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The VR Drop: A New Year Variety Pack

The VR Drop

Welcome to the first VR Drop of 2022! You might still be playing all your new videogames from the festive season but there are more on the way next week. In a rare turn of events, Meta Quest and PlayStation VR titles are nowhere to be seen at the moment, so it’s all about PC VR gaming.

Fishing Adventure VR

Fishing Adventure VR – Ultimate VR

Arriving today, Fishing Adventure VR is being published by Ultimate Games, the same team behind the Ultimate Fishing Simulator series so it has got some pedigree. Fishing Adventure VR takes you to 7 open locales around the US and Hawaii where you can catch over 30 species of fish. While you can rest and enjoy a tranquil spot of fishing, the videogame also features quests for those who like a more focused goal.

The Shore VR – Ares Dragonis

Indie developer Ares Dragonis first launched The Shore as a standard PC title last year, receiving a “mostly positive” rating for this atmospheric videogame based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Soon it’ll be the turn of PC VR owners to give this Early Access horror title a whirl, taking on the role of Andrew searching for his lost daughter. Along the way, you’ll encounter many of H. P. Lovecraft’s nightmarish creations alongside a variety of puzzles.

The Shore VR

Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister – Pixel Toys

Originally a Meta Quest exclusive in 2020, Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister is now being brought to PC VR headsets by Pixel Toys. The narrative adventure casts you as Sister Ophelia, a veteran of the Sisters of Battle. Searching for her long lost twin through countless warzones, you face down heretics and Chaos Space Marines with an arsenal of Bolters, Plasma Pistols, Flamers, Power Swords and more.

Galaxity: Terminal21 VR – MAMMOSSIX Co.

Korean developer MAMMOSSIX launched its virtual world Galaxity back in 2019, filled with mini-games, social chat and avatar customisation options. Next week sees the release of Galaxity: Terminal21 VR, a free-to-play experience based on the largest shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. And because it’s set in a shopping mall you can wander around and actually buy things, although it’s unclear what’ll be on offer.

Blast Beat

Blast Beat – GZ Inc.

Time for a rhythm action videogame all about giant bosses in a fantasy world. Blast Beat challenges you to punch your opponents ranged attacks in time with the beat but watch out, these monsters will then come in close to deal more damage, so you’ll have to dodge their melee attacks. Whilst they’re in close you can also unleash a counter attack, all depending on how much of a workout you’d like.

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Gamescom Interview 2019: Mammossix Discuss a Virtual World for Everyone

When it comes to big open virtual reality (VR) worlds with social features there does seem to be a growing abundance of them, such as Somnium Space, Sansar, OrbusVR: Reborn and Nostos to name a few. Another on that list which is currently in Steam Early Access is Galaxity by Korean developer Mammossix. Launched earlier this year, VRFocus caught up with the team to find out more about the project and their plans for the future.

Galaxity

Supporting PC headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Valve Index, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR with cross-platform integration, Galaxity is one of these open worlds all about community and social interaction, completely free to download and start exploring.

The current version allows users to customise their appearance with a variety of hair, skin, clothing and colour options, play various mini-games such as football, baseball car racing and even zombie survival, as well as being able to hang out with friends at a movie theatre and watch YouTube videos. Users can be friendly towards each other or engage in a little duelling when the need arises.

All of this takes place in one singular city at present. One of Mammossix’s goals is to expand the landscape to offer greater exploration opportunities, adding in famous cities like London and Paris. Users will also one day be able to create their own buildings and homes so they can have their own social space to invite friends around.

Galaxity

Mammossix hasn’t set a timeline of any of these features just yet or how long it plans on being in Early Access. One of the unique benefits of Galaxity is that signing into your Facebook account through the software means your data will be stored to play on any of the aforementioned headsets.

The full interview with Mammossix CEO Charles Yoo can be viewed below. Or take a look at VRFocus’ other interviews from Gamescom including Somnium Space, Pixel Reef, Dark Curry, Carbon Studio, Cortopia Studios and Fast Travel Games. For further updates from Mammossix including the addition of new features to Galaxity, keep reading VRFocus.

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Chinese Developer MammoSix Shows Alpha Footage of Galaxity

The demand for multiplayer virtual reality (VR) experiences continues to grow. As the player base for VR increases, and the technology develops, more people are searching for experiences within VR that are not only social, but also broad-ranging, allowing them to explore and discover a virtual environment. This seems to be what Chinese developer MammoSix are trying to achieve with Galaxity.

The developers have recently released footage of its Alpha2 build of Galaxity, a virtual world where users can create and explore and engage in virtual activities in a colourful and cartoonish environment.

The footage shows a virtual avatar being created and customised before emerging into the virtual world to roam around and engage in social activities such as a football game (soccer to our American readers).

The developers say that the goal when creating this build was ‘Behaviour’, presumably referring to to avatar behaviour, such as movement and animation. MammoSix say that the next build will be the Beta build, and the goal there is ‘Environment’, which is likely to mean polishing the virtual environments, structures and travel.

MammoSix have promised that users will be able to engage in activities such as driving a car and taking it to a virtual drive-through to take in a film. It has not yet been specified if users will be able to choose the content shown on the screen.

Galaxity is said to be coming to Steam and Oculus Store, which suggests that compatibility with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive is likely. Publicity images have shown the developers working with Windows Mixed Reality devices as well, which suggests compatibility with those devices is also possible.

A release date has not yet been confirmed, but Facebook posts by the development team suggest a 2019 release window. The video of the alpha2 build is available to view below.

For future coverage of Galaxity and other upcoming VR titles, keep checking back with VRFocus.