{"id":80709,"date":"2023-11-20T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/vr-veteran-studio-ndreams-acquired-by-aonic-for-110m\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:21:15","slug":"vr-veteran-studio-ndreams-acquired-by-aonic-for-110m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/vr-veteran-studio-ndreams-acquired-by-aonic-for-110m\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Veteran Studio nDreams Acquired by Aonic for $110M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"article\">\n<div id=\"rtvr-article\">\n<p>nDreams, the veteran VR studio, today announced it was acquired by video gaming group Aonic for $110 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Farnborough, UK-based nDreams has changed a fair bit since its founding in 2006. Having taken up VR game development full-time in 2013, the studio went on to release a slew of VR titles complimenting nearly every major headset release, including games such as <em>The Assembly (2016)<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Phantom: Covert Ops (2020)<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fracked (2021), <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord<\/em>\u00a0<em>(2023).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZE2P-UY2BXs?feature=oembed\" title=\"nDreams Showreel 2023\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition by Aonic follows a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/ndreams-investment-vr-development-publishing-aonic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">$35 million investment from the group<\/a>\u00a0in March 2022, which at the time helped nDreams expand its publishing wing in addition to allowing the studio to grow to 250 employees strong across its family of studios, including Elevation, Orbital and Near Light.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the company has underwritten a number of VR games, such as <em>Little Cities (2022)<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Powerwash Simulator VR (2023)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The studio says it\u2019s not changing its commitment to VR and MR gaming, but rather continuing to expand its position in XR even further. Studio co-founders Patrick and Tamsin O\u2019Luanaigh are also remaining in their positions alongside the rest of the company\u2019s executive team and board.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition however will allow nDreams to collaborate with Aonic\u2019s family of game studios, such as Warren Spector\u2019s OtherSide Entertainment, Milky Tea, and Bkom Studios.<\/p>\n<p>nDreams says it\u2019s also looking at investment opportunities in third-party publishing titles as well as possible studio acquisitions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nDreams, the veteran VR studio, today announced it was acquired by video gaming group Aonic for $110 million. The Farnborough, UK-based nDreams has changed a fair bit since its founding in 2006. 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