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Dragon Front Update Adds Desktop Support, VR and Monitor Cross-play Now Available

Expanding support for its virtual reality (VR) collectible card game (CCG) Dragon Front, today High Voltage Software has announced that the title can now be played through Facebook Gamesroom for free.

Dragon Front came to Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR last year allowing owners of either headset to compete against one another. With the addition of Facebook Gameroom cross-platform gameplay is still supported, enabling even more players to do battle.

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“We were the first game to offer cross-platform multiplayer across Rift and Gear VR when we first launched our open beta at Oculus Connect 3 conference last year. Making sure our players were able to match on a Rift against people on a Gear or desktop is an important feature we worked closely with Oculus and Facebook Gameroom team to implement,” said Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer at High Voltage Software in a statement. “Your level and stats carry over from one platform to another, so people who have been playing on Gear VR or Rift will be able to merge their accounts on Gameroom to continue their gameplay on the go.”

Featuring online multiplayer matches with global leaderboards or a single-player story campaign against AI, Dragon Front players construct a 30-card deck from over 460 characters, fortifications and spells, each with unique powers, traits, and creative strategies. Every deck also holds a legendary champion, whose cost diminishes as his side nears defeat, ensuring an epic comeback in the late minutes of every match.

“High Voltage Software is well-known to pioneer new technologies and platforms. Teaming up with Facebook to bring Dragon Front cross-platform from VR to desktop just made sense,” commented Chief Executive Officer Kerry J. Ganofsky. “Dragon Front represents an important milestone for our studio. Not only have we created a fantastic card game that’s easy to pick up and play, but we’ve also demonstrated the incredible versatility of the game for endless replay value.”

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Dragon Front, reporting back with further updates.

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Control A Kaiju Army in They Live To Destroy

For anyone who has ever had the urge to build a secret evil lair underneath a volcano or on a hidden island and plot the conquest of humankind, They Live To Destroy is exactly the sort of virtual reality (VR) experience you have been searching for.

Most closely resembling strategy titles like the Civilisation series, or sim/management titles such as Sim City, only with the addition of more Mad Science. Players can don a Samsung Gear VR to build a secret island metropolis, then collect an army of kaiju-style monsters to lay siege to the world and conquer territory for your own nefarious purposes.

Sporting a 50s/60s B-movie aesthetic, complete with the font used for the title of the videogame, and the stop-motion, claymation style of the monsters as they stomp around and hyperbolic references to ‘Glorious 3D Atom-O-Vision’ and ‘VR Hypno-Rama’.

Gameplay combines city building, with several options to personalise the city to your satisfaction, along with monster collection and battling, only instead of tiny ‘Pocket Monsters’ they are taller than skyscrapers. There is an option to photograph monsters in action, to document the player’s rise to world domination.

They Live to Destroy was developed by High Voltage Software, who have previously worked on titles such as Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, Zone of the Enders 1 and 2 and Damaged Core. They Live to Destroy is available for free for Samsung Gear VR from the Oculus Store.

You can watch the launch trailer video below.

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Dragon Front 2.0 Update Adds Conquest Mode Plus First Four Factions Now Free

Dragon Front developer High Voltage Software has released the latest update for the virtual reality (VR) collectible card game (CCG) on Oculus Rift and Touch, adding a brand-new Conquest Mode on top of more content such as free factions.

Firstly Conquest Mode. This will allow players to compete in six five-battle campaigns for each of the seven factions, with the first campaign for each of the factions being free.

“Conquest Mode lets us tell this fantastical war story that we’ve been writing for years from seven different perspectives, giving life to the world of Dragon Front and personality to each of the seven factions,” said High Voltage Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger on the Oculus Blog. “Completing each of the seven storylines rewards the player with a special new Boss Champion—one that’s normally unavailable in booster packs and can’t be forged.”

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To make the videogame even more tempting for new players, High Voltage has made the first four factions – Scales, Thorns, Strife, and Eclipse – completely free. This grants every player entry to a minimum of 20 free Conquest levels. While the new Invasion Forces Expansion Bundle gives players the other factions: Silence, Essence, and Delirium plus 10 boosters for $29.99 USD.

