Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming company once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down its platform on June 1, leaving the future of the company and its employees unclear. The company made ...

The platform reached more than 150m players globally but failed to generate enough revenue to cover operating costs. Players will lose access to the game and all online services once servers go ...

Rec Room is a VR hub where gamers from across the world can play with one another or with their friends, hang out, explore millions of player-created rooms and customize their avatars. The platform ...

It's the end of an era for those gamers who loved to hang out in the virtual reality multiplayer game Rec Room. On March 30, 2026, developers posted an update on blog.recroom.com announcing that the ...

Players logged a cumulative 68,000 years inside Rec Room over its decade-long run, but costs always outpaced revenue. Rec Room Rec Room, the social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion (£2.7 ...

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The despair among Rec Room players is real. Users of the popular social gaming platform expressed their disbelief and sadness over the demise of the Seattle-based company, which announced Monday that ...

The development team announced that users will no longer have access to “Rec Room” offerings starting in early June. The reason for the platform's end is a permanently unsolved problem: revenues were ...

Rec Room is shutting down in June. Meta’s Horizon Worlds is searching for greener pastures on mobile. Now, VRChat co-founders say there’s no need to worry about the social VR platform’s future. “In ...

Rec Room's sudden exit follows years of stagnation and heavy layoffs, leaving the future of its staff and technology unclear. / recroom.com On 1st June, the Seattle-based social gaming firm Rec Room ...

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A popular 2016 multiplayer game is unexpectedly shutting down soon on all platforms, including the PS5 and PS4. Rec Room is a free multiplayer social hub of sorts where players from all over the world ...