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BigBox VR, makers of the hit battle royale VR title Population: One, will be joining Oculus Studios, Facebook announced on Friday. It’s Facebook’s latest acquisition of a hit VR developer.

Geeky Gadgets 1:34 pm Facebook has this week announced its fourth virtual reality development studio acquisition, confirming the acquisition of Downpour Interactive, the creative team behind the virtual reality shooter Onward. Since launching on the Facebook Oculus Quest platform, Onward has become one of the platforms most popular virtual reality titles. Dante Buckley, Founder and CEO of Downpour Interactive, has stood out over the last several years as a source of inspiration within the VR in...

Oculus has a new first-party developer under its wing, as the company has just acquired Downpour Interactive – the studio responsible for popular VR shooter, Onward. The new acquisition was announced in a blog post, featuring statements from Downpour Interactive. When asked why the studio decided to sell, the company stated: “We’ve seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several years—first on Rift and more recently on Quest. Becoming part of the Oculus Studios family ...

Share It’s quite commonplace for companies like Microsoft and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to acquire smaller studios that’ve got popular IPs and teams to support them. Over the last 18 months, Facebook has been doing the same in the virtual reality (VR) space, the latest being Downpour Interactive, the indie team behind popular military shooter Onward. Facebook’s Mike Verdu, VP of VR/AR Content made the announcement this weekend, explaining: “Downpour Interactive leads the VR ...

Facebook is another developer to its growing Oculus Studios stable..

Representative Image | Flickr Facebook has acquired popular virtual reality game developer Downpour Interactive which is behind the hit multi-player military simulator Onwards. Onward is Dante and Downpour Interactives first game, a multiplayer masterpiece full of challenges, tactics, and teamwork. As part of the Facebooks Oculus Studios team, Downpour Interactive will expand upon its ethos of creating stand-out games. "Weve seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several yea...

Another one of the biggest gaming VR games is now under Facebooks control. Oculus Studios bought Onward maker Downpour Interactive.

); } Facebook and its VR-focused subsidiary Oculus have announced the social media giants acquisition of Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the 2016 early access VR game Onward. Details of the acquisition arent offered in the announcement blog, but Oculus notes that the studios success with Onward, its inaugural game, drew it to Downpour Interactive and says that the acquisition will give the studio the resources needed to cultivate its existing community and, later on, look toward futur...

Facebook acquires developer behind VR shooter Onward ANI | Updated: May 01, 2021 18:21 IST Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): The American social media giant- Facebook has acquired the developer of the popular VR first-person shooter Onward, the company announced on Saturday. Tech Crunch broke the news that Facebook has nabbed Downpour Interactive, the developer of the popular VR first-person shooter Onward. In an official blog post detailing the massive deal, M...

Facebook continues to bolster its first-party VR development repertoire with another top-tier VR developer. As with other VR developer acquisitions, Oculus has pledged to continue to support the game on all available platforms. The news follows a record-setting earnings quarter for Facebooks AR and VR division. Facebook is officially announcing its acquisition of Downpour Interactive, the developer behind the massively popular multiplayer military simulator Onward. While Facebook isnt disclosin...