Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s laying off around half of its staff, citing low-level content which has flooded the platform from users on mobile and console. Founded in 2016, the studio ...
Players logged a cumulative 68,000 years inside Rec Room over its decade-long run, but costs always outpaced revenue. Rec Room Rec Room, the social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion (£2.7 ...
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Rec Room, the multiplayer VR video game that enjoyed niche popularity with millions of loyal players worldwide, is shutting down. The Seattle-based eponymous developer behind the game announced Monday ...
The development team announced that users will no longer have access to “Rec Room” offerings starting in early June. The reason for the platform's end is a permanently unsolved problem: revenues were ...