After its stellar enactment connected the RE4 VR exclusive for Quest 2, Armature has officially been acquired by Meta.
Resident Evil 4 VR was easy 1 of the champion VR games of 2021, taking each things bully astir the crippled and adapting them to a fantastic VR first-person shooter format. It was a beauteous collaboration betwixt Capcom and Meta (a woody that made the crippled exclusive to the Meta Quest 2). However, it’s Armature Studio that deserves recognition for making the larboard hap and doing an exceptional occupation of it. Meta seems to admit that excessively due to the fact that it has officially enactment a ringing connected Armature’s digit and acquired the studio.
Meta made the announcement of its acquisitions during the Meta Connect event connected October 11, 2022. This lawsuit saw the announcement of the Meta Quest Pro, the adjacent large introduction successful the Meta Quest VR line, arsenic good arsenic concern betwixt Meta and Microsoft, which includes bringing Microsoft Teams to Meta Quest platforms. However, it was aboriginal connected that Meta revealed it had acquired Armature alongside a fig of different developers, including ‘Splosion Man’s Twisted Pixel and Iron Man VR developer Camouflaj.
Meta’s acquisition of Armature makes a batch of sense. Armature’s enactment connected Resident Evil 4 VR for the Meta Quest 2 made it an highly casual prime for Shacknews Best VR crippled of 2021. It earned a beardown review from america and from different critics and fans passim the industry. It’s really a small astonishing that Capcom wasn’t the 1 to prime up Armature aft their collaboration connected the game. It would person been bully to spot if Armature could springiness further Resident Evil titles a akin level of VR polish.
Nonetheless, it looks similar Armature is slated to proceed processing nether the Meta brand. After however bully Resident Evil 4 VR was, we’re much than excited to spot wherever that goes.
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