Meta is closed MARVEL Forces United VR (2018) The online co-op game, released exclusively on Oculus Rift by Meta-owned studio Sanzuru Games in 2021. A recent fan project dedicated to reviving the game gave fans a glimmer of hope that they would be able to play online again, but Meta has now shut that down as well.
As reported Video GamerThe short-lived 'Powers Revival' project has been shut down for copyright infringement by intellectual property owner Meta.
“Unfortunately, we regret to announce today that the 'Powers Revival Project' will be shutting down and will be completely removed in the coming days,” the organizers announced on the project's Discord over the weekend. Discord first opened its doors on August 20, prompting a rather swift response from Meta.
The scope of the project was to introduce software tools so that users can choose their game levels and therefore play all the games. Marvel Powers United VRs single-player content. It also seems like Powers Revival is getting pretty close to releasing multiplayer servers, which is a shame.
However, the problems appear to stem from the group providing players with direct links to torrents and having users download the torrents. Marvel Forces Combined VR As Meta suggested in 2021, it obscured the entire content, suggesting that many legitimate owners delete the game files “to save space on your device.”
“We, in good faith, wanted to help legitimate game owners download the game, as many people had uninstalled it after Meta's closure, but this ultimately proved to be a terrible decision because we were unintentionally infringing on copyrighted files belonging to Meta Platforms (MP). As expected, they kindly asked us to remove this project and all infringing files.”
The revival group said over the weekend that it was continuing to negotiate with Meta, but admitted “it is very unlikely and we will not get a positive response”. [Discord] The server will be deleted as planned.” An announcement message from the group organizers today read, “It’s dawn of the last day. 24 hours left.”
The Powers Revival project is calling on gamers to sign the Stop Killing Games initiative, which aims to end the practice of publishers deleting video games they sell to their customers.
Moreover, all this was for the service Marvel Forces Combined VR, Despite essentially offering a superhero-themed wave shooter, it's a game that gets mostly middling scores for letting you play as 18 different Marvel heroes, including Black Widow, Captain America, Spider-Man, Storm, Hulk, and Wolverine.
Still, the overall production value and the fact that it lets you cosplay as your favorite superhero were a high point that couldn't be ignored. At the time of writing, the fan-animated Discord had nearly 6,000 members.
Thanks to Antony Vitillo of Skarred Ghost for bringing the news to our attention.