“VR isn’t just a fad,” adds Nofsinger. “We respect the medium by putting out quality content—lots of it—and creating opportunities for deeply engaging fun. People tell us all the time that this is the VR game they’ve spent the most time playing, and considering the sheer amount of strategic options, the visual and audio content, and the competitive elements of the game, I’m not at all surprised.”

The update also lays the groundwork for the studio’s Facebook store, which aims to increase the amount of players getting involved in Dragon Front.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Dragon Front, reporting back with the latest updates.

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Dragon Front Update Adding Touch Support to Arrive Next Week

At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2017 last week, developer High Voltage showcased its forthcoming update for card battler Dragon Front. Released last October for Oculus Rift, the new update will add Oculus Touch support for Dragon Front alongside a new faction, and is scheduled to arrive next week.

The studio has been teasing what to expect with a series of tweets to eager fans. In addition to more intuitive gameplay with Touch, the faction being included is called Delirium. With it players will gain access to some monstrous new cards, with units like the Starling Watcher, Floating Star-maw and the War Stitcher to command, as well as spells including Unseen Hands and Shifting Worlds.

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These add a range of combat options with Starling Watcher offering to soak up damage whilst dishing out four mana to players. While Floating Star-maw is a flying class, and War Stitcher is a mid level fighter with equal attack and defence.

Delirium adds to Dragon Front’s growing roster of factions with Scales, Thorns, Strife, Eclipse and Silence all having launched in quick succession in the last few months.

Dragon Front will be one of the few titles that support Touch to offer cross-platform play with Samsung Gear VR. Touch news has dominated the Oculus platform since its launch in December 2016. The biggest news was last week when Oculus announced a new pricing bundle for the headset and controllers, as well as a price drop for Touch itself.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of High Voltage and Dragon Front, reporting back with the latest updates.

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Dragon Front Gets Touch Support And New Faction Next Week

Dragon Front Gets Touch Support And New Faction Next Week

High Voltage Software’s Dragon Front moved from Beta into a full release last November, but that doesn’t mean new content isn’t on the way.

The developer recently confirmed that its VR card battler will be getting a new update next week with two very big additions. The first is a new faction, Delirium, which offers a new set of cards and units to play with. This army is made up of demonic creatures that will use their powers to confuse players, shifting units across the map. High Voltage has been sharing some of the new soldiers you’ll encounter over on Twitter, including the ghost-like Starling Watcher, and the disturbing Floating Star-Maws.

It’s the second new faction to be added to the game, the other being the Essence faction, which is essentially the polar opposite of Delirium, with angel-like units from the heavens.

Arguably more exciting, however, is the inclusion of new Oculus Touch controls in next week’s update. Players have long thought about what position-tracked controls could do for the game, but soon they’ll be able to bring their hands into the experience and pick up cards they want to play. We went hands-on with Touch support at GDC last week and, while inessential, found it to be a fun new way to interact with the game.

Dragon Front is also playable on Gear VR, and supports cross-play between the two platforms. Obviously Gear doesn’t support Touch, but perhaps it could one day support the new controller that’s coming to the platform.

Look for the update to hit in a little under a week from now on March 14th.

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Earn Double XP and Gold in Dragon Front this Holiday Season

Dragon Front, an Oculus VR exclusive title from High Voltage Software, is ramping up for the holiday season. As of right now, all players on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR can earn double XP for all matches played. Later this week, double gold will be available for all players to earn.

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Originally launched in beta back in October 2016, Dragon Front has since seen official launches on both Oculus Rift and Gear VR. An expansion pack, Silence, has also been made available in the months that followed. Now, with a steadily growing audience, High Voltage Software is running two special events to thank the videogame’s players.

As of now, all players can receive double XP for all matches played today, 25th December 2016. Next weekend, 31st December 2016 – 1st January 2017, double gold will be awarded to all players for any matches undertaken.

“High Voltage Software plans to support this title for some time to come. We encourage you to reach out to the development team on the Dragon Front Discord chat to let us know how you feel about the game, if you run into any issues, or if you’re just looking to learn from the best,” reads a statement posted by the developer on the official Oculus VR forums. “The developers as well as the top Dragon Front players from around the globe are on the chat around the clock! https://discord.gg/6WBqg4C”

Dragon Front is available for Oculus Rift and Gear VR now, as a free-to-play title. VRFocus will keep you updated with all the latest virtual reality (VR) videogames from High Voltage Software.

