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APRIL FOOLS: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:26 pm
by blast
For those who haven't figured it out yet, this was an April Fools joke.
MENLO PARK, Calif., Mar. 31, 2017 PRNewswire -- Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) today announced Oculus VR, LLC, a subsidiary of Facebook, completed its acquisition of BZFlag. The deal includes the direct hiring of several core BZFlag developers into the development teams at the Oculus Studio.
You can read the full press release on our News page. I'm excited to be able to finally announce and talk about this after months of work behind the scenes.

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:12 am
by llrr
Best news I've heard about this game in ages! Congrats blast and others for making it happen. Hope this leads to a brighter future for this game. Excited!

BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:12 am
by click click boom
Awesome April fools, I'll give credit where it's due.
Gj blast for taking the time to write up a joking article.. you have been doing this for years. Thumbs up!

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:31 am
by Green Manalishi
lawl

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:21 am
by rodent snuffer
If you die in BZFlagVR, do you also die in real life?

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:14 am
by Green Manalishi
i'd like to bring a sw or at least a sr with me to real life. you can never have enough privacy.

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:38 pm
by kierra
Everyone take a deep breath and let it out slowly :)

KEEP CALM: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK!

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:43 pm
by blast
Early on, we had been in talks with Valve, but they were concerned about our desire to have a version 3.

Re: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:52 pm
by Zehra
I won't be seen in BZFlagVR, because I'll be using CL. :wink:

-Zehra

Re: APRIL FOOLS: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:54 pm
by blast
For those who haven't figured it out yet, this was an April Fools joke.

Re: APRIL FOOLS: BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:40 pm
by Mateushesi
You got me there! For couple of minutes I thought it was truth! :D Im so naive.

I guess that one day you will get offer from FB!