First Contact Leisure, the studio behind PSVR and PSVR2 shooters Firewall Zero Hour and Firewall Extremely, is shutting down. The developer was in operation for nearly eight years and specialised in VR content material, which grew to become the explanation for its closure.
PSVR and PSVR2’s Firewall video games earned blended opinions
PSVR’s Firewall Zero Hour earned typically constructive opinions however PSVR2’s Firewall Extremely did not exceed or match its predecessors’ reception. Nevertheless, gross sales and opinions don’t appear to be the first purpose for First Contact’s closure. In an announcement published on Facebook, the corporate cited “lack of help for VR throughout the business” that ultimately “took its toll.”
The assertion — which provides the closure date as “finish of the yr” — solely seems on First Contact’s official Fb web page on the time of this writing, and is neither up on its web site nor on its Twitter/X web page (which is at present lively).
“As a AAA VR recreation developer, we’re simply not in a position to justify the expense wanted gouging ahead,” a part of the assertion reads. “We’re a workforce of fearless innovators prepared to push new applied sciences to its limits. I’m extraordinarily happy with the workforce and grateful to our buyers, our companions and naturally our group of devoted and passionate gamers. It’s been a wild experience, Thankyou!”