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Fracked Release Details Coming ‘Very Soon’, Play-Time Will ‘Pleasantly Surprise’

Release details for upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked should be revealed “very soon”.

That’s according to developer nDreams, writing on Reddit after the debut of new gameplay from the title at the Upload VR Showcase last weekend. Asked how much the game would cost, the studio replied: “We’ll be able to share more about that VERY SOON!”

Fracked Release Details Coming Soon

The studio didn’t offer any more specific dates but, given the very excitable caps, maybe we’ll hear something in the next few weeks. The game is due for release this summer on PSVR, so expect a release date that’s right around the corner.

Revealed earlier this year, Fracked is a single-player first-person shooter that focuses on agile, explosive combat. We haven’t been hands-on with the game yet, but we’ll be very interested to see how it holds up on the PlayStation Move controllers. The game will have enhancements when played through PS5 via backwards compatibility, too.

“We can’t talk to future platform support,” the team added when asked about a possible version for the new PS5 VR headset, “but we can confirm there’s definitely a story on offer here and we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the play-time.”

We’ll also have a lot more to share on Fracked right here in July. As we confirmed at the Showcase, the game will be in the Upload Access spotlight next month, so expect more details and interviews with the team.

Are you looking forward to Fracked? Let us know in the comments below!

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Best New PSVR Games Shown At This Week’s Spotlight

PSVR is currently going through what is most likely its swan song year.

But, while big first-party exclusives for the headset might be drying up as we march towards the new PS5 VR headset, there’s still plenty to look forward to.

Yesterday, Sony spotlighted seven titles heading to the platform this year. They included Sniper Elite VR and the reveal of Arashi: Castles of Sin. Need a quick rundown? Here are the best new PSVR games shown this week.

Arashi: Castles of Sin – New Game Announced

This one looks like Tenchu in VR. Set in Feudal Japan, you liberate castles captured by bandits using stealth — and a pet wolf — as your weapons. It’s coming this summer and we’ll be very interested to see how its ambitious concept of catering to multiple play styles holds up.

Fracked – New Gameplay Shown

nDreams’ gorgeous-looking PSVR exclusive wowed when it was revealed in early March, but this first look at proper gameplay is really something. We get an extended sequence in which the player launches between cover, sprints to safety and skis down slopes. We’ll be really interested to see how nDreams is managing all of this with the PlayStation Move controllers.

Wanderer – New Trailer Shown

Is it just us or is Wanderer looking really good? Usually, a VR escape room-style game wouldn’t raise much of an eyebrow but every time we see this one it displays gorgeous visuals and innovative solutions built around VR itself. We can’t wait to really dig in and see how it measures up to the impressive footage later this summer.

Sniper Elite VR – Coming July 8th

After a long silence, Sniper Elite VR is finally taking shape. This spin-off to the popular series is arriving on all platforms next month, giving players a full single-player campaign. Will Rebellion’s return to VR measure up? We’re looking forward to finding out.

Winds & Leaves – Coming July 27th

This gorgeous nature-driven adventure first looked like a farming sim. Now it kinda looks like a… supernatural farming sim. This new video focuses on some of the ways the player is linked to the forest they help grow. For example, move too far from the trees and they’ll pull you back in. It looks like a tranquil bit of VR loveliness and we’re looking forward to it on July 27.

After The Fall – New Look

It seems like every time there’s a VR showcase we’re guaranteed to get another look at After The Fall. Not that we’re complaining – the game looks like it’ll deliver a rock-solid Left4Dead VR experience with up to four-player co-op. Today we saw new enemies but still no release date beyond the summer 2021 window.

Puzzle Bobble VR – Coming To PSVR

And finally, Survios’ enjoyable (if inessential) take on Puzzle Bobble in VR is coming to PSVR soon. It launched on Quest a few weeks ago.

Which new PSVR games are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments below!

 

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PlayStation VR Exclusive Fracked Coming Summer 2021

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If PlayStation VR fans where worried about the amount of content coming to the headset this year then yesterday’s PSVR Spotlight should’ve easily put those worries to bed. Six new titles were revealed with two of them being exclusives, Doom 3: VR Edition and nDreams’ latest shooter Fracked.

