Remember that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, will bring the internet to three dimensions recreating this as a metaverse in virtual reality? Ah, the times. More recently, the social media company scaled back its VR ambitions and remade VR Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas This appears to be the latest casualty, announced three years ago and never spoken of again.
As first reported with IGN, The Oculus 2 port of the fifth game in the wildly popular open-world series has been delayed, perhaps forever. Fans have been asking Meta repeatedly about the future of the project, including via YouTube comments on trailers for other Oculus games. BehemothA fantasy action adventure game about slaying giant monsters.
“GTA: San Andreas “On hold indefinitely while we both focus on other projects,” Meta Quest VR's YouTube account says wrote in the comments Someone's Behemoth Pre-order trailer on August 15. “We look forward to working with our friends at Rockstar in the future.” A Meta spokesperson confirmed the change in a statement IGN.
VR remake GTA: San Andreas was initially announced “This new version of one of the greatest games ever made, in my opinion, will give players a completely new way to experience this iconic open world in VR,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained at the time, during a segment dedicated to Oculus games at Meta's 2021 Facebook Connect keynote.
But neither Meta nor Rockstar Games ever mentioned this ambitious project again. Future important conversations came and went without mentioning it. GTA Even in VR GTA fans are some of the most obsessed with gaming, kept requesting updatesWhat else were they supposed to do while they waited for some new bit of information? Grand Theft Auto 6?
But by 2024, Meta has hit the brakes on its metaverse ambitions, pulling funding from a VR division that was burning through billions of dollars a month and hadn't shown much in return for its investment other than some new titles and the occasional newcomer. notable, critically acclaimed gameInstead, Meta, like many companies, Turns focus to the race for productive AI where new wealth is is being created and destroyed.
“Experience one of gaming's most iconic open worlds (again or for the first time) with a new perspective on Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas,” Meta wrote in its original announcement. “This is a project that's been in the works for years, and we can't wait to show you more.”
GTA: San Andreas It feels like a project that hasn't been worked on for years now. I guess that means there won't be any VR spin-offs GTA 6 any.