Asgard's Wrath is the most ambitious VR game of all time and a huge win for the platform.
Thirdverse, the Japan-based VR studio behind Swords of Gargantua, Altair Breaker, and X8, announced that its VR multiplayer JRPG SOUL COVENANT is coming to all major headsets next month. Developed by the core team behind SOUL SACRIFICE (2013), players are thrust into a post-apocalyptic Tokyo in the franchise’s first VR expansion.
In a very recent development, Capcom has announced that the VR mode for the “Resident Evil 4” remake is scheduled to be added on the 8th of December as an update and will support the full main story campaign, offering an unprecedented gaming experience to its users. However, RE Series fans have another reason to rejoice as there is a possibility that RE Series might get a VR Version in the future.
The VR gaming industry has seen a marked rise in pre-order titles arriving in 2023. Is this a good thing or merely a cash grab?
Duh!
It's the inevitability of VR rising to the point of getting the same things flat games are getting.Small games, big games, RPGs, racing, puzzles, etc.
How they are sold would be no different. Expensive games, cheap games, in-house and indie games, third party games, digital and physical releases. DLC and micro transactions, updates and remasters and remakes. PRE-ORDERS.
How would VR be any different than regular gaming when VR is gaming too? I used to pre-order because sometimes it was the only way to get a copy without waiting. Now I don't as it's either in stock or not. I'm not allowing someone to hold my money when the game may turn out to be broken at launch. I love games but I don't need to rush out and get them. I've become more patient about when to buy. Sometimes waiting gets you more for your money with everything included for the same price or less.
As a store manager, I used to have to get pre-orders so that the company I worked for knew how many copies to buy. I understand that side as it made business sense. But pre-orders were inevitable. VR is growing.
Where??
I came close to pre-ordering Fireteam Ultra - glad I didn’t!
If HL Alyx came along I’d do it in a heartbeat. Realistically there’s a hand full of proper games. Even now. But Sony has killed PSVR2 already. I’ve come to the conclusion it was DOA. I wasted my money on it. I didn’t expect them produce tons of games for it but I expected them to support it with very basic features at least. Sony have failed it they just released and dumped it then moved on to the portal and they’ll do the same with that.
TLDR: preorders seem to be a key aspect to financing VR projects and we who are interested in upcoming games should embrace that aspect.
It'd be nice if this was a PSVR game.