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Overkill VR: Achievements, Cheats, Tips & Tricks

Yesterday Starloop Studios and Game Troopers fully launched their first-person shooter (FPS) Overkill VR. The title has been in Steam Early Access for the last few months, supporting Oculus Rift and Touch and HTC Vive. With the full videogame launch comes 28 Steam Achievements to unlock, all of which VRFocus has listed below.

Overkill VR features 14 available weapons, plus heavy machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades, 30 levels set across five areas, with multiple paths to choose from. Until 24th March 2017, gamers can get 15 percent off the usual price, dropping the cost from £14.99 GBP down to £12.74.

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Full Achievement List:

  • Desert Eagle Owner
    Buy a Desert Eagle
  • M4A1 Owner
    Buy an M4A1
  • UZI Owner
    Buy a UZI
  • SPAS-12 Owner
    Buy an SPAS-12
  • Warming Up
    Kill 100 enemies
  • Barrett 98B Owner
    Buy a Barrett 98B
  • P90 Owner
    Buy a P90
  • First Five
    Reach Rank 5
  • SCAR-H Owner
    Buy an SCAR-H
  • Perfect East Slums
    Finish every mission in East Slums
  • Death From Above
    Call for a rocket raid 10 times
  • Top Gun
    Call for a gatling raid 10 times
  • Heated Barrels
    Kill 100 enemies with the mounted machine gun
  • Perfect Rail Yard
    Finish every mission in Rail Yard
  • That’s Grand
    Kill 1,000 enemies
  • Nemesis
    Kill 10,000 enemies
  • Taking No Prisioners
    Kill 25,000 enemies
  • Perfect Factory Area 1
    Finish every mission in Factory Area 1
  • Mounted Masacre
    Kill 500 enemies with the mounted machine gun
  • Flashbanger
    Use 10 flash grenades
  • Perfect Quarry-North
    Finish every mission in Quarry-North
  • Grenade Enthusiast
    Use 10 grenades
  • My First Million
    Earn $1,000,000
  • Elite Soldier
    Reach Rank 45
  • War Veteran
    Reach Rank 35
  • Quarter Century
    Reach Rank 25
  • Turned Fifteen
    Reach Rank 15
  • Bullets for the Masses
    Kill 1,000 enemies with the mounted machine gun
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Overkill VR Leaves Early Access on Steam

November 2016 saw developer, Starlight Studios, and publisher, Game Troopers, release first-person shooter (FPS) Overkill VR for HTC Vive through Steam Early Access. This was then followed with support for Oculus Rift and Touch a short while later. Today the team has announced the end of early access, with the title fully launched for the headsets.

Over the last few months Overkill VR been continuously updated and refined, with 14 available weapons, plus heavy machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades. One of the main features of the title is its gun customisation options, with a massive array of upgrades and attachments to unlock allowing players to fully personalise their loadouts.

A purely single-player experience, Overkill VR includes 30 levels set across five areas, with multiple paths to choose from. At the end of each section players can pick from 2-3 locations to move to, each with its own difficulty to mix up the gameplay.

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With this final launch Starlight Studios added several more features to the videogame’s roster. These include an endless mode, for players to survive waves of enemies; Steam Achievements; Steam Trading cards; improved audio; left-handed support and machine gun height level adjustment.

“We wanted to make this game to be really arcade, like the game that inspired us: Time Crisis, we also want players to feel like Overkill’s world is real, as if they were soldiers on a frontline. For this reason, in an upcoming update, the game will support the Hardlight VR Suit,” said Jesús Bosch, CEO of Game Troopers.

Currently Overkill VR can be downloaded through Steam with a discount. Until 24th March 2017, gamers can get 15 percent off the usual price, dropping the cost from £14.99 GBP down to £12.74.

Checkout the new trailer below, and for further updates on Overkill VR and future VR releases from Starlight Studios and Game Troopers, keep reading VRFocus.

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Overkill VR Update Adds Oculus Touch Support and More

Developer Starloop Studios and publisher Game Troopers launched their virtual reality (VR) early access title Overkill VR last week for HTC Vive. The videogame has received a ‘mostly positive’ response from Steam users, and to improve upon this the team has released a new update, which includes fixes as well as support for Oculus Touch.

