Sony PSVR Spotlight offers no PSVR 2 details, but plenty of VR game first looks

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Full list of upcoming PSVR games

• Sniper Elite VR
• Wonderer
• Fracked
• Afterward the Fall
• Winds & Leaves
• Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey
• Arashi: Castles of Sin

Even though Sony has already started to tease PSVR 2 for PS5, the company is withal committed to its aging VR headset released dorsum in 2016. To that finish, Sony has unveiled 7 new PSVR titles, some of which will see a release after this year.

Sony'south PSVR Spotlight, held yesterday (June 3), shared details about a broad variety of games. While some were appear prior to the show — such equally Rebellion's stealth-based FPS Sniper Elite VR and M-Theory's adventure game Wanderer — Sony made sure to offer up new details and trailers for these multiplatform titles.

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Fans got to meet an interesting new Wanderer trailer, for instance, that briefly depicted the time-jumping exploits of the game's protagonist, Asher Neumann. Asher is on a quest to change the futurity using a special wrist watch he inherited from his grandfather. Players will need to solve puzzles, have function in unique action sequences and basically guide our hero through this narrative driven VR feel.

Currently, Thousand-Theory'south Wanderer doesn't have a release appointment; information technology'll hopefully state on PSVR, Oculus, and Steam VR later this twelvemonth. Sony did share when Sniper Aristocracy VR would be bachelor for buy though. As of right now, the WW2 shooter is scheduled to be released for PSVR (and other platforms) on July 8, 2021.

The PSVR Spotlight as well revealed Trebuchet'south Winds & Leaves release date. Coming July 27, this mannerly survivor game will task players with restoring life to a barren globe by planting a variety of trees and maintaining foliage by using special tools and abilities — including a device that speeds upwardly time, apace crumbling whatever is planted nearby.

Sony PSVR games: Fracked — Fracked (Image credit: Sony)

One of the show's highlights featured the extended gameplay footage of Fracked, the action-packed FPS existence developed exclusively for PSVR past nDreams (Phantom: Covert Ops, Far Cry VR). In it, we see a nameless hero take down a number of enemies with a automobile gun/shotgun philharmonic while traversing a structure yard in a snowy mountain region. We didn't see much in terms of plot, and there'southward no release date beyond "this summer." Still, what was shown was rather entertaining to watch.

Sony PSVR games: After the Fall — Subsequently the Fall (Image credit: Sony)

Another highlight was Vertigo Games' Afterwards the Fall. This 4-role player cooperative survival horror game, too coming this summer, featured a creepy atmosphere, fast paced activity and legions of undead monsters. Vertigo is known for delivering exciting zombie filled fun — Arizona Sunshine is worth buying a PSVR for — and After the Fall seems to be an evolution of the company's previous work. It'll fifty-fifty feature cantankerous-platform multiplayer support. Survival horror fans should definitely keep Later on the Fall on their radar.

Sony fabricated sure to announce some new games during the PSVR Spotlight. Survios, the developers of Creed: Rise to Glory and The Walking Dead Onslaught, in collaboration with Taito, revealed a 3D version of the classic Puzzle Bobble games. Called Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey, this new entry volition maintain the series' cuteness — yes, Bub and Bob are making their return — and puzzling gameplay. The difference here is that the bubbles at present float in 3-dimensional clusters that tin be rotated in real fourth dimension. The idea is to burn down matching bubbles onto these clusters in lodge to popular them (similar earlier) while keeping in mind that you're playing in a 3D space with its own physics; certain solutions will crave a keen eye and accurate shots.

Sony PSVR games: Arashi — Arashi: Castles of Sin (Paradigm credit: Sony)

Arashi: Castles of Sin also appeared for the start fourth dimension during the show. Currently being adult by Endeavour One, this upcoming stealth-based game is prepare in feudal Japan. Players will don the shoes of Kenshiro, the last surviving fellow member of House Arashi, who is seeking revenge for his murdered clan. Players will sneak through various environments while using swords, bows, traps and their trusty wolf companion to take down foes when the game releases afterwards this summer exclusively on PSVR

The only downside from the presentation was that Sony didn't mention anything nearly PSVR ii. And while the company's weblog did explicate that the spotlight wouldn't share any details about the PS5 headset, it still was a chip of a letdown. Hopefully PSVR 2 will be backward-uniform with all these new titles.