Despite becoming one of the studios most closely associated with PlayStation, Ready at Dawn's fate has come to an endMeta, the company that has owned the company since 2020, has decided to immediately close the developer, as reported by Android Central.
Echo VR and Lone Echo had become the brand's most interesting projects since its acquisition, as its efforts had focused on providing a better catalog for virtual reality. Last February it was decided to stop supporting Echo VR and it is assumed that low sales of Lone Echo 2 have influenced the decision to close Ready at Dawn.
It's been three years since the studio's last release and Meta plans to cut the budget of its Reality Labs division by 20% by 2026, as Gio Hunt, vice president of Oculus Studios, informed his employees. While employees have the possibility on the table to apply for new positions at Oculus Studios, and Meta's goal is to retain the most talented membersThe truth is that they have not had to give prior notice of the measure.
California's WARN law requires that if more than 50 people are laid off in a 30-day period, the company must provide advance notice. It is not known how many employees have been affected, but the outlet claims that the number has not been sufficient, so all employees are required to attend. The developers have come across the bad news by surpriseHowever, the severance pay due for dismissal will be transferred.
Born in 2003 by Didier Malefant, former member of Naughty Dog, Ru Weerasuriya and Andrea Pessino, former Blizzard collaborators, Ready at Dawn has provided us with some of the most acclaimed video games of the 21st century. They stood out especially for their versatility on PSP, shaping DaxterGod of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. However, they crashed very resoundingly with The Order: 1886, which was released on PS4.
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