Google Stadia closes in-house game development studio

Lack of exclusive content for streaming gaming service hits plan to compete with Nintendo and Sony

Google has shuttered its internet game development studio, the company has announced, and is all but abandoning the idea that Stadia, its groundbreaking streaming service, could be a top-tier competitor to traditional games consoles.

In a blogpost from Phil Harrison, the former Microsoft and Sony exec who was hired to mastermind Google's push into console gaming, the Stadia general manager confirmed it was scaling back its ambitions, but insisted that the company's core vision, of having games streamed to any screen", was still achievable.