Another metaverse is set to die in June

Games VR Another metaverse is set to die in June News By Andy Chalk published 15 May 2026 Holoearth, which just launched in 2024, is the latest proof that PC Gamer's Wes Fenlon was right. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Cover Corporation) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 7 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Remember the metaverse? I do, occasionally, when circumstances conspire to remind me. It will never not amuse me that there were two schools of thought during those heady days: Self-proclaimed super-genius Mark Zuckerberg renamed his whole damn multi-billion-dollar company after it, and PC Gamer's Wes Fenlon called bullshit. Guess who was right? (Hint: Not Zuck.)Like a heart continuing to beat after the brain has gone silent, the multiverse of metaverses has quietly persisted, but bit by bit, those organs are starting to shut down too. Meta said in March that the VR version of Meta Horizon Worlds is closing in June, and now vtuber agency Hololive has announced that its metaverse project Holoearth is going away too."Since launching Holoearth we continued operations with the support of many users, but after careful consideration regarding the ability to provide service into the future we arrived at this decision," the Holoearth team said in the shutdown announcement (via Delisted Games). "We offer our sincerest apologies for being unable to meet the expectations of everyone who supported us, and we deeply appreciate everyone who found enjoyment through Holoearth.Latest Videos From You may like Another nail in the Metaverse coffin: Meta Horizon Worlds is shutting down in three months for VR, but the mobile app will remain PlayerUnknown reckons he can take back the term 'metaverse' because 'It's just been co-opted by certain people… like, I still use Twitter because f**k [Elon Musk]' Extraction shooter The Cube, Save Us has announced it's shutting down just three weeks after it launched "It is our hope that the myriad of [Conteúdo truncado para controle de custo.]