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Jade Raymond's Haven Studios acquires six developers from Google Stadia as she intends to bring in "talented game developers I have worked with for years".

Googles Stadia division is continuing to bleed talent as more notable names depart Hugh LangleyMay 6, 2021, 06:55 IST Google vice president and general manager Phil Harrison speaks during a Google keynote address announcing a new video gaming streaming service named Stadia at the Gaming Developers Conference in San FranciscoReuters Google Stadia is continuing to lose top talent. Its head of product recently departed the company, while six other employees have hopped over to a new studio. Its m...

Published on 6 May, 2021 Back in March, Assassins Creed co-creator Jade Raymond started up Haven Studios, an independent Canadian developer with plans to make a new PlayStation game. She had previously been the head of Stadia Games and Entertainment, but left after Google started shutting down its development studios earlier this year. Now it seems Raymond has tempted some other Google alums over for her new project, who also all happen to be former Ubisoft developers too....

Several Ex-Stadia Developers Join Jade Raymonds New Game Studio Haven Studios now employs Corey May, who was the narrative lead on Assassins Creed for years. Several game developers who were previously working in Googles now-shuttered internal Stadia development division have joined Haven Entertainment Studios, founded by former Stadia studio head Jade Raymond. They include the former lead writer for the Assassins Creed series, Corey May, who also worked at Ubisoft during Raymonds tenure. May w...

Things are looking bad at Google Stadia. More execs have left the company to join Jade Raymond at Haven, a newly-founded independent studio working on a new IP for PlayStation.

A host of Stadia developers have left Google to join Jade Raymond at Haven Studios ); } After Google Stadia shut down first-party game development operations, a number of developers have reemerged at former Stadia games boss Jade Raymond at her new Sony-backed Haven Studios. Haven was formed by Raymond earlier this year following her own departure from Stadia, with the veteran developer having initially being hired by Google in 2019 to oversee its Stadia Games and Entertainme...