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[Eddie-Griffin]

https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-game-studio-oculus-publishing/

Meta has nearly scrubbed all of its products of the Oculus name, however the company today announced its third-party publishing wing is getting a sort of rebrand that will see the Oculus name live on.

Meta announced at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) that it’s naming its third-party publishing arm Oculus Publishing. The company tells us Oculus Studios, its first-party studio, will continue to exist.

To date, Meta’s growing fleet of acquired first-party studios includes Beat Games (Beat Saber), Sanzaru Games (Asgard’s Wrath), Ready at Dawn (Lone Echo & Echo VR), Downpour Interactive (Onward), BigBox VR (Population: One), and Within (Supernatural).

Third-party titles under Oculus Publishing include Among Us VR (Innersloth, Schell Games), Bonelab (Stress Level Zero), The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Skydance Interactive), and Blade & Sorcery: Nomad (Warpfrog).

Notably, there’s little left that sports the Oculus brand since the company made its big metaverse pivot in October 2021. Besides older hardware, the only things most people see with the ‘Oculus’ moniker is the Oculus PC app and Meta’s Oculus web portal, where the company still lists game libraries for Quest, Rift, Go, and Gear VR.

“This year marks a full decade since the inception of the original Oculus Content Team,” the company says in a developer blog post. “From Kickstarter to Quest, Meta has committed hundreds of millions of dollars in third-party content funding and specialized development support to help make the VR games landscape what it is today. Now, we’re excited to unveil an official name for one of the world’s largest VR games programs for developers: Oculus Publishing.”

The company says Oculus Publishing will continue to directly partner with development teams on conceptualization, funding, production, technology advancement, game engineering, promotion and merchandising.

https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/oculus-publishing-announcement

What you need to know​

• Oculus Publishing is now the official name of Meta's VR games publishing arm.
• Over 500 games are now available for Quest, and Meta has contributed to funding over 300 VR titles since 2013.
• An additional 150 titles are currently in active development, and over $1.5 billion has been spent on the Quest store to date.

Meta also revealed that over 150 titles are in active development including the upcoming Hello Neighbor VR and other highly anticipated upcoming Quest games(opens in new tab). To note, Oculus Publishing is separate from Oculus Studios(opens in new tab). Oculus Studios is Meta's first-party development division in charge of creating games and other apps from brands Meta owns like Population: One, Lone Echo, Iron Man VR, Resident Evil 4 VR, and more.

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Dang, Quest 3 (& 2) is going to have a hell of a launch in terms of FP and TP game support. 150 TP games are in active development, and they are keeping the Oculus name for publishing. Several will likely be exclusives.

$1.5 billion spend in the Quest store is also decent for where VR currently is, however is still low for software. But it's picking up.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

New trailer released,

 

[odhiex]

They are using Oculus name again? Would it means the return of Oculus Quest 3?

 

[reinking]

150+ Oculus games? 100+ PSVR2 games? VR might not be dead after all.

 

[poppabk]

They are using Oculus name again? Would it means the return of Oculus Quest 3?

I am gonna call it Oculus no matter what they want to call it.

 

[Captain Toad]

150+ Oculus games? 100+ PSVR2 games? VR might not be dead after all.

That's almost one game for every Eddie-Griffin VR thread in an entire week.

 

[kiphalfton]

I am gonna call it Oculus no matter what they want to call it.

Yeah. Meta sounds stupid. But hey, maybe Facebook saw all the stupid verbiage that's being used and figured they'd jump in.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

150+ Oculus games? 100+ PSVR2 games? VR might not be dead after all.

Sony isn't publishing 100 games.

Oculus is publishing 150 games in development.

 

[reinking]

Sony isn't publishing 100 games.

I know that, but they have 100+ in development. It still speaks to effort being put into VR.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Yeah, quest 3 day one for me. It sucks but no one supports VR like meta.

 

[gothmog]

I know that, but they have 100+ in development. It still speaks to effort being put into VR.

Don't bother. Eddie has an agenda he has to follow.

 

[reinking]

Yeah, quest 3 day one for me. It sucks but no one supports VR like meta.

I am definitely keeping my eye on it. If for no other reason, Sony is crap for media/social VR experiences.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Lost 500k chips in like 10 minutes on pokerstars vr Black Jack...that sucked.....

Kinda want the quest 3 right now....hope they announce it soon.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Gonna be honestly hard to get out of oculus ecosystem because those oculus exclusives are quite good, they have legit devs and best after Half Life Alyx on PCVR imo, and it does both oculus store and PCVR..

Steam deckard being mind blowing announced really soon after Quest 3 unveiling is probably the only chance they have to stop me from buying a Quest 3. If they take too long to annonce, it’ll be too late, I’ll be buried in games in an ecosystem they won’t support. My Quest 2 library is already quite nice.

 

[Fermbiz]

Where GTA: SA VR??

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Where GTA: SA VR??

They are still working on it apparently.