One other Axiom, the indie studio behind wildly profitable VR recreation Gorilla Tag, hinted that it’s now pursuing a mission impressed by Echo VR.
Kerestell ‘LemmingVR’ Smith, the lead creator of Gorilla Tag, initially began engaged on the sport due to his love of Echo VR, the zero-g sports activities recreation created by the Meta-owned studio Prepared at Daybreak.
Late final month although, Meta introduced it is going to be shutting down Echo VR this summer season because the workforce pursues different tasks. As you’d think about, this didn’t sit proper with the small however devoted playerbase, Smith included.
And Smith isn’t simply any fan; he’s competed in and gained a number of Echo VR competitions together with his workforce ‘ec.lip.se’, making the lack of the sport decidedly extra private.
In a latest tweet, Smith hinted {that a} new mission is on the horizon which shall be a zero-g sports activities recreation of types—undoubtedly a response to Meta pulling the plug on Echo VR.
we gained’t let there be zero zero-g vr sports activities video games
extra information about our new mission quickly™
— LemmingVR (@LemmingVR) February 17, 2023
One other Axion hasn’t tipped their hats past Smith’s tweet, so we’ll simply have to attend and see what’s in retailer from the creator of Quest’s most-rated recreation, which has surpassed even the Meta-owned rhythm recreation Beat Saber within the variety of person critiques it’s garnered.
In truth, the sport has been so profitable it generated $26 million in income from in-app purchases. The gorilla-themed recreation of tag has additionally reported a staggering (for VR) peak month-to-month lively person depend of two.3 million in December 2022, additional stating that over 760,000 customers performed on Christmas Day.
Because of Sven Viking for pointing us to the information.