{"id":630209,"date":"2026-03-27T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-quarry-almost-stadia-exclusive"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:48:00","slug":"supermassive-games-the-quarry-almost-launched-on-google-stadia-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/supermassive-games-the-quarry-almost-launched-on-google-stadia-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermassive Games&#8217; The Quarry almost launched on Google Stadia first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supermassive-games-the-quarry-almost-launched-on-google-stadia-first.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>According to a new report, <strong>Supermassive Games<\/strong>&#8216; latest title <strong>The Quarry<\/strong> was almost a Google Stadia exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/17\/the-quarry-high-on-life-google-stadia\">Axios Gaming&#8217;s newsletter<\/a>, with sources claiming that The Quarry as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/high-on-life-reveal-trailer-xbox-showcase-2022\">recently announced High On Life<\/a>, originally had involvement from Google in both games&#8217; development process. However, Stadia has downsized quite a bit, so this obviously isn&#8217;t the case anymore.<\/p>\n<p>According to one representative of The Quarry publisher <strong>Take Two<\/strong>, the studio &#8220;was looking for a publishing partner as the project came to completion,&#8221; also making a point of how the publisher was proud to help release the title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-quarry-almost-stadia-exclusive\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-quarry-almost-stadia-exclusive\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report, Supermassive Games&#8216; latest title The Quarry was almost a Google Stadia exclusive. The report comes from Axios Gaming&#8217;s newsletter, with sources claiming that The Quarry as well as the recently announced High On Life, originally had involvement from Google in both games&#8217; development process. However, Stadia has downsized quite a bit, so this obviously isn&#8217;t the case anymore. According to one representative of The Quarry publisher Take Two, the studio &#8220;was looking for a publishing partner as the project came to completion,&#8221; also making a point of how the publisher was proud to help release the title. 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