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June 16, 2020

Upload VR Showcase 2020 Interview Schedule

Wow, what a show that was! We have just wrapped up this year’s Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition with some incredible reveals such as Area Man Lives, Trover Saves The Universe, and not to forget a surprise appearence from Norman Reedus (just a friend of mine, no biggie).

However, the day is still young! We have nine exclusive interviews with developers on games featured in the showcase which will premiere on YouTube throughout the day.

11am PT: Blaston with Tommy Palm from Resolution Games

We speak to Tommy Palm, CEO of Resolution Games, about the studio’s upcoming 1v1 duelling game, Blaston. You may recognise the studio from our E3 VR Showcase from last year when Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! featured.

11:30am PT: Saints & Sinners with Marcie Phillips from Skydance Interactive

Marcie from Skydance Interactive joins David in our Upload VR Studio to talk about The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Meatgrinder Update. Yes, it’s an incredibly gruesome name for an utterly awesome game, we agree.

12pm PT: Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife with Andreas Juliusson from Fast Travel Games

Andreas from Fast Travel Games gives us deeper insight into the full-on VR horror, Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife. Fast Travel Games has taken a leap in the opposite direction after its cutesy last title, The Curious Tale Of The Stolen Pets!

12:30pm PT: Vertigo Remastered with Zach Tsiakalis-Brown from Zulubo Productions

Zach may only be 19, but don’t let that fool you – he’s already created a VR game, worked for Valve, and is now releasing Vertigo Remastered! Catch our interview with him above.

1pm PT: Star Shaman with Yann Suquet & Olivier Piasentin from Ikimasho Games

Ikimasho Games is an all-new studio that revealed its upcoming title, Star Shaman. Yann and Olivier tell us more about their planet-hopping, funky VR game.

1:30pm: Vacation Simulator with Devin Reimer & Andrew Eiche from Olwchemy Labs

Ian sits down with Devin and Andrew from Owlchemy Labs to talk about Vacation Simulator: Back To Job.

2pm PT: Operencia with Chris Baker from Zen Studios

Harry sits with Chris Baker (no relation) of Zen Studios to talk about Operencia, including its origin which may surprise you.

2:30pm: Pistol Whip with Antony Stevens from Cloudhead Games

Antony from Cloudhead Games breaks down each of the three tasty Pistol Whip announcements made in the Upload VR Showcase.

3pm PT: Solaris: Offworld Combat with Damoun Shabestari from First Contact Entertainment

Damoun spills the beans on everything Solaris: Offworld Combat! We debuted this game last year at our E3 VR Showcase, and we’re proud to be giving you first gameplay this year, too.

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June 16, 2020

Watch New Blaston Gameplay, 1v1 VR Shooter From Resolution Games

Blaston is the latest VR title from Resolution Games, and we have some exclusive new gameplay hot off the press, as revealed in our UploadVR Showcase: Summer Edition.

Resolution Games is a studio that has been around the VR block a few times now — you might know them from one of their other titles such as Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Acron: Attack of the Squirrels, relaxing fishing game Bait!, or their upcoming multiplayer game Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale.

However, this time Resolution Games is back with a very different style of game — Blaston is a 1v1 multiplayer shooter, where you’ll be given an array of weapons and have to dodge bullets from your opponent on the spot. As you might guess, the first person to lose all their health loses the round.

In some ways, the game looks a bit reminiscent of Ironlights, a recent 1v1 multiplayer melee combat game, or Wands, a wizard dueling game. However, Blaston swaps medieval weapons for various guns and doesn’t feature any of the same attack-defend back and forth you’ll see in Ironlights. From the gameplay trailer embedded above, it’s all quick moving, dodging and shooting action in Blaston. It’s doesn’t look like a game that you want to play in a small space, that’s for sure.

As mentioned above, Blaston isn’t even the only game we’re expecting from Resolution this year. Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale is a different type of multiplayer game from the same studio, also due out later in the year.

Blaston launches in the fall and will be available on almost any VR platform you could want it on — SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and PSVR.

Check out every trailer, article, announcement, interview, and more from the UploadVR Showcase right here.

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May 29, 2020

See The First Gameplay of Blaston At The Upload VR Showcase

Look sharp and get your guns at the ready; Resolution Games’ Blaston is coming to the Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition on June 8th at 9am PT!

Announced last month, Blaston is a competitive dueling game with a VR flavor. There’s already a snazzy trailer, but we’ll be showing you the first gameplay in which players go head-to-head. Resolution Games’ credits include Acron: Attack of the Squirrels (which featured at least year’s Showcase) and Angry Birds VR, so you’ll definitely want to pay attention.

Not heard of our VR Showcases before? They’re essentially big celebrations of gaming inside headsets; we’ll be announcing new games and sharing updates on some of your most anticipated titles. You may have seen our other news today. Along with IGN, this year’s Showcase will also be streaming as part of Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest! Oh, and we’ll be hosting a pre-show with yet more announcements at 8:30am PT, so get here early!

Here’s some other games you can expect from this year’s show. We’ll have yet more teases next week, so check back soon!

What else are you hoping to see at this year’s show? Let us know in the comments below!

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May 29, 2020

See The First Gameplay of Blaston At The Upload VR Showcase

Look sharp and get your guns at the ready; Resolution Games’ Blaston is coming to the Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition on June 8th at 9am PT!

