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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 industry as a best-in-class example of a developer working in tandem with its loyal community to cre...
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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 Interactive's first game, a multiplayer masterpiece full of challenges, tactics, and teamwork. As part of the Facebook's Oculus Studios team, Downpour Interactive will expand upon its ethos of creating stand-out games. "We've seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several years first on Rift and more recently on Quest," Mike Verdu, Facebook's VP of AR/VR content, sa...
'); } Facebook and its VR-focused subsidiary Oculus have announced the social media giant's acquisition of Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the 2016 early access VR game Onward. Details of the acquisition aren't offered in the announcement blog, but Oculus notes that the studio's 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 future projects. "With us joining Oculus Studios at Facebook, we can now realize Onward's full visio...