarry and High on Life) later went to different publishers. 

A supply talking to 9to5Google added that Kojima’s Death Stranding comply with up would’ve been a strictly single participant affair. The authentic recreation options asynchronous multiplayer, whereby actions gamers took affected the world for others, reminiscent of leaving ladders or creating indicators. 

Google reportedly gave the sport a greenlight at first, however canceled the sport in 2020 after seeing early mockups. Allegedly, its standing as a single participant title was the rationale for its cancellation, as Google did not assume single participant titles had a market. 

Kojima’s had an curiosity in cloud-based video games for a while, in line with a VGC report from final 12 months. This previous June, the developer introduced introduced a partnership with Xbox to launch his studio’s subsequent recreation, which can use Xbox’s cloud gaming know-how.  

Kojima Productions’ recreation was a smash hit when it launched on PlayStation and later PC, and Kojima’s presence on Stadia would’ve helped drive curiosity in direction of the platform. But whether or not his recreation might’ve saved the service from its final destiny, or put Kojima Productions in an unsure spot much like different builders rocked by yesterday’s information, we’ll by no means know.