Supermassive Games’The Quarryis a spiritual successor to one of its most positively received games,Until Dawn. Besides being described as spiritual successor to the latter,The Quarrytakes inspiration from teen slasher moviesand other horror films. Much like the studio’s claim to fame,The Quarryis a cinematic horror adventure game that has the same branching choice narrative, all dictated by the player’s decisions. It essentially gives fans a playable horror movie, where the right choices can lead to every single character staying alive, with bad ones leading to everyone dying.
This cinematic style of presentation lends to a game that is arguably more fun to watch than play, especially taking into considerationThe Quarry’s multiple ending variations, with nearly 200 being available to find. This is compounded with the game’s upcoming online multiplayer mode, which allowed for those who joined the game to vote on the critical decisions. While the game did come out on most consoles and PC, the game could have had a completely different launch platform: the Google Stadia.
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According to sources close to the project, two games were originally being developed for Google’s Stadia console, withThe Quarrybeing one of them. These projects were meant to take advantage of the game’s cloud technology and were going to draw players to the streaming service that the console was providing. These plans most likely fell through onceGoogle announced a downsizing of Stadiaand its gaming-focused operations in 2021.
While Supermassive Games and Google had announced a partnership back in 2020, neither company had revealed any games during that time. WhenThe Quarrywas first announced earlier this year, Supermassive Games revealed it was partnering with Take Two Interactive for publishing duties. The sources state that Supermassive Games was looking for a publisher who would help pick up the project since it was already near completion, with a representative from Take Two stating that the company was happy to help get the project out the door.
The other game that started out being developed for the Stadia was a game known asHigh On Life. This was a game developed by Squanch Games, withRick and Mortyco-creator Justin Roiland being the project’s lead. It wasrevealed at Microsoft and Bethesda’s 2022 showcaselast week, being a much more comedic take on the FPS genre, and it will release on Xbox consoles and PC next year.
The Quarryis currently available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
