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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

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A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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‘Angry Birds Movie 2 VR’ Studio Raises $2M to Continue Development on AR/VR Games

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XR Games , the studio behind couch co-op VR game The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure (2019), has secured $2 million (£1.5 Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Leeds, England, Angry Birds Movie 2 VR was its second VR game, coming after their first production, the Cardboard game All-Star Fruit Racing (2018).

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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There’s no better time of the year to do that than at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). He’s worked on the tech since before the Oculus Rift was invented and, with his team, since released some of the best games for it. Chris Hewish (Survios), Mike McTyre (Survios). The Holodeck Year 2: Growing the VR Ecosystem in 2017.

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