Facebook Acquires Ready At Dawn - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2020 / 2,607 Views

Facebook and Oculus have announced the acquisition of Ready At Dawn. The studio has previously partnered with Oculus Studios to develop Lone Echo, Echo Arena, and Echo Combat for the Oculus VR headsets. Ready At Dawn will be joining Oculus Studios and continue development on Lone Echo II.

The developer before working on games for Oculus developed The Order: 1886 for the PlayStation 4, two God of War games for the PSP, and more.

Facebook Acquires Ready At Dawn

Read an FAQ on the acquisition below:

Why Ready At Dawn?

Ready At Dawn is a veteran game developer, having shipped games to multiple platforms in the past, and a virtual reality pioneer. They’ve created four games for the Oculus platform since 2017, including Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat, and Lone Echo II (currently in development), all of which feature Ready At Dawn’s signature zero-g continuous locomotion system and full-body IK (inverse kinematics). With Facebook’s latest advancements in virtual reality technology, Ready At Dawn can readily explore a future of rich and immersive original virtual reality content.

How will Ready At Dawn maintain its culture as they become part of Facebook?

As with any development studio, the people that comprise it are integral to its success, and that’s no different for Ready At Dawn. The tight-knit community at the studio and their focus, in turn, on cultivating passionately engaged gaming communities are aspects of the company we admire and intend to maintain. They will continue to build amazing game experiences as an independent studio operating out of their current offices in Irvine, CA, and Portland, OR, with the full support of Facebook and the Oculus Studios team behind them.

What will Ready At Dawn be working on as part of Oculus Studios?

The studio is working on Lone Echo II, and we are eager for its launch. We are not announcing future projects at this time.

Will they be developing for Quest or the Rift Platform?

We’re extremely pleased with Echo VR’s success on Quest, and Ready At Dawn will continue to support and iterate on that franchise. Ready At Dawn has exciting plans for future games, and we hope to bring those experiences to as many people as possible, but we’re not ready to share details at this time.

Is everyone at Ready At Dawn moving over to Facebook?

We can confirm that the entire Ready At Dawn team will be joining the Oculus Studios team.

Do you plan to acquire other studios? What else are you doing to accelerate virtual reality?

We’re exploring many ways to accelerate virtual reality, and we have awesome and innovative plans for the next few years of gaming. We are thrilled to have Ready At Dawn join our team.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

9 Comments

JEMC (on 22 June 2020)

Da fuck? I would have never guessed something like this.
And, to be honest, I can't help but think that Ready at Dawn will waste of talent.

Mr Puggsly (on 22 June 2020)

Guess Sony has to find a different studio for 1887.

Signalstar Mr Puggsly (on 22 June 2020)

Despite the cliffhanger ending that game is better off without a sequel.

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V-r0cK Mr Puggsly (on 22 June 2020)

@Signalstar, I would actually like a sequel. I loved the setting and storyline. I felt if Ready at Dawn had a chance to make a sequel they would've vastly improved.

EspadaGrim Mr Puggsly (on 22 June 2020)

They never even got around to making Heavenly Sword 2 so the chances of a sequel to the Order are next to nothing.

DonFerrari Mr Puggsly (on 22 June 2020)

They wanted to be buy by Sony but Sony refused to buy after 1886, and I don't think Sony wants to put a sequel.

DonFerrari (on 22 June 2020)

That is a sad new, visually their game was top notch and I don't think Oculus VR will have much space for that type of experience, just look at they releasing 3 games in little more than 2 years. Those are small tier games.