PixelJunk Raiders announced, Stadia exclusive

[CloseTalker]

Gotta be honest, this one actually looks like a game I'd love to play. Will be free for Stadia Pro subscribers.


I'd have to assume it's a timed exclusive of sorts, but this article doesn't specify.

 

[Deleted member 26156]

stadia lol

 

[Rndom Grenadez]

LOL Stadia

 

[jdh96]

This doesn't seem particularly smart imo.

 

[Toad King]

Hopefully it'll get ports once Stadia dies.

 

[Darkkahn]

So that's a mistake.

 

[Deleted member 36578]

Man. Maybe I'll play it eventually

 

[Hexa]

Sta lol dia

 

[Edge]

RIP.

 

[tarman76]

Faith restored.







Lol

 

[CloseTalker]

This doesn't seem particularly smart imo.

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I can't imagine any Stadia exclusive deal happens based on revenue generated by sales. It was likely the exclusivity deal itself that made it enticing. At which point, guaranteed money as opposed to a gamble on sales is smart

 

[dogbox]

I can't remember the last time I had my hopes raised and then so thoroughly dashed by the end of a headline.

 

[Saks for ost]

looks cool

 

[FormatCompatible]

Well, hopefully it won't be confined to a platform that is available only in a few countries for too long. Game looks good.

 

[The Masked Mufti]

Didn't they put stadia on the back burner recently?

 

[RPGam3r]

Like I would like to know the goal of the game, but it definitely looks interesting.

 

[behOemoth]

That"s a weird style for a PixelJunk game.

 

[Cjdamon042]

That's a really nice art style. Reminds me of that other game, whose name I always forget, only slightly more cel-shaded or something.

 

[Kalor]

This looks cool but no real interest in using Stadia when the future looks rocky. Don't blame Q-Games for taking the money though when their games seem to sell just enough to continue.

 

[Kida]

Reminds me of TowerFall releasing exclusively on Ouya... Fortunately their next game was Celeste.

 

[Charpunk]

Didn't they put stadia on the back burner recently?

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No. They just gave up on making first party games. The service is still going. For now.

 

[J-Skee]

Didn't they put stadia on the back burner recently?

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Their first party studios, but not Stadia itself.

 

[NinjaScooter]

This doesn't seem particularly smart imo.

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a smaller studio taking upfront publisher money to offset development costs seems very smart, actually.

 

[Brazil]

Hopefully Q-Games got paid.

 

[HaremKing]

Hope the dev got a good paycheck and it's not too long of a timed exclusive.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Thankfully it doesn't look very good so no loss.

 

[Deleted member 12352]

Hope they got paid well in advance.

 

[Lube Man]

I don't blame Q-Games. Pixeljunk games haven't been multi-million sellers, no matter how many platforms they release on.

I own every Pixeljunk title, and I adore them to death but I've seen them for 90% off, if not more, countless times.

Good on them for making money upfront (hopefully).

 

[Ricelord]

lol indeed

 

[DonnieTC]

Nice. Free for Pro subscribers too. Definitely will check it out.

 

[TeenageFBI]

Looks cool. Maybe I'll play it once it's rescued from Stadia.

Art style's pretty close to Sable.

 

[Qwark]

Besides the disappointment in platform choice, the game looks really cool! I hope it finds success in some way.

That's a really nice art style. Reminds me of that other game, whose name I always forget, only slightly more cel-shaded or something.

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Sable?

Thankfully it doesn't look very good so no loss.

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Bad take.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

whoa looks great

Stadia legit swaying me with this and Orcs Must Die lol

 

[Rodrigues solitaire]

That looks dope

 

[Spring-Loaded]

That"s a weird style for a PixelJunk game.

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No pixels, all junk



jk

The appearance reminds me of that Moebius inspired game Sable

 

[Musubi]

Seems like a very financially sound decision

 

[Deleted member 2180]

Looks like I'm gonna have to try Stadia

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Game looks pretty good. If it's a legitimate 'exclusive' for STADIA I'll likely never play it, but I certainly hope that those holding on to the service do.
I'd love to see Dylan Cuthbert and Q-Games have a bonafide hit.

 

[DonnieTC]

Might want to also add to the OP, but this is going to be free for Pro subscribers. If you want to try it out then just sign up for a free month.

 

[The Boat]

Let's hope whatever Google paid them is worth it.

 

[CloseTalker]

While I'm sure they've considered what a port to other platforms would look like, this does seem to utilize that "Save State Sharing" feature in a pretty fundamental way in-game. I wonder how they would tweak that on other platforms.

 

[Mushlikeahusky]

Can't support Stadia after what they did to their teams

 

[Temperance]

I can't imagine any Stadia exclusive deal happens based on revenue generated by sales. It was likely the exclusivity deal itself that made it enticing. At which point, guaranteed money as opposed to a gamble on sales is smart

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Hasn't the talks about Stadia deals being woefully underwhelming and that Google is throwing close to zero at indies to show up there?

 

[kurahador]

Guess Google pays more than Epic huh.

 

[CloseTalker]

Might want to also add to the OP, but this is going to be free for Pro subscribers. If you want to try it out then just sign up for a free month.

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Done!

Hasn't the talks about Stadia deals being woefully underwhelming and that Google is throwing close to zero at indies to show up there?

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I dunno. Q-games can make their own decisions. If they didn't feel it was a worthwhile deal, they wouldn't have made it. I could see the PixelJunk brand enticing Google to give them a bit more than a completely unknown IP.

 

[Kazer]

Looks cool.... but stadia lol.

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Trashcan exclusive

 

[Feenix]

My two snarky comments:

congrats releasing on a dead system!

also…
No Man's Haven?

 

[Slayven]

This is what a contract signed a while ago being executed looks like

 

[painey]

This doesn't seem particularly smart imo.

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perhaps you should reach out to the Q-Games and offer them your services as a consultant?