Meta shut down MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) again in 2021, the web co-op sport launched solely on Oculus Rift by Meta-owned studio Sanzuru Video games. A current fan mission devoted to reviving the sport gave followers a glimmer of hope that they might even have the ability to play on-line once more, however Meta has now shut that down too.
As reported by Video Gamer, the short-lived ‘Powers Revival’ mission has been shut down, citing copyright infringement by IP holder Meta.
“Sadly, we remorse to announce in the present day that the ‘Powers Revival Mission’ shall be closed and fully eliminated within the following days,” organizers introduced within the mission’s Discord over the weekend. The Discord first opened its doorways on August twentieth, making for a reasonably fast response by Meta.
The mission’s scope was to advertise software program instruments so customers might choose sport ranges, and subsequently play all of Marvel Powers United VR’s single participant content material. It additionally seems Powers Revival got here pretty near releasing multiplayer servers too, which is a disgrace.
Points appeared to stem nonetheless from the group offering gamers with direct hyperlinks to torrents so customers might set up Marvel Powers United VR content material in its entirety, reasoning that many such reputable homeowners had already deleted their sport recordsdata as instructed by Meta again in 2021 “to keep away from useless area taken up in your system.”
“Whereas we, in good religion, wished to assist reputable sport homeowners obtain the sport as most had already uninstalled it at Meta’s request after shutdown, that finally ended up being a horrible resolution as we have been unintentionally infringing on the copyrighted recordsdata belonging to Meta Platforms (MP). As can be anticipated, they’ve kindly requested us to take down this mission and any infringing recordsdata.”
The revival group stated over the weekend they’re nonetheless making an attempt to barter with Meta, though admits “it’s extremely unlikely and if we don’t hear again positively the [Discord] server shall be deleted as scheduled.” An announcement message from group organizers notes in the present day is the “daybreak of the ultimate day. 24 hours stays.”
In its wake, the Powers Revival mission is urging gamers to signal the Cease Killing Video games initiative, which seeks to finish the apply of publishers deleting video video games they’ve bought to clients.
What’s extra, all of this was in service of a sport that acquired principally middling scores for basically providing up an excellent hero-flavored wave shooter, albeit letting you play as 18 totally different Marvel heroes, similar to Black Widow, Captain America, Spider-Man, Storm, The Hulk, and Wolverine.
Nonetheless, its total manufacturing worth and skill to allow you to cosplay as your favourite superhero was a highpoint not value overlooking. On the time of this writing, the fan revival Discord has almost 6,000 members.
Due to Antony Vitillo of Skarred Ghost for pointing us to the information.