After a period of uncertainty, Terraria is now available on Google Stages. In early February, the co-creator of the 2D action-adventure game stopped the development after being excluded from his Google accounts due to what he said was no observable reason. Today, Terraria comes to Stages with the Journey’s End update, as well as all content from 1.3.1 to 1.3.5.
Andrew Spinks originally had the Terraria account to ask for help in mid-January, without response. After Google received no response, Spinks said the game has been officially canceled, write ‘I have done absolutely nothing to violate your Terms of Service, so I can do no other than you decide to burn this bridge. Consider it burnt. ”
On February 27, Eurogamer sees an update on the Terraria forums where Re-Logic declares that the release has not been canceled and that it is being reviewed under certification. “As you may have noticed, we had a lot of issues to complete this year due to the termination of Redigit’s entire Google Account in early January,” the statement said. “After a month of pressure (and with the enormous support of our fans), Google finally reached out and was able to provide a lot of transparency about the situation and restore access to all of our accounts.”
The statement continued: “Due to the hard work of the Stadia team – as well as our partners at 505 Games – we have decided to allow the upcoming launch [of] Terraria on Google Stadiums to continue. ”
Terraria was released on PC by Re-Logic in 2011 and has since been transferred to consoles and mobile platforms, including the Google Play Store. DR Studios, part of the 505 Games group, is behind the port of Terraria to Google platforms.
On February 1, Google announced that it was closing down Stadia Games and Entertainment Development Studio, leaving Stadia as a platform for third-party games. There are more than 100 games available for the service, which was launched in November 2019.