Its CEO explains that the VR market remains a difficult space.
Vertigo Games closes Vertigo Studios Amsterdam. In an announcement posted on The Amsterdam studio was founded as Force Field Entertainment in 2015 before joining Vertigo Games in 2021. Vertigo is part of the Embracer Group, which has gone through serious financial problems in recent years. As a result, it laid off thousands of employees, sold one of its key properties (Gearbox Entertainment) at a fire sale price, and announced its split into three different publicly traded companies.
It is unclear what will happen to Vertigo Studios Rotterdam. The company has two offices in the Netherlands, one in Amsterdam and one in Rotterdam, and employs a total of 150 people. Vertigo Studios Amsterdam was founded by the same people who founded Guerrilla Games, the developer behind Horizon Zero Dawn. The Rotterdam studio, meanwhile, worked on the zombie survival VR franchise Arizona Sunshine. Other virtual reality games from Vertigo include Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow And Star Trek: The Bridge Crew.
