Meta and The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn are shutting down all servers and services for Echo VR.
After August 1 (10 a.m. PT), the game will no longer be playable.
In a blog post sharing the news, the developer called the decision difficult, but one made “for many good reasons.”
While the developer didn’t elaborate further on what those reasons are, he said he will now focus on his “next project.”
“We can’t say anything about this yet, but we’re all excited and need everyone on deck,” the developer wrote.
As a token of gratitude, by August 1, players will be able to access a variety of in-game rewards if they play a match. These are:
- All Epic + Superb rarity chassis/booster/bracer sets from Echo Pass Seasons 1-6 (S7 rewards will be released at a later date)
- All chassis variants
- All non-3D rewards from Echo Pass Seasons 1-6 (S7 rewards will be released at a later date)
- All Echo Store Items including Starter Pack
- All rewards from the previous event
- Some new rewards
The developer closed his message: “The entire Ready At Dawn team is grateful to each of you for your help in transforming Echo Arena from a small passion project into one of the best VR games on the Oculus. Store over the past five years.
“We were absolutely overwhelmed to see the community that has grown around Echo and grateful to all the passionate people we got to meet online, in the arena and at events.”
Earlier today, I informed Ian Higton, Eurogamer’s resident virtual reality superfan, of this news. His response: “Oh no!”
Elsewhere in VR news, Sony has disputed reports that it has reduced its planned PlayStation VR2 shipments in response to disappointing pre-order numbers.
“We haven’t cut PlayStation VR2 production numbers, and we see PlayStation fans’ excitement for the upcoming launch, which includes over 30 titles such as Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Call of the Mountain and Resident Evil Village,” a Sony spokesperson said. said Eurogamer earlier today.