Demeo for Oculus Quest and SteamVR headsets. Receiving stellar reviews from
VRFocus and other publications Demeo has become the biggest VR launch of May so far and if you’ve not bought it yet then you’ll definitely want to enter our competition.
Love a bit of Dungeons & Dragons on a Sunday night or board game sessions featuring fantasy realms, stat cards and some ancient lore? Then
Demeo is going to be for you, just in VR of course. Up to four players can team up and head into a three-level dungeon to fight monsters, collect gold and unlock character customisation options. They can either step into the role of an eagle-eyed hunter who loves her bow, a mystical sorcerer who can summon area-of-effect (AOE) spells, a sneaky deadly assassin or a protective knight with loads of armour.
Photo: A marketing image of people playing Resolutionâs Demeo game. Image: Resolution Games
Tommy Palm, co-founder and CEO of Swedenâs Resolution Games, got his start coding games in the 1980s. Before starting Resolution, he built two other studios, one of which was acquired by mobile game developer King in 2012. There, Palm helped create Candy Crush Saga, a hit puzzle game that soon attracted millions of players and brought in mountains of revenue.
Resolution focuses on VR and AR development and has released 14 games over the past six years, making it one of the most prolific studios in the market. Its most recent VR launch, a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired role-playing game called Demeo, is a point of pride for Palm, who took to Twitter over the weekend to share word of its success: Within the two days, Demeo became Resolutionâs best-reviewed title and generated over half a million dollars in revenue.
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The games develop and team responsible for creating the recently launched Demeo virtual reality game and latest expansion launched earlier this month, has had their hard work pay off with an extremely successful launch says Tommy Palm, CEO of Resolution Games, and the team responsible for creating the Demeo game and expansion. In just the first 48-hour since the launch of the expansion Demeo has already generated over $500,000 in revenue.
“In 48 hours, @DemeoGame exceeded half a million in revenues, saw a staggering day 1 retention of 63% and has the highest Metacritic score in my career (90),” he said on Twitter (although not specifying the currency of revenue generation). “It’s so exciting to see VR reach this state of maturity. We’re finally in a time when a new IP can sell significant revenues right out of the gate.”
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Mixed Reality (MR) headset manufacturer Magic Leap didn’t have a particularly great 2020, even though it raised $350 million USD, as there were layoffs and CEO Rony Abovitz stepped down. Now with ex-Microsoft and Qualcomm veteran, Peggy Johnson at the helm the company is looking towards a brighter future, confirming Magic Leap 2 is on the way with the initial launch beginning later this year.
Magic Leap One. Image credit: Magic Leap
Talking to Protocol this week, Johnson said the Magic Leap 2 will be focused on enterprise customers with those part of the early adopter programme gaining access to the new headset in Q4 2021. This will then be followed up by a general release in Q1 2022.