April 25, 2025 - Meta fires more than 100 Reality Labs employees
These employees were part of Oculus Studios (mostly companies Meta has acquired over the years) and the hardware team.
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April 3, 2025 - Dumb Ways Free For All and Walking Dead Saints and Sinners Dev is making layoffs
PlaySide, the developer behind Shattered, Dumb Ways Free For All, Archangel, Walking Dead Saints and Sinners and Zombie Riot is laying off some of the staff.
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March 29, 2025 - Cyan lays off half their studio.
12 people were laid off. They say "For now, our number one priority is to secure financing for our next project, and to restabilize the studio."
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March 14, 2025 - Phaser Lock Interactive shutting down
The developer behind "Primal Hunt" and "Final Approach" has shut down.
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March 6, 2025 - Richies Plank and Max Mustard removed from Meta store
The studio is still actively working on a PSVR2 version, although the future is uncertain since they laid off most of their staff.
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March 3, 2025 - Rec Room lays off 16% of staff
They say "Gaming market growth has slowed, while higher interest rates and a more challenging fundraising environment make cash harder to come by."
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February 27, 2025 System Shock 2 Remaster dropping VR support
They say "Facebook cancelled a ton of projects, which unfortunately included SS2VR"
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February 18, 2025 - Toast Interactive lays off majority of staff
"We're incredibly grateful and proud of everything the team has accomplished."
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February 7, 2025 - nDreams closes two VR studios
nDreams Studio Orbital and nDreams Studio have ben shut down and some of the affected employees have been moved to a new studio, Compass, focussing on F2P games.
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February 2, 2025 - OrbusVR announces shutdown
After eight years, the MMORP is shutting down.
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January 29, 2025 - Fast Travel Games lays off 30
They cite lower than expected sales and an uncertain year ahead.
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January 15, 2025 - Just Dance VR developer lays off 15% of its workforce
Soul Assembly, the developer of Just Dance VR & Drop Dead says "This step was necessary to position the company for future success during a challenging time for the gaming industry."
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January 14, 2025 - Powerwash Simulator ending VR support
FuturLab, the developer of Powerwash Simulator VR says the title "costs us more than it makes".
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October 4, 2024 - XR Games laying off 86% of its staff
The studio behind "Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded is laying off 72 employees.
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August 14, 2024 - Archiact, "Doom 3: VR Edition" developer shutting down
Archiact is shutting down after laying off most of its staff.
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