December 23, 2024

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Meta is shutting down its beloved third-party Quest studio

Updated 8/17 at 5:19 PM ET: The information provided to Android Central was an internal memo sent to employees, not a public post. The wording of this post has been edited to reflect that.

What you need to know

  • Ready at Dawn Studios, part of Oculus Studios, will be permanently closing, effective immediately.
  • The studio has produced some of the highest-rated VR games of all time, including Lone Echo, Lone Echo 2, and Echo VR, as well as some PSP classics like God of War and Daxter.
  • Meta says Ready at Dawn employees are welcome to apply to other studios under the Oculus Studios umbrella.
  • This reduction was made to meet Reality Labs’ new budget cap and not as a proactive cost-saving initiative.

One of the greatest VR studios has permanently closed its doors today (August 7). Ready at Dawn Studios was behind the popular Echo VR and Lone Echo games, both of which received critical and customer acclaim. But the studio hasn’t released a new game since porting the Echo VR to the Quest in May 2020, and it’s possible that sales of Lone Echo 2 may have played a role in the decision since it was a VR-only game.