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Dragon Front Open Beta Launches Today

Last month VRFocus reported on developer High Voltage Software launching a closed beta for its upcoming card battler Dragon Front. The videogame has made an appearance today on the keynote address for Oculus Connect 3, with the company announcing the Dragon Front beta is open to anyone who wishes to try it on Oculus Rift or Gear VR.

Immersing players in a diesel-punk, fantasy world Dragon Front features 280 characters, 80 different encampments, and more than 100 spells among four thematically diverse armies with which to do battle.

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As spells are cast, minions summoned and fortifications built, they are all fully rendered onto an immersive battlefield for players to watch as their card choices are played out. Watch as mobile squads, rampaging giants, intimidating war machines, soaring projectiles, fire-breathing dragons and much more battle it out for supremacy.

As Dragon Front is still in beta players need to be aware that bugs and glitches will still be present until the title fully launches. But joining the beta is completely free for Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR users, and anyone that joined in the closed beta will be able to continue in the open one. High Voltage Software has stated in a blog posting that any progress or purchases made during the beta phase will carry over to the full title, so there’s no need to hold back. For Gear VR users the studio has also said: “Board Health is toggled to “gaze only” to extend your playtime. Adjusting this setting may affect your device’s thermal performance.

“S6 users: please note that we locked the game to 30 fps during the Open Beta for thermal performance reasons ensuring longer game sessions. We plan to continue to improve and optimize the game for S6 devices.”

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Dragon Front, reporting back with any further announcements.

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Sign Up for Dragon Front Beta Tomorrow

Yesterday VRFocus reported on developer High Voltage announcing that when customers bought its first-person shooter Damaged Core they would also get access to the beta build of upcoming collectible card game (CCG), Dragon Front. Now the studio has announced it’ll be accepting sign-ups for the closed beta build from tomorrow (2nd September).

For anyone interested in joining the beta for Dragon Front all you have to do is head to DragonFront.com and fill in the required details. Players can also try the game out and sign up for beta in-person at the High Voltage booth at PAX West, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle.

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High Voltage and Oculus Studios are collaborating on Dragon Front which the two announced back in February 2016. Immersing players in a world of diesel-punk high-fantasy where each spell cast, minion summoned, and fortification built is rendered in a fully-immersive battleground, the title features 280 characters, 80 different encampments, and more than 100 spells among four thematically diverse armies. Dragon Front allows opponents to challenge each other face-to-face with head-tracking and Voice Over IP on a 4×4 grid. As players engage in war the battle field comes battlefield alive with mobile squads, rampaging giants, intimidating war machines, soaring projectiles, fire-breathing dragons and much more.

Earlier in the year VRFocus caught up with Keith Hladik, Producer, High Voltage at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2016 to get further details of the project.

Dragon Front is scheduled to launch later this year but High Voltage hasn’t yet confirmed a solid date. As VRFocus learns more about Dragon Front we’ll report straight back.

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Get Access to High Voltage’s Dragon Front Beta When You Buy Damaged Core For Oculus Rift

It was reported not too long ago that Damaged Core, developed by High Voltage, was to release yesterday. Along with this release it was also announced that consumers would also get access to the beta build of High Voltage’s upcoming collectible card game (CCG), Dragon Front.

Not much was shared before about Damaged Core, but in the latest Oculus blog post there is much more detail, and the concept might be something that sparks interest for its unique twist. The title is a first person shooter (FPS) where the player takes the role of a human-friendly AI where they can teleport into enemy robots and effectively self destruct them, following a hostile machine uprising.

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The title is described as “well-paced”, where it offers a balance of risk and reward. As you take over your enemies, you must take them down and jump to safety before you yourself are taken down.

Dragon Front, however, is a completely different kind of title, but it is still High Voltage working with Oculus Studios, so this partnership seems to be much more deeply set than a one-title partnership. This CCG lets players battle it out against each other where all that matters is skill level and how well their units perform when they come to life. There are boss battles between players and competitive leader boards, and players can choose from 280 characters, 80 different encampments, and more than 100 spells.

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However, time’s running out as this offer for Dragon Front is only available during its launch week, which will finish on 6th September at 11.59 PT. Damaged Core is available for the Oculus Rift for $29.99 (USD).

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