Meta stops fan project to revive Marvel Powers United VR
Fans wanted to revive the cancelled VR game Marvel Powers United, but Meta is now shutting down the project due to copyright infringement.
A group of fans were working to revive the VR game Marvel Powers United, which was released in 2018 and discontinued by Meta in 2021. However, Meta has now shut down the project due to copyright infringement.
In a statement on the project's Discord server, the team behind the revival announced that the project will be completely removed in the coming days.
"Unfortunately, we regret to announce today that the “Powers Revival Project” will be closed and completely removed in the following days. While we, in good faith, wanted to help legitimate game owners download the game as most had already uninstalled it at Meta's request after shutdown, that ultimately ended up being a terrible decision as we were unintentionally infringing on the copyrighted files belonging to Meta Platforms (MP). As would be expected, they've kindly asked us to take down this project and any infringing files. Unfortunately this also means that we will not be releasing our multiplayer servers that were very close to being finished."
Fan project to revive Marvel Powers United VR
Marvel Powers United VR was released in 2018, exclusively for the PC VR headset Oculus Rift. It was a cooperative multiplayer VR game in which players took on the role of iconic Marvel superheroes like Spider-Man, Rocket Raccoon, and the Hulk and fought waves of enemies in various Marvel environments.
Three years after Marvel Powers United VR ended, a small team of enthusiasts made the PC VR game playable again, but only in single-player mode. The team also wanted to bring back multiplayer, but had to find ways to emulate servers.
Marvel Powers United VR was originally developed by Sanzaru Games, which later developed Asgard's Wrath and Asgard's Wrath 2. Meta acquired the studio in 2020 and removed the Marvel game from the Rift Store in 2021.
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