Sanzaru Games, Inc. was an American video game developer founded in 2006 by former Activision developers and based in Foster City, California. The company name was based on the three wise monkeys, called sanzaru (三猿) in Japanese. Additionally, the company also had an office in Dublin, California and operated a satellite studio in Ottawa, Ontario, called Kitazaru.
In February 2020, Sanzaru was acquired by Facebook (now Meta) and placed in its Reality Labs division under Oculus Studios. On January 13, 2026, it was reported that Meta had closed the studio.[4]
History
Founding
Sanzaru Games was founded on November 9, 2006 by a group of seven former Activision developers, mostly from Z-Axis