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Facebook took over another popular virtual reality game developer and on Friday announced BigBox VR, the makers of the Battle Royale VR game Population: one, You will be joining Oculus Studios.

“POP: like It entered the virtual reality scene just nine months ago and has consistently ranked itself as one of the best performing titles on the Oculus platform, bringing up to 24 people together at the same time to connect, play, and be in compete in a virtual world, ”Mike Verdo, Vice President of Content at Facebook Reality Labs, Written in a blog post. “And while social media gets the players involved POP: LikeThe quirky humor, constant updates, and sheer fun of the environment make sure they keep coming back – we even saw gamers tune their in-game get-togethers for a synchronized social experience. “

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Population: one A huge hit that brought in over $ 10 million in profit “just a few months later” at the Oculus store. Verdu said in a February blog post. The game available on both Oculus-Store And the on SteamAccording to Fardo, the company will continue to be supported on all of its existing platforms. The game will continue to receive regular updates. BigBox VR says on their website.

But it is not yet clear what major business changes the acquisition could bring. “BigBox VR has big plans for the future POP: Like And for other projects, but we’re not ready to share the details at the moment, ”says Verdo ambiguously.

BigBox VR joins a number of other VR studios that Facebook acquired over the past two years. Company acquired further Developer Downpour Interactive in AprilAnd the Echofarbe Creator Ready at Dawn last JuneAnd the Asgards Zorn Sanzaru Game Maker February 2020, And the Saber won Developer Beat Games in November 2019.

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