"On Tuesday, developers from the three aforementioned studios posted on X and other social media websites, indicating that they had lost their jobs. UploadVR confirmed that the entirety of Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studios were impacted as part of this round of Meta layoffs. In a statement to Polygon, Meta's Tracy Clayton says these cuts were made so the company could focus on Wearables like its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses."
"It's a significant gutting that massively reduces Meta's AAA first-party development capabilities for its Quest headsets. All three studios shut down today are also quite well known, and had storied histories prior their their acquisitions by Meta. Twisted Pixel Games initially gained fame thanks to Xbox Live Arcade titles like 'Splosion Man and Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley. It had worked on VR games for the past decade, just releasing Marvel's Deadpool VR in November 2025."
Meta closed three internal Oculus Studios developers—Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio—with all staff affected. The moves were reported as part of layoffs in Meta's Reality Labs business, which manages first-party VR game development. Developers from the affected studios posted on social media that they had lost their jobs. UploadVR confirmed that the entirety of the three studios were impacted. Meta stated the cuts allow focus on wearables such as Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. The closures substantially reduce Meta's AAA first-party development for Quest headsets while Beat Games and Camouflaj remain operational.
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