Meta and Ready at Dawn to shut down popular multiplayer game Echo VR

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Meta and developer Ready at Dawn are shutting down all servers and services for Echo VR.

While the developer did not elaborate much further on what these reasons are, it did state it is now going to focus on its"next project".

"We can't say anything about it yet, but we are all excited and need all hands on deck," the developer wrote. As a sign of gratitude, between now and 1st August players will be able to access a variety of the in-game rewards if they play a match. These are:All Chassis VariantsAll previous event rewardsThe developer closed its post:"The entire Ready At Dawn team is grateful to each of you for your help in taking Echo Arena from a small passion project to one of the top VR games on the Oculus Store over the last five years.

"We've been absolutely floored to see the community that has grown around Echo and grateful to all the passionate people we've been able to meet online, in the arena, and at events."Elsewhere in VR news,in response to disappointing pre-order numbers. "We have not cut PlayStation VR2 production numbers, and we are seeing enthusiasm from PlayStation fans for the upcoming launch, which includes more than 30 titles such as Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Call of the Mountain, and Resident Evil Village," a Sony spokesperson told Eurogamer earlier today.

 

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With the short time between Quests and how fast they go out of date it doesnt surprise me that mobile hardware is being treated like mobile hardware, discardible experiences, I think Meta are a pretty incompetent company when it comes to VR.

aitken1970

Oof, never picked this game up, I best give it a try before it shuts down Don't understand why it's shutting down though if it's popular

What?

Noo!! This game was actually really cool for a free game 😔

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