Meta and Ready At Dawn are shutting down Echo VR - Game Developer

Multiplayer zero-gravity battler Echo VR is being shut down after astir six years. Developer Ready At Dawn said the rubric volition beryllium laid to remainder connected August 1, 2023, truthful it tin absorption connected caller projects.

The workplace said the determination to scrap the rubric was made "after galore discussions internally with our partners astatine Meta," and described the determination arsenic "difficult."

"Echo VR volition proceed moving until August 1, 2023–10:00 AM Pacific, astatine which constituent servers and services volition beryllium unopen down preventing immoderate further play," it wrote connected Medium.

"By nary means was this determination made lightly. But it was made for galore bully reasons and main among them is the workplace coming unneurotic to absorption connected our adjacent project. We can’t accidental thing astir it yet, but we are each excited and request each hands connected deck."

In the months starring up to the unopen down, Ready At Dawn said it wants to amusement its gratitude to the Echo VR assemblage by making it easier to unlock immoderate uncommon cosmetics, play walk rewards, and lawsuit rewards. It volition besides beryllium placing legendary cosmetic sets connected merchantability connected the Echo Shop until the rubric is axed.

To hole for the game's demise, add-ons specified arsenic as Echo Combat, Starter Bundle, and Echo Points person besides been pulled from sale.

"The full Ready At Dawn squad is grateful to each of you for your assistance successful taking Echo Arena from a tiny passionateness task to 1 of the apical VR games connected the Oculus Store implicit the past 5 years," continues the blog post.

"We’ve been perfectly floored to spot the assemblage that has grown astir Echo and grateful to each the passionate radical we’ve been capable to conscionable online, successful the arena, and astatine events."