With Oculus Touch nearing its launch date there’s going to be plenty of titles available for it on day one, and Overkill VR has now been added to that list. This adds to the burgeoning lineup that’s been confirmed this week including PlaySide VR’s Zombie Riot,  Fierce Kaiju’s Viral EX, I-Illusions’ Space Pirate Trainer and HandMade Game’s CRANGA!: Harbour Frenzy.

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Also included in the v1.04 update is the ability for users to create their own mixed reality (MR) videos – quite popular with VR developers showcasing their projects. Starloop Studios states this can be achieved by: “adding an external camera config file close to the game exe’s file.”

The developer has revealed to VRFocus that it plans to release a major update next week, which is set to include user requested features such as manual reload, grenades, rocket launcher, nine new levels and more.

Checkout the full list of improvements in this current update, and keep reading VRFocus for all the latest announcements.

Update v1.04 Changelog

– Mixed reality videos are now possible by adding an external camera config file close to the game exe’s file. Feel free to make cool videos!
– Oculus touch is now officially supported. Warmap can be scrolled with the right analog correctly now.
– Increased difficulty for some East Slums levels. You will be flanked more frequently, so be careful!
– Increased fire rate for MK23 pistol a bit.
– Fixed MK23’s reflex not working
– Fixed a weird case where you could get stuck after a loading screen
– Fixed a bug where main menu was not being shown after going back from a mission.
– Improved first cover on East Slums 5, as it was a bit too high

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Future Warfare Hits HTC Vive As Overkill VR Launches On Steam

Virtual reality (VR), and HTC/Valve’s head-mounted display the HTC Vive already has a number of shooters. Some shooters are of the straightforward traditional sort, whilst others are somewhat more abstract. Whilst the wave-shooter for VR is, of course, commonplace. Now another title can be added to VR’s growing library of titles, and one specifically designed for use with the HTC Vive.

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Presented by Game Troopers – a VR-dedicated Spanish studio initially founded by Space Inch and Starloop Studios. Overkill VR throws you into a futuristic world where danger comes from all around you and it’s more important than ever to be aware of your surroundings. Taking on a leadership role you must take command of the resistance, leading them to success on the battlefield and vanquishing your enemies – no matter where they might be hiding, from the desert to the city and the heart of the industrial machinations.

Your efforts will be met with a different kind of resistance – and a different kind of brutality. As such you will need to become proficient in traditional shooter weapons, such as rifles, machine guns and the ever trusty shotgun as well as some more outlandish future-tech weapons.

Speaking on the launch, Game Troopers’ CEO Jesús Bosch commented: “With Overkill VR we pursued maximizing the capabilities of the HTC VIVE headset. Overkill VR is the first VR shooter made exclusively for HTC Vive which brings you the look and feel of future war.”

Overkill VR is available to buy for $19.99 (USD) on Steam, which matches its earlier Early Access price.  A video of the title can also be found below. As for how the title fares in action, VRFocus will look to bring you a review of the game in the near future.

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Head into Combat as Overkill VR Arrives for HTC Vive

It was only last week that VRFocus reported on developer Starloop Studios plans to enter Steam Early Access for its first-person shooter (FPS) Overkill VR this week. It seems as though the team changed its mind about early access as Overkill VR has now fully launched for HTC Vive.

Overkill VR is a no holds barred FPS with players leading a group of resistance fighters against ‘The Faction’, an evil group looking to control everyone.

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While gameplay is about killing as many enemies as possible, it’s also about choosing the right tool for the job. With over 30 customisable weapons to pick from, ranging from classic shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles and machine guns, to super powered futuristic firearms like the KRISS Vektor, there’s something for everyone’s preference.

“With Overkill VR we pursued maximizing the capabilities of the HTC VIVE headset” says Jesús Bosch, CEO at Game Troopers. “Overkill VR is the first VR shooter made exclusively for HTC VIVE which brings you the look and feel of future war”.

When VRFocus reported on the early access version, Starloop Studios and publisher Game Troopers had originally stated the full title would be completed by March 2017, with five major updates being released in that time. Early Access was due to begin yesterday, but as its now available as a fully fledged title we’ll have to wait and see if further content is issued as an update or DLC.

Overkill VR is priced at $19.99 USD/£14.99 GBP, and Starloop has previously stated in-game purchases for aesthetics add-ons such as gun skins maybe added, but those plans aren’t yet finalised.

For all the latest updates on Overkill VR, keep reading VRFocus.