Another well-known augmented reality game maker has been acquired by Facebook's Oculus division. The company revealed on Friday that it had acquired Downpour Interactive, the creators of the popular multiplayer military simulator Onward.
“We’ve seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several years — first on Rift and more recently on Quest,” Mike Verdu, Facebook’s VP of AR / VR content, said in a blog post. “Becoming part of the Oculus Studios family will give Downpour Interactive the opportunity to cultivate both the Onward community with the full support of Oculus Studios resources, and, in the future, pursue other projects.”
“In any capacity,” everybody from Downpour Interactive will join the Oculus Studios team, according to Verdu. Onward will continue to be supported on all platforms where it is currently available, including the Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and Steam, according to him.
In a FAQ on Downpour Interactive's website, founder and CEO Dante Buckley stated that Onward's feature roadmap "remains unchanged" and that the studio expects to "accelerate the pace of our growth" as a result of the acquisition. He also said that Downpour Interactive would maintain "complete control of all growth."
Facebook's newest step to bolster Oculus Studios is this takeover. In November 2019, the company acquired Beat Games, which created Asgard's Wrath, in February 2020, and Ready at Dawn, which created Lone Echo, in June 2020.
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