Ancient Amuletor Is An Action Tower Defense Game For PSVR

Ancient Amuletor Is An Action Tower Defense Game For PSVR

Starblood Arena and Farpoint are set to keep PlayStation (PSVR) players happy in the coming months, but we don’t really know much about what’s coming beyond that. Ancient Amuletor is one such title.

China-based indie developer Time of Virtual Reality announced this new tower defense game for the headset today ahead of a release this summer. In it, players fight off magical creatures using different character classes including archers, mages, gunners and puppeteers. You can check out the first trailer below.

It looks like a lively, colorful affair. You play with two PlayStation Move motion controllers, casting spells, firing a bow and arrow, and using what looks like two small shotguns. Enemies descend upon nodes and try to destroy them, and it’s your job to protect them.

Writing on a PlayStation Blog post, the studio compared it to a MOBA with a difference. It noted that ” we really want players in VR to experience a new type of hero-based gameplay.”

Interestingly enough Ancient Amuletor won’t just be a single-player experience; it also supports co-op play for up to four friends.

The game is also heading to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive at a later date. This is one of the first VR games that we’ve seen come to Sony’s headset first and other platforms later; perhaps a sign that developers are starting to take note of PSVR’s near-one million install base?

Look for Ancient Amuletor later this year, though PAX East attendees will be able to play it in Boston this weekend. We’re looking forward to seeing what else Sony has in store for 2017, too.

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Co-op Tower Defence Title Ancient Amuletor Coming to PlayStation VR this Summer

Time of Virtual Reality (TVR), the developer behind PlayStation VR title Ace Banana, has announced its virtual reality (VR) project for the headset, Ancient Amuletor.

A tower defence title set in the ancient world, players will have to battle legendary magical creatures and monsters in both single-player and co-op multiplayer modes. Rather than simply controlling a variety of towers to defend a base from waves of enemies, players are put in direct control multiple heroes ranging from archers, mages, gunners and puppeteers, with the ability to swap between them at any time depending on strategy.

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TVR has released the first couple of screenshots as well as a reveal trailer to showcasing some of the gameplay. The studio will also be heading to PAX East this weekend for the first publicly playable demo, but its not confirmed if this will be the single-player or multiplayer mode.

It’ll also be taking two further titles to the event, Geronimo Interactive’s Reborn, an action videogame mixing up melee and ranged combat coming to PlayStation VR this year with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive support in the future. And puzzle game Lighting End set to launch for HTC Vive this summer and coming to PlayStation VR by the end of the year.

Ancient Amuletor will launch for PlayStation VR this summer, with users needing PlayStation Move controllers to play the title. For any further updates from TVR on Ancient Amuletor, keep reading VRFocus.