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

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

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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.
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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!
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BZFlag acquired by Facebook VR Group Oculus VR!

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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!
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If you die in BZFlagVR, do you also die in real life?
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i'd like to bring a sw or at least a sr with me to real life. you can never have enough privacy.
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Everyone take a deep breath and let it out slowly :)

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Early on, we had been in talks with Valve, but they were concerned about our desire to have a version 3.
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I won't be seen in BZFlagVR, because I'll be using CL. :wink:

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For those who haven't figured it out yet, this was an April Fools joke.
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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!
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