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The team behind the action-adventure sci-fiRevenge of the Savage Planethas erected a billboard at the 2025 Game Developers Conference event to advertise the fun sequel, but the ad also mocks a former Stadia boss. The controversy surrounds the closure of Typhoon Studios, the developer behindJourney to the Savage Planet, back in 2021, which led the Typhoon team to form Raccoon Logic, the studio helmingRevenge of the Savage Planet, in the same year and retain the rights to the IP.
Journey to the Savage Planet,released in 2020, follows players around the colorful ARY-26 planet in first person while they catalog the various flora and fauna. The game received a Stadia port, but due to Google’s unforeseen closure of Stadia Games and Entertainment (a service integrated with Typhoon), the port was abandoned with unresolved bugs. After the Typhoon team set up Raccoon, work on the game’s successor,Revenge of the Savage Planet, continued. The sequel will garner the attention of Xbox users this spring whenRevenge of the Savage Planetarrives on Game Pass. It will join its predecessor, which already resides in the Microsoft catalog.
Spotted by VGC, theRevenge of the Savage Planetbillboard was seen on display in San Francisco’s Union Square for GDC, showing a character named “Gunther Harrison, CEO of Alta Interglobal” with an enlarged cranium. The ad read, “Has a Harrison fired you lately? You might be eligible for emotional support,” clearly taunting the former Stadia vice president Phil Harrison. TheJourney to the Savage Planetdevs always wanted to make a sequel, but development was stalled when Stadia closed all its internal development teams, including Typhoon.
Revenge of the Savage Planet GDC Billboard Mocks Former Stadia Boss
Harrison’s response to the sudden closure, also on the heels ofJourney to the Savage Planet’s disastrous Stadia launch, wasn’t welcomed, saying the decision was “the best path to building Stadia into a long-term, sustainable business that helps grow the industry.” TheRaccoon Logic devs recently discussedRevenge of the Savage Planet’s gameplay improvements, which sounds like the sequel will surely deliver more feel-good action, but the team’s trying times under Stadia’s umbrella is clearly still fresh.
Revenge of the Savage Planetenters the impressivemost anticipated games of 2025 list, joining the likes of visually similar titlesThe Outer Worlds 2andAvowed(which recently released to mostly positive reviews), and heavyweights likeGhost of Yotei,Elden Ring Nightreign, andGrand Theft Auto 6.Revenge of the Savage Planetis slated for a August 01, 2025 release, which will cook up some competition withDoom: The Dark AgesandLost Soul Aside.
