Polyarc
Polyarc, located in Seattle, was founded in 2015 to explore the energizing and momentous creative possibilities of virtual and augmented reality, and to champion a culture where deep collaboration, creative expression, and high player value are at the forefront of every innovation. Polyarc self-published Moss in 2018 which ranks as one of the top-rated VR games of all time and has received more than 120 global industry awards and nominations. Its critically acclaimed 2022 sequel, Moss: Book II, has won multiple major industry awards including The Game Awards’ Best VR/AR Game and the VR Awards’ VR Game of the Year. And its multiplayer real-time battler, Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss, completed its Open Beta earlier this year which was well received by fans around the world. Polyarc’s team is made up of talented developers with deep experience working on well-known, AAA franchises such as Destiny, Halo, Red Dead Redemption, and Guild Wars; as well as work supporting Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and mobile platforms.www.polyarcgames.com
50
MENTIONS
23
EPISODES
22
PODCASTS
Search complete. 50 mentions across 23 episodes found for "Polyarc".
Sep 21, 2026
RichieHOST
Yeah.
ChrisHOST
I mean, the status of VR is just a sad, sad indictment of the video game industry and just cost of technology and RAM and everything.
ChrisHOST
To bring another story to this one while we're here, I read this week Polyarch, who made the VR title Moss, which is the cute little mouse game where he's called Quill, and he goes on a fairy tale book adventure where you kind of, a little bit like Astro, but you live in the world as this kind of god creature, and you watch this little mouse go through his kingdom with his little leaf sword, and he hacks enemies down, and you interact with the world, so you can knock things over in VR to make a bridge from the crossover.
ChrisHOST
It's a bit like Mario 64 platforming.
ChrisHOST
yeah yeah first game was great second game i never played um to their credit they did put those two games together and bring out a non-vr
TerrenceHOST
I don't know if I saw his picture, but everybody seemed to be really broken up about him getting fired, I guess.
KenHOST
The Moss developer, Polyarc, is also shutting down, which I think we talked about last week.
TerrenceHOST
We did, which is...
KenHOST
lots of adaptations coming Crazy Taxi comedy movies coming to Netflix oh by the way that that Golden Axe thing is out but I did not watch it yet I
Patrick KlepekHOST
So it's...
Patrick KlepekHOST
The studio's Polyarc.
Patrick KlepekHOST
Um, and I remember being at E3, like, putting on some early VR headset and playing an early version of Moss.
Patrick KlepekHOST
Like, and it's this beautiful sort of, uh, like a action-adventure game as though explored through the lens of a diorama, is like how I would describe, uh, Moss.
Patrick KlepekHOST
Um, didn't get around to too much of the, the second game, which is probably indicative of some broader trends and problems.
Rob ZacnyHOST
Uh-huh.
Patrick KlepekHOST
Um, yeah, Polyarc.
Patrick KlepekHOST
The last-ditch effort was putting out a game called Moss: The Forgotten Relic, which is a non-VR version of the, uh, first two, uh, I guess only two, uh, Moss games.
RyanHOST
Uh, some quick ones we can kinda punch through real quick 'cause obviously we're kinda getting close to our three-hour mark here.
RyanHOST
Um, in related VR news, the developer Polyarc, they're shutting down, which, uh, I'm, I'm sad about.
JohnHOST
Yeah.
JohnHOST
That's unfortunate with Moss.
Dan RyanHOST
The exact opposite of what just happened.
Dan RyanHOST
Breaking news, as of today, IGN reports that Polyarc, the dev behind the critically acclaimed Moth series, is shutting down because Chris Randazzo gave them too low of a score.
Dan RyanHOST
Ha, ha, ha.
Dan RyanHOST
In his moss.
Dan RyanHOST
It definitely was.
Dan RyanHOST
Yeah, this story just kind of started hitting the wire, as it were, right when we started recording.
Dan RyanHOST
The Seattle studio Polyarc announced it is ceasing its operations starting today, September 11th, 2026.
Dan RyanHOST
After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is making video games, our time together has come to an end.
MattHOST
So two developers and Eric's got another one, build a rocket boy and heart machine on the way out.
EricHOST
And then on top of it all, Polyarc, the developer of Moss, you know, if you remember that VR awesome game.
EricHOST
Yep.
EricHOST
They released a non-VR version of it, and they were really hoping that that would get them somewhere and maybe save everything.
Christopher DringHOST
There's a lot, so I don't quite know how that's gonna work, and I'll be talking to Roblox soon to hopefully get a little bit more of an understanding around that.
Christopher DringHOST
Moss developer Polyarc Games will close down after 12 years.
Christopher DringHOST
The Seattle-based company, which, which also had worked in VR, done lots of stuff in VR, announced on LinkedIn it'll be winding down active development.
Christopher DringHOST
It's a shame.
Brian PaulHOST
But AJ's thoughts, he had an uncanny connection, an unnatural connection with that little mouse.
Brian PaulHOST
And I think it was the most heartfelt obituary you could possibly read for Polyarc as a studio.
Wes DillonHOST
And just really quickly, you know, my heart tears out when I think about people getting laid off and losing their jobs due to the...
Wes DillonHOST
You know, you want to say slow market, but the market's never been great.
Brian PaulHOST
And so everything that they do has to be a surefire hit or it's over.
Brian PaulHOST
The studio closes.
Brian PaulHOST
Every studio is on the verge of exactly what just happened to Polyarc.
Brian PaulHOST
and so i kind of wish that more studios were a little bit more transparent about it and said listen guys like we are only open because of the fans we're only we're only gonna be able to keep making games if you buy them i we saw like one of my favorite games of last year was of lies and rain and like it took no time for those guys to go all right well i guess we have to go back to making flat screen games because that's just not doing anything
TaylorHOST
So off we go.
TaylorHOST
So lastly, we have Moss developer Polyarc Games is shutting its doors after 12 years.
TaylorHOST
So Moss the Forgotten Relic may well be Polyarc Games' last hurrah, as the developer has announced that the studio is shutting its doors after 12 years.
TaylorHOST
Now, the news broke via the Seattle-based developer's LinkedIn page where they said their farewells and how they're winding down active development.
TaylorHOST
They said, Now, it was just under two months ago that we were celebrating the great reviews scores for Moss the Forgotten Relic, a console remake of the two original VR games.
SadlyItsBradleyHOST
It's like, I think we both agreed for many, many a time that this was not going to revitalize.
SadlyItsBradleyHOST
Like, literally, days before we finally got this embargo drop, you know, Polyarc had to announce that they shut down, unfortunately, which is a shame.
GTHOST
And I bet they had a version for Frame probably in the works somehow.
SadlyItsBradleyHOST
Yeah, I think they even got it verified and everything.
13 more episodes mention Polyarc.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.