Here’s some other games you can expect from this year’s show. We’ll have yet more teases next week, so check back soon!

What else are you hoping to see at this year’s show? Let us know in the comments below!

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April 17, 2020June 17, 2020

‘Blaston’ Unveils Slow-mo PvP Dueling Madness in New Gameplay Trailer

Resolution Games, the studio behind well-received VR titles like Angry Birds VR (2019), Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! (2019), and more, has shown off gameplay for its next VR title. Due out later this year, Blaston is a departure from the studio’s catalog of casual VR games, this time aiming for PvP shooter action.

Update (June 17th, 2020): Resolution Games has revealed a new trailer for Blaston, which includes a good look at its futuristic, slow-mo dueling action. The studio is still playing tightlipped on supported platforms, but we’re guessing at very least a Quest launch in addition to PC VR, and possibly PSVR as well.

The game is slated to release in Fall 2020, Resolution says. Check out the new gameplay trailer below:

Original Article (April 16th, 2020): Blaston is said to “pit players against each other in intense player vs. player duels that challenge them to stay in constant motion and blast their opponents with incredible precision using an assortment of high-tech, futuristic weaponry.” The studio released a teaser trailer today which shows players alternating between shooting and dodging.

The trailer and the studio’s description of the game suggest that Blaston will be limited to 1v1 combat, so we expect it’ll bring something rather different to the table than arena-type VR shooters like Dead and Buried II and Smashbox Arena.

Resolution Games has a history of developing casual and cooperative VR games, so a PVP dueling game is a bit of a shift for the studio. Granted, we’ve seen genre-pivots from VR studios like Cloudhead Games (Pistol Whip) and Schell Games (Until You Fall) which have resulted in new genre-defining games, showing that a studio’s VR development experience—at this stage in the industry anyway—tends to be more important than genre-specific experience.

Resolution Games hasn’t announced which headsets or platforms the game will launch on, though we’d suspect that Oculus Quest is a sure bet considering many of the studio’s other games have been available on Oculus’ standalone headsets. As for a release date for Blaston, the studio hasn’t given a specific date, but says the game will launch sometime this year.

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April 16, 2020

Resolution Games’ Latest Title is Competitive PVP Dueler Blaston

Resolution Games has quite the catalogue of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) titles including Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! and most recently Glimt: The Vanishing at the Grand Starlight Hotel. Today, the studio has announced its twelfth title in five years, a PvP experience which goes by the name Blaston.

Blaston image1 A duelling shooter where each player has an assortment of high-tech, futuristic weaponry to use against their opponent, Blaston has a similar vibe to E McNeill’s Ironlights, just with guns. Players will need to stay in constant motion to avoid being an easy target to hit, whilst also being able to return fire accurately.

While Resolution Games has created competitive titles like Acron in the past, Blaston will offer something new from the team, both in terms of gameplay and its bold visual style. From the trailer, matches will take place across rounds but there’s no indication if players have health or it’s one shot one kill.

“We really couldn’t be more excited about Blaston,” said Tommy Palm, CEO of Resolution Games. “It’s definitely a departure from the cooperative game play that Resolution Games has become known for and will introduce a whole new genre and audience of players to the studio.”

Blaston “We’ve been playing Blaston behind-the-scenes for quite some time, and Tommy still hasn’t managed to beat me,” joked Mathieu Castelli, Resolution Games’ chief creative officer and producer of Blaston. “It’s been a lot of fun. The offices have been filled with shouts of excitement during matches. There’s a real adrenaline rush that comes from the physical intensity!”

The Swedish developer expects to release Blaston by the end of the year but hasn’t yet specified which headsets the title will support. Given the nature of the gameplay and the studios’ previous work across multiple headsets, a big cross-platform launch is expected.

Recently the studio welcomed videogame veteran Mike Booth on to its board of directors and back in February teased another VR title, Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale, where players have to communicate and work together in a hectic kitchen environment. VRFocus will continue its coverage of Resolution Games’ latest projects, reporting back with further updates.

April 16, 2020

Resolution Games Teases Intense Dueling In Blaston, Planned For Late 2020

The studio behind a series of family-friendly VR games is developing a new title focused around “fiercely competitive” duels.

Resolution Games is teasing the first details for a game called Blaston that pits players against one another in duels that requires players “stay in constant motion and blast their opponents with incredible precision using an assortment of high-tech, futuristic weaponry.”

You can check out the teaser trailer here:

Resolution Games is the studio behind Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Bait!, and Acron: Attack of the Squirrels!. Blaston’s player versus player (PvP) action appears to be a bit of a change, then, from the studio’s previous titles.

“It’s definitely a departure from the cooperative game play that Resolution Games has become known for and will introduce a whole new genre and audience of players to the studio,” said Tommy Palm, CEO of Resolution Games, in a prepared statement.

The studio plans to launch Blaston before the end of 2020. While details are a little sparse right now, we’ll definitely bring you updates as we learn more about Blaston. Other games like Ironlights are showing some innovation in the PvP format for VR games with multiplayer supported across all platforms and features built to the strengths of current VR hardware. The teaser for Blaston looks to feature slow-motion gameplay and multiple guns — which brings to mind some of the features of Ironlights — but we’re obviously curious to learn more about where Resolution Games plans to take Blaston. We’ll bring you the latest as we learn more about the game.

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