Meta-owned developer Downpour Interactive introduced it’s pulling Quest 1 assist for Onward, the hit team-based mil-sim shooter.
First launched on PC VR headsets in Early Entry again in 2016, Onward managed to garner a hardcore following over time because of its lifelike squad-based gameplay and unrelentingly trustworthy replica of real-world weaponry.
In mid-2020, Downpour decidedly slimmed down Onward throughout the board with its Early Entry launch on Quest—just some months earlier than Meta launched the extra highly effective Quest 2. Its launch on the unique Quest was met with some fairly intense backlash from the PC VR-playing group on the time, as Downpour considerably diminished the Onward’s graphics along with limiting community-generated content material.
Now the developer, which was acquired by Meta in 2021, says it’s slated to drop assist for Quest 1 on July thirty first, 2023. Within the studio’s FAQ, Downpour says Onward will not be playable on Quest 1 in any capability after the July closing date.
The studio isn’t providing any particular refund scheme outdoors of Meta’s commonplace coverage, which lets you return a sport with lower than two hours of gameplay time, and inside 14 days after buy.
Onward nonetheless advantages from cross-buy, so house owners can proceed taking part in on Quest 1 via the Meta Retailer model, which requires a VR-ready PC to play, or on the nonetheless natively supported Quest 2 and Quest Professional headsets.
In comes as no actual shock that some builders are pulling the plug on Quest 1 assist solely three years after the headset’s launch. Meta introduced earlier this month it was set to deprecate first-party social options on the unique 2019 Quest in March, which incorporates entry to Events and Meta Horizon House. From now till 2024, Meta will solely push crucial bug fixes and safety patches.