It's the end of an era for those gamers who loved to hang out in the virtual reality multiplayer game Rec Room. On March 30, 2026, developers posted an update on blog.recroom.com announcing that the ...

Rec Room is a VR hub where gamers from across the world can play with one another or with their friends, hang out, explore millions of player-created rooms and customize their avatars. The platform ...

“Despite this popularity, we never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business,” the company said in a statement. “Our costs always ended up overwhelming the revenue we ...

SEATTLE — Rec Room, the social gaming platform that drew more than 150 million players over a decade of operation, announced Monday it will permanently shut down on June 1. The company said it could ...

Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down on June 1, ending a decade-long run for one of the city's most prominent startup unicorns.

Snap Inc. confirmed late Monday that it has acquired select assets from Rec Room Inc., following the news that the Seattle-based company plans to shut down its longtime social gaming platform. Some of ...

The despair among Rec Room players is real. Users of the popular social gaming platform expressed their disbelief and sadness over the demise of the Seattle-based company, which announced Monday that ...

Someone misused Rec Room’s friend-finder feature to match phone numbers to the user names of hundreds of thousands of players on the social gaming platform — assembling a database that connects their ...

Today was the first day of Rec Room‘s annual conference, Rec Con. The company revealed its latest features for Rec Room users and future plans. It’s also continuing the con through the 25th with ...