If you’ve spent any time in virtual hangout spaces over the last decade, chances are you’ve heard of Rec Room. The social gaming platform became a staple for millions of players who used it to hang ...

Snap has acquired select assets from Rec Room Inc., with some employees joining the Spectacles hardware subsidiary, as the ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE — Plans are underway to open a new coffee shop at the former Rec Room site in downtown San Jose. After about a year ...

Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s laying off around half of its staff, citing low-level content which has flooded the platform from users on mobile and console. Founded in 2016, the studio ...

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 ...

School is out for Rec Room. The social gaming platform announced on Monday that it will be shutting down this June, in spite of “reaching over 150 million players and creators along the way” since its ...

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 ...