Meta has reportedly shut down The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn
Per an internal memo
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Ready at Dawn, the developer ofThe Order: 1886andEcho VR, has seemingly been shut down by its parent company Meta.
The news was first reported byAndroid Central, who claim to have seen an internal staff memo that was sent to employees regarding the matter. The memo reportedly states that Ready at Dawn, which was part ofOculusStudios, has been closed with immediate effect.
The document also allegedly reassures staff that this closure is not indicative of any wider cuts and that the company is still committed to its first-party game development efforts.
Meta is the owner of Reality Labs, formerly Oculus VR, and is well-known in the virtual reality (VR) space for the Meta Quest Platform and its associated products. This includes popular VR devices such as the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3, which we rank among some of thebest VR headsetsright now.
Ready at Dawn was originally founded in 2003 and, although initially independent, has always been closely associated withSonyand the PlayStation brand. It developed the PlayStation Portable (PSP) spinoff gamesDaxter, God of War: Chains of Olympus,andGod of War: Ghost of Sparta. It was also behindThe Order: 1886, an early PlayStation 4 title that proved to be a serious showcase of the console’s graphical capabilities.
The developer was acquired by Meta in June 2020 following the release of two successful VR exclusive titles:Lone EchoandEcho Arena. After its acquisition, it developed two more VR games:Echo CombatandLone Echo II. The memo reportedly goes on to encourage staff affected by the layoff to apply to other positions within Meta.
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Dash is a technology journalist who covers gaming hardware at TechRadar. Before joining the TechRadar team, he was writing gaming articles for some of the UK’s biggest magazines including PLAY, Edge, PC Gamer, and SFX. Now, when he’s not getting his greasy little mitts on the newest hardware or gaming gadget, he can be found listening to J-pop or feverishly devouring the latest Nintendo Switch otome.
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