2026-02-20
Huge news for all third party developers on Quest! They're not subsidizing first-party games to compete with us anymore, and we're no longer second-class citizens after worlds! Finally, the Quest platform is becoming a fairer and more open market.
The Verge
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile” to better compete with Roblox and Fortnite
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’
For ages, I would tell players to download my game, and they would ask me, “Is it Balloon Bash? How do you spell it?” Because third-party developers were always second-class to Horizon Worlds, this world with 0 players always came before Balloon Bats. GOOD RIDDANCE. [image]
The Verge
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile” to better compete with Roblox and Fortnite
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’
2026-02-19
Huge news for all third party developers on Quest! They're not subsidizing first-party games to compete with us anymore, and we're no longer second-class citizens after worlds! Finally, the Quest platform is becoming a fairer and more open market.
The Verge
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile”, letting it better compete with Roblox
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’