Meta has closed three VR studios as a part of its metaverse cuts

A number of of Meta’s VR studios have been affected by the corporate’s metaverse-focused layoffs. The corporate has shuttered three of its VR studios, together with Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel. VR health app Supernatural will not be up to date with contemporary content material.

Workers at Twisted Pixel, which launched Marvel’s Deadpool VR in November, and Sanzaru, recognized for Asgard’s Wrath, posted on social media about the closures. Bloomberg reported that Armature, which introduced Resident Evil 4 to Quest again in 2021 has additionally closed and that the favored VR health app Supernatural will not get updates.

“On account of current organizational adjustments to our Studio, Supernatural will not obtain new content material or characteristic updates beginning immediately,” the corporate wrote in an replace on Facebook. The app “will stay energetic” for current customers.

A spokesperson for Meta confirmed the closures. “We mentioned final month that we had been shifting a few of our funding from Metaverse towards Wearables,” the spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to Engadget. “That is a part of that effort, and we plan to reinvest the financial savings to assist the expansion of wearables this yr.”

The cuts increase questions on Meta’s dedication to supporting a VR ecosystem it has invested closely in. The corporate hasn’t introduced any new VR headsets for the reason that Quest 3S in 2024, and final month it “paused” deliberate Horizon OS headsets from Asus and Lenovo. Now, it is also pulling again on in-house recreation improvement too.

Meta is claiming, internally at the very least, that it stays dedicated to supporting the trade. “These adjustments don’t imply we’re shifting away from video video games,” Oculus Studios director Tamara Sciamanna wrote in a memo reported by Bloomberg. “With this transformation we’re shifting our funding to concentrate on our third-party builders and companions to make sure long-term sustainability.”

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Replace, January 13, 2026, 2:13PM PT: This submit was up to date to extra details about Supernatural.