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From the team behind Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked adopts a far more action-oriented stance, run and gun style mechanics and outlandish gunfights. The storyline sees you become the reluctant hero, fighting an army of gun-wielding, interdimensional enemies called the ‘Fracked’, all inside a remote mountain facility.

Completely ditching subtlety and stealth, the videogame allows you to ski, run, climb, base jump and zipline around the environments however you choose to gain the upper hand. So elements like skiing will require you to physically lean to steer and control yourself through the snow whilst shooting enemies. Fracked also offers a 1:1 grabbable cover system for dynamic shootouts whilst the weapons will have tactile reloading mechanics for a realistic feel.

“We wanted to create an uncompromised action-adventure, specifically designed for PS VR,” said David Corless, VP of Publishing at nDreams in a statement. “Fracked has kinetic, explosive combat plus free movement, skiing, climbing and base jumping off buildings… it kicks ass!”

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Supporting PlayStation Move controller for PlayStation 4, Fracked will also offer PlayStation 5 enhancements including uncapped dynamic resolution, improved framerate, resolution and loading times.

Fracked will launch exclusively for PlayStation VR this Summer. Also announced for the headset are: Song in the Smoke, I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and The Liar; After the Fall, and MMORPG Zenith. For further updates on Fracked, keep reading VRFocus.

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PSVR Exclusive ‘Fracked’ Reveals More Fast-paced Action in New Gameplay Trailer

VR publisher & developer nDreams, most recently behind Oculus exclusive Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), announced back in March that it’s creating a new VR shooter named Fracked. Due out sometime this summer exclusively on PSVR, we got a better look at Fracked in a new gameplay trailer.

Update (June 4th, 2021): nDreams has released a new trailer for PSVR exclusive Fracked, showing off more of its fast-paced action.

The fresh gameplay trailer includes a look at a level called POWERGRAB, revealing more cover-focused gunfights, free and fluid skiing, running and climbing. Fracked is said to support PS Move and also boasts “fully enhanced” gameplay for PS5. Check out the new gameplay trailer below.

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Original Article (March 3rd, 2021): In Phantom: Covert Ops, nDreams managed to build an entire VR game around a kayak as the game’s mode of locomotion—and it worked pretty darn well. In Fracked the studio once again looks to innovate on the locomotion front, this time aiming for “free and fluid” skiing and climbing to be core to the game’s movement options.

The game is set to be exclusive to PSVR (requiring PS Move controllers), and while it will work on PS4, nDreams says the game has also been “fully enhanced for PS5,” which is backwards compatible with PSVR. The studio released a teaser trailer today revealing a Borderlands-like art style:

And here’s the premise, in which the studio also talks up its “grabbable cover system”:

Grab your gun, cock it, and take aim as a maverick war hero thrown back into the fight. Experience innovative VR gunplay that ingeniously blends improvised run and gun combat with a 1:1 grabbable cover system. Move freely around the battlefield to outflank, outsmart, and outgun an escalating threat with your arsenal of deadly, fully interactive weapons.

Venture through a harsh and dangerous mountain locale by seamlessly transitioning between a host of first-person free movement methods. Physically lean into the bends on your skis to master the slopes at high speed. Reach out and hold on for your life as you climb and zipline far above the ground or perform audacious base-jumps to elude your foes. No rails. No limits. No mercy.

The corporation dug too deep unleashing the ‘Fracked’ from the depths. Across one day, take on an interdimensional army that combines hive mind mentality and gun-wielding supremacy – the perfect targets to unload round upon round into. Fracked is in-your-face action with a cutting commentary on corporate greed and the climate change emergency. Save the day, to save the world.

While there’s no denying that nDreams did a good job with the kayak in Phantom: Covert Ops, it did feel like the player’s freedom was somewhat constrained given that they are stuck in the kayak for 100% of the game. At times the kayak felt like it would have been a great segment of a larger game.

nDreams seems to have caught onto that feedback and is aiming for a multi-modal approach to locomotion in Fracked. In the trailer we see several ways for the player to get around: skiing, climbing, zip-lines, and running. Beyond that, the studio says that players will even have the opportunity to base-jump from high locations.

