It appears that a developer build of Ubisoft's upcoming game Gods and Monsters has leaked through Google Stadia, with gameplay footage now circulating online. While the game is still in a rough state, it appears to be a legitimate playable build, which may lead to serious repercussions. Ubisoft will release five triple-a games by March 2021, with Gods and Monsters likely being one of them.
While it isn't entirely clear how the build made its way on to Stadia, it has now been removed. However, that didn't stop gamers from capturing footage of the title, which seems to play like a cartoony version of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. The game was uploaded to Stadia as Orpheus, though it used Gods and Monsters promotional art as its thumbnail, which was a dead giveaway.
There's no telling if Ubisoft or Google is at fault here, but its another big blow for Stadia. So far, Google's game streaming service has been lackluster, with fans and critics dragging Stadia for a variety of reasons. A lack of communication and poor software support has been a driving factor behind fans distaste for the service, but if Google is found to be at fault for leaking a game early, it may harm the company's relationship with developers across the board.
The gameplay is likely to be scrubbed from the internet soon, though it isn't clear how wide-ranging the leak will ultimately be. Doubtlessly, it isn't something Ubisoft wanted players to get their hands on yet, as it may wrongly affect opinions of the final game. But considering the nature of the leak, there's a pretty decent chance that significant portions of the game will soon find their way online.
Ubisoft delayed multiple games after Ghost Recon: Breakpoint's troubled launch, including God's and Monsters. Fans still know relatively little about the game, though it seems to be a mashup of popular open-world games from the last few years, with elements of Breath of the Wild and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey scattered within.
The next few days will likely tell who is at fault for the leak, and there may be a fallout because of it. God's and Monsters isn't Ubisoft's biggest launch coming up, but it's still a very large mistake.
Gods and Monsters is currently in development.
Source: Stadia Source