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Right now, for many players, a viable business it’s not.Īs we wrote this summer, this VR cycle is dead. VR may be very many things in the far-flung future. Though he did go on to add that: “Our belief in the long-term transformative power of the technology remains strong.”īut belief in long term tech change is a world away from spying a viable business in the short term and directing your resources to capitalize on a tangible opportunity. “We will continue to support our VR games but will not be making material VR investments until we see market conditions that justify further investments beyond what we have already made.” “Today we have made tough, but important, changes to CCP in response to how we see the gaming market evolving in the coming years,” he said today. While the company is not pulling out of VR development entirely, a statement from CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson makes it clear it’s pressing pause and conspicuously stepping back from its former positioning at “front and center in the second wave of VR” - as the commercial reality of very low consumer uptake and interest bites.Īnd this despite Pétursson sounding very bullish on the VR games market as recently as seven months ago when the total addressable market was estimated at less than two million units. Another of its VR projects, Gunjack, targeted mobile VR.ĬCP’s soon-to-be-shuttered Atlanta studio had also been working on a Playstation VR title called Sparc - which it described as “a unique physical sport only possible in virtual reality, in which players compete in fast-paced, full-body VR gameplay”. Its early experiments resulted in EVE Valkyrie: One of the first game prototypes for the Oculus Rift. The veteran games developer was seeking a second act for its 12-year old MMORPG, Eve Online. Two years ago, as the most recent hype wave was once again raising hopes around the tech, CCP announced a $30 million raise from Novator and NEA - specifically for developing VR games.
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CCP will announce additional game releases directly or through partnerships over the next 18 months across PC and mobile. Both projects are on track and unaffected by these changes. In early October CCP confirmed continued development of its PC FPS game, ‘Project Nova’ and announced a new mobile game, ‘Project Aurora,’ both set in the EVE Universe. There are no changes to ongoing plans for EVE Online and the company´s product pipeline is strong. CCP has provided severance packages and job placement assistance for all those affected. The company´s Shanghai studio will be reduced and refocused to support growing business in China through local partnerships. In the coming weeks, CCP will undertake the following proposed measures: The closure of its Atlanta studio with VR development moved to London, the sale of its Newcastle studio, and the elimination of a number of positions worldwide. This has resulted in a reorganization and centralization of its five studios across the world to three in Reykjavík, Shanghai, and London. The news was reported earlier by which obtained the following statement from CCP about the move:ĬCP Games is restructuring its studio locations worldwide, driven primarily by reduced investments in virtual reality and an increased focus on PC and mobile games. In another sign of scales majorly falling off of eyes where VR is concerned, games developer CCP Games - which made a big early bet on virtual reality gaming - is pulling the plug on two of its studios that had been working on VR titles.
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