VR’s first main massively multiplayer on-line role-playing recreation, and one among its longest-running multiplayer experiences, is shutting down throughout all platforms.
An announcement put up on the OrbusVR boards from one of many undertaking’s long-time builders states that server shutdown is in April, with gross sales ending February tenth throughout all platforms.
OrbusVR: Reborn’s itemizing on Steam already notes the upcoming finish to gross sales however there is no such discover on the Quest retailer itemizing. I emailed Meta to ask in the event that they’re involved with the builders about altering the web page. I additionally requested if Meta is planning to refund consumers for what they’ve spent to purchase one of many first paid MMORPGs in VR.
As of this writing, the undertaking continues to be priced $19.99 on each storefronts. OrbusVR: Reborn carried “principally constructive” critiques since launch in April 2019 on Steam, and it launched with the unique Quest headset as properly in Could 2019.
OrbusVR Is A Tantalizing First Step Towards The Future Of VR MMOs
As somebody that grew up enjoying MMOs like EverQuest, Minions of Mirth (an obscure indie one), Runescape, Guild Wars, and extra, a high-quality VR MMO is one among my final dream video games. Anime like .hack//signal and Sword Artwork On-line have achieved their half to instill the joy across the
Creators ran a profitable Kickstarter undertaking for the software program again in 2017, and one among our first in-depth writeups again in 2018 famous it as a “tantalizing first step” towards the dream of MMOs in headsets.
On the shutdown announcement web page the developer writes:
“Within the coming months resulting in the server shutdown, we can be planning just a few farewell occasions, together with elevated drop charges on legendaries, unlocking the DLC for all gamers that won’t have skilled it but, and internet hosting the final official Mage Match in-game. Whereas we’re actually unhappy to say goodbye to this recreation, we wish to have a good time the enjoyable, mates, and reminiscences which were skilled in our video games’ lengthy historical past. We plan on doing an finish of recreation wrapup, sharing stats like complete hours performed, monsters killed, and so on., within the coming months.
UploadVR Senior Editor Henry Stockdale is main the cost as we discuss with VR and combined actuality builders on an ongoing foundation in regards to the state of the market. We’re nonetheless seeing groundbreaking new software program throughout most platforms, however some devs are shedding staff and shutting down their initiatives as they wrestle with a quickly altering marketplace for VR and combined actuality content material. In 2025, he is already lined layoffs at Soul Meeting and could have extra nuanced protection of the problems dealing with builders within the weeks forward.
We’ll be discussing the shutdown of OrbusVR on our VR Gamescast present tomorrow on YouTube, and if you happen to’re an Orbus participant we would love to listen to from you in regards to the time you have spent fishing, crafting or simply plain hanging out with mates within the first VRMMORPG.
