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Meta Reportedly Closes Three First-party Studios Behind Some of Its Biggest VR Games (www.roadtovr.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/virtualreality@lemmy.world
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The following studios being shut down: Sanzaru (Asgard's Wrath series), Twisted Pixel (Deadpool VR), Armature (RE4 Quest VR port)

Meta acquisitions have proven to be a death sentence for so many great VR game developers already before, most notably Ready at Dawn.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Might be good if the laid off staff finds jobs in other VR studios that are not Occulus exclusive.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago*

    I think AR/XR might be the more viable path if not wanting to go flat since all the big tech companies are more focused on that now. Skills would transfer well too and they'll still be very much VR adjacent. Kinda surprised Meta isn't just putting these studios to work on that but they probably want to spend on AI. I guess the one bright spot for VR specifically is Valve planning to release their new headset.

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    • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Hopefully the Deadpool devs go on to make their own games. It’s a great game and it and Batman make me feel a bit sad moving to Steam Frame when that gets released since they are locked to Meta unless someone makes an emulator.

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