Facebook’s Oculus division has gotten up one more popular virtual reality game developer. On Friday, the association announced it has acquired Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the hit multiplayer military simulator Onward.
Facebook acquires Onward’s developer Downpour Interactive
“We’ve seen unfathomable achievement with Onward on the Oculus platform for a long time ? first on Rift and even more actually on Quest,” Mike Verdu, Facebook’s VP of AR/VR content, said in a blog post. “Ending up being fundamental for the Oculus Studios family will offer Downpour Interactive the opportunity to create both the Onward social class with the full support of Oculus Studios resources, and, later on, seek after various projects.”
Everyone from Downpour Interactive will move over to the Oculus Studios team “in some capacity,” Verdu said. He similarly insisted that Onward will regardless be supported on the whole of the platforms where it’s as of now open: the Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and Steam. Dante Buckley, creator and CEO of Downpour Interactive, said in a FAQ on the studio’s site that Onward’s part roadmap “remains unchanged” and that the studio plans to “accelerate the speed of our development” because of the acquisition. Downpour Interactive will similarly continue holding “full control of all development,” he said.
The acquisition is Facebook’s latest to grow Oculus Studios. The association bought Beat Saber developer Beat Games in November 2019, Asgard’s Wrath maker Sanzaru Games in February 2020, and Lone Echo creator Ready at Dawn in June 2020.