Meta Has Acquired Multiple VR Developers - GameRant

Meta reveals acquisitions of aggregate VR studios known for breathtaking games connected the Quest, which whitethorn beryllium moving connected projects for its upcoming hardware.

Meta has acquired aggregate developers for its Meta Quest VR system, immoderate of which volition person fans excited for what’s to travel based connected their anterior games. This acquisition shows that the Meta Quest is present to enactment successful the VR space, adjacent with the highly anticipated PlayStation VR2 conscionable astir the corner.

Recent leaks uncover accusation connected the anticipation of Meta producing gaming gloves and astute garments for virtual reality. To further this, leaks besides amusement the plan of the Meta Quest Pro. However, to compliment the updated hardware of the VR system, Meta volition request conscionable arsenic awesome games, which the nationalist present has much accusation connected acknowledgment to the announcement of caller acquisitions. As acold arsenic imaginable VR studios that Meta could acquire, the ones listed successful the announcement whitethorn excite fans.

According to a caller blog post, Meta has acquired the Resident Evil 4 VR developer Armature Studio, arsenic good arsenic Camouflaj, the developer of Iron Man VR, and Twisted Pixel. Twisted Pixel was antecedently owned by Microsoft and known for Xbox games specified arsenic The Gunstringer. The blog station stated that the developers volition beryllium moving connected “ambitious and forward-thinking games,” though accusation was not revealed connected what precisely this would entail, and for what Meta VR system, arsenic Meta declared that it would beryllium awhile earlier it could uncover what specifically these developers volition beryllium moving on. However, it is simply a harmless stake that immoderate games volition beryllium successful development, they volition beryllium for the upcoming Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro, particularly fixed the extended play of clip earlier Meta tin uncover much accusation connected the acquisition.

Many see Resident Evil 4 to beryllium 1 of the astir influential video games of each time, and its VR counterpart developed by the precocious acquired Armature Studio was good received contempt missing contented astatine launch. Earlier this year, a Resident Evil 4 VR update was released that added this missing contented to the game, specified arsenic Mercenaries, Big Head Mode, and the enactment to get the Chicago Typewriter.

The caller acquisition of these studios does beg the question connected whether the anticipation inactive exists for these VR games, specified arsenic Iron Man VR and Resident Evil 4 VR, to beryllium ported to PS VR2. Since the upcoming PlayStation VR strategy volition not beryllium backwards compatible with its archetypal iteration, and a PS5 volition beryllium required to usage it, the PS VR2 needs awesome games connected its roster successful bid to compete. With the hardware and games that Meta has connected the horizon, acknowledgment to the caller acquisitions, PlayStation is bound to person immoderate contention successful the VR amusement market.

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Source: IGN