Google acquires Job Simulator and Rick and Morty VR devloper Owlchemy Labs

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[QUOTE]Today is a [I]REAAAALLY BIG[/I] day for Owlchemy. We’re positively thrilled to announce that Owlchemy Labs has been acquired by Google!
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Continuing Owlchemy’s journey[/B]
We set out on a journey over six years ago to build the kinds of games we wanted to see exist. Over those years, we learned that Owlchemy, at its core, cares deeply about a few key things: building quality multi-platform games, solving tough problems with a small but absurdly talented team, sharing our learnings with the community, and Austin’s famous tacos. Now, as we look to the future with Google by our side, we couldn’t be happier. Our plan to build awesome things will continue forward stronger than ever.

This means Owlchemy will continue building high quality VR content for platforms like the HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, and PlayStation VR. This means continuing to focus on hand interactions and high quality user experiences, like with Job Simulator. This means continuing our mission to build VR for everyone, and doing all of this as the same silly Owlchemy Labs you know and love. We are continuing to do all of this with even more support and focus on building awesome stuff. It’s incredibly exciting that Google and Owlchemy are so well aligned on our goals and vision for the future of VR.

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[url]http://owlchemylabs.com/owlchemy-labs-and-google-join-forces/[/url]

[Nor9864]

Thank god it was Google and not EA that bought them. Hopefully they'll be left to make and do whatever they want to, there's a lot of potential for great new games.

[freemmaann]

Hopefully a proper AAA VR game will come out of this. Dont get me wrong, I love the stand and shoot at wave after wave of generic enemies, but we need something to kickstart it properly.

[BryBreadmin]

What this probably means is Owlchemy games on Google Daydream

[UncaringNonchala]

Here's hoping for Search Engine VR.

[Robber]

My first reaction was that they would probably only develop games for daydream, but Google did release two games for the Vive already. (Earth and Tiltbrush)

[Storm12230]

Holy fuck, this now classifies Google as a fucking game (actual, not mobile cancer) developer. This is going to shake things up nicely. My penis is now rock hard.

[ZombieDawgs]

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52213896]What this probably means is Owlchemy games on Google Daydream[/QUOTE]

Those poor, poor bastards.

[ironman17]

[QUOTE=Storm12230;52214405]Holy fuck, this now classifies Google as a fucking game (actual, not mobile cancer) developer. This is going to shake things up nicely. My penis is now rock hard.[/QUOTE]
Technically they'd be a publisher, but either way they're moving up in the gaming space.

Also, I remember Owlchemy back when they developed "Snuggletruck", a game about ferrying soft toys to the end of the level in a truck. TB did a video on it in the early years of WTF Is.

[ellistron]

[QUOTE=ironman17;52214493]Technically they'd be a publisher, but either way they're moving up in the gaming space.

Also, I remember Owlchemy back when they developed "Snuggletruck", a game about ferrying soft toys to the end of the level in a truck. TB did a video on it in the early years of WTF Is.[/QUOTE]
best part about snuggletruck was that it was the censored version, the orignal version was called smuggletruck and was a game about smuggling mexicans across the border in a truck

[Mitsuma]

Games published by google, that sounds a bit weird.