We’ve seen the successful implementation of multi-modal locomotion in games like Stormland and are looking forward to nDream’s take on the same.

The studio also released a slew of Fracked screenshots today which give a clear look at the game’s visual style:

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As a PSVR exclusive, ostensibly Sony has financially supported the title to some extent to ensure exclusivity, but it’s interesting to see this happening so late in PSVR’s lifecycle. We know that a new PSVR headset is in development, but it isn’t due out until sometime after 2021. Perhaps Sony is making an effort to tide users over until its next headset?

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Fracked Is a PSVR Exclusive Shooter From The Maker Of Phantom

UK-based VR developer nDreams today announced its next project, a PSVR exclusive shooter named Fracked.

The game was announced over on the PlayStation Blog today. It’s coming to PS4 but will, of course, be playable on PS5 via backwards compatibility with some enhancements exclusive to the console. The game is a first-person shooter (FPS) designed around momentum. Players will engage in fast-paced shootouts on foot with free running options, but also take part in skiing action sequences and clamber up walls with climbing mechanics. Check out the first trailer below.

In the game, you fight off an army known as the Fracked that house themselves inside a mountainous fracking facility. PS Move controllers are required to play. nDreams is promising versatile level design that takes full advantage of VR, and physical combat that requires you to duck and weave in the face of danger.

“No on-rails gameplay and cinematic cutscenes here, everything is 1:1 and driven by the player’s controls, movements, and actions,” Creative Director Steve Watt said of the game. “Combat is unconstrained too, combining free movement for outflanking foes with 1:1 grabbable cover and tactile weapon reloading. What we’ve shown so far is just scratching the surface – we can’t wait to show the breadth and variety of the game in the coming months.”

nDreams teased the game earlier this week on its Twitter account, and we speculated it could be a sequel to last year’s Phantom: Covert Ops. That guess was way off.

nDreams has a long history with VR, releasing titles and demos for tech as old as the original Oculus Rift DK1 and Innovator Edition of the Gear VR. But the team’s best known for its 2020 Oculus exclusive, Phantom: Covert Ops, a stealth game in which players infiltrate a Russian naval facility via kyack. We thought the game represented a big step up for the studio, awarding it 4/5 in our review. It’s since become one of 60 titles to generated more than $1 million in revenue on Quest alone.

Will you be checking out Fracked. Let us know in the comments below!

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Fracked Is a PSVR Exclusive Shooter From The Maker Of Phantom

UK-based VR developer nDreams today announced its next project, a PSVR exclusive shooter named Fracked.

The game was announced over on the PlayStation Blog today. It’s coming to PS4 but will, of course, be playable on PS5 via backwards compatibility with some enhancements exclusive to the console. The game is a first-person shooter (FPS) designed around momentum. Players will engage in fast-paced shootouts on foot with free running options, but also take part in skiing action sequences and clamber up walls with climbing mechanics. Check out the first trailer below.

In the game, you fight off an army known as the Fracked that house themselves inside a mountainous fracking facility. PS Move controllers are required to play. nDreams is promising versatile level design that takes full advantage of VR, and physical combat that requires you to duck and weave in the face of danger.

“No on-rails gameplay and cinematic cutscenes here, everything is 1:1 and driven by the player’s controls, movements, and actions,” Creative Director Steve Watt said of the game. “Combat is unconstrained too, combining free movement for outflanking foes with 1:1 grabbable cover and tactile weapon reloading. What we’ve shown so far is just scratching the surface – we can’t wait to show the breadth and variety of the game in the coming months.”

nDreams teased the game earlier this week on its Twitter account, and we speculated it could be a sequel to last year’s Phantom: Covert Ops. That guess was way off.

nDreams has a long history with VR, releasing titles and demos for tech as old as the original Oculus Rift DK1 and Innovator Edition of the Gear VR. But the team’s best known for its 2020 Oculus exclusive, Phantom: Covert Ops, a stealth game in which players infiltrate a Russian naval facility via kyack. We thought the game represented a big step up for the studio, awarding it 4/5 in our review. It’s since become one of 60 titles to generated more than $1 million in revenue on Quest alone.

Will you be checking out Fracked. Let us know in the comments below!