Google's new studio in Playa Vista.
Google's new studio in Playa Vista.
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Google hires Sony’s Shannon Studstill to run Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in L.A.

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Google announced that it has hired Sony game development leader Shannon Studstill to run a new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in Playa Vista, California, in the Los Angeles area.

Stadia is Google’s cloud-gaming service, launched in beta form last fall. The service has struggled to get an enthusiastic audience among core gamers, but Google keeps investing in it. And one way it is doing so is investing in its own studios to make games just for Stadia.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.