VR battle royale Population: One goes free-to-play on March 9

Big Box VR, the developer behind VR battle royale game Population: One, announced today that its game is going free-to-play on March 9. More specifically, it’ll be free for users playing on Meta Quest 2 and Pro headsets. For those on Steam and Rift, it’ll be available for a reduced price of $19.99. Big Box is also launching new updates for the game at the same time.

Population: One launched in 2020, and was acquired by Meta in 2021. Players who have already purchased the game before it goes free-to-play will receive a free content pack called the Original Banana Bundle. As the name suggests, this includes several banana-themed cosmetics. According to its Meta blog post, the developers hope to “bring POP1 to a larger audience and broaden the social multiplayer experience.”