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Four of Oasis Games’ Five PlayStation VR Titles Get Launch Dates

At Sony Interactive Entertainment’s (SIE’s) PlayStation VR Asia Conference in July the company revealed a wide range of new titles for the headset by local indie studios and publishers. Seven videogames were shown from Chinese partners, with five coming from publisher Oasis Games Ltd. Today the company has announced launch dates or windows for four of these five projects.

Time of Virtual Reality’s (TVR) Ace Banana has been confirmed as a day one release on 13th October, with Pixel Gear from Geronimo Interactive on 20th October and Weeping Doll from TianShe Media shortly after on 27th October. Additionally, Nekcom’s DYING: Reborn has been confirmed for January 2017 while details on Mixip will be announced at a later date.

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“We are immensely proud to have a strong and diverse PS VR lineup to offer players starting with our October launch titles,” said Alen Wu, Global Business Director for Oasis Games. “On October 13, we look forward to having our fun arcade archery game, Ace Banana out, with our shoot-em-up Pixel Gear and the dark, story driven psychological adventure, Weeping Doll to follow in the coming weeks in October. It’s going to be a great month for VR fans!”

The titles offer a mixture a gameplay styles and genres. Ace Banana’s a single-player and multiplayer co-op gallery shooter in which players assume the role of a Banana Archer who must protect a stash of bananas from hordes of mischievous monkeys. TVR’s other virtual reality (VR) title Mixip which doesn’t yet have a release date, is an arcade space shooter.

Pixel Gear is another shooter in a similar vein to Ace Banana, where enemies attack player in waves. This time though there are cartoon monsters, zombies and ghosts as enemies to defeat. The videogame features six levels, upgradeable weapons and  powerups that can slow down time.

Weeping Doll and DYING: Reborn are the complete opposite of the previous two, going down the horror route. Weeping Doll is a, story-driven psychological adventure with puzzle elements, where dolls come alive, animated and fuelled by the negative thoughts of their child owners. While DYING: Reborn is a horror-themed puzzle game in which players must work their way through a variety of rooms by examining, collecting and using items found along the way to figure out the puzzles.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Oasis Games, reporting back with the latest updates.

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Chinese Studio Oasis Games Have Five PlayStation Launch Titles

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has been quite selective when it comes to allowing developers create games for its PlayStation VR head-mounted display (HMD) that will be coming out in October, but one studio has had the opportunity to create five different titles for its release.

Oasis Games, a Chinese publishing partner of Sony Computer Entertainment Shanghai (SCES), has shared its five titles that will be coming to PlayStation VR for 13th October on the PlayStation Blog. Each of these titles seem to differ a fair amount from each other, and range from survival horrors to playful pixelated shooters.

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“Oasis Games is creating a wide range of fun titles for PlayStation VR, as shown in our launch lineup that ranges from colorful arcade archery to spooky horror to 3D pixel shooter,” said Alen Wu, business director for Oasis Games in a press release. “We are proud to have so many titles slated for the launch window, more than any other publisher, and this is a testament to our commitment to providing entertaining experiences for the global PS VR audience.”

Ace Banana is the first title detailed, and it puts the player into the shoes of a Banana Archer protecting their stash of bananas against cheeky monkeys trying ot grab at your goods. Using your Move controllers, you will simulate using a bow and arrow to impale the primates in both single and multiplayer.

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The next title shouldn’t be mistaken by its screenshot featured on the blog post, as it is much more sinister, but in a way that makes it seem chaotic good. Weeping Doll is a story-driven horror adventure where dolls come to life, animated by angry thoughts when their children owners are wronged. Players will work through puzzles as an abused girl’s doll takes revenge on her parents.

Pixel Gear lightens the mood from the previous title as it is a pixelated colourful 3D shoot ’em up with wacky cartoon monsters and ghost enemies. Objects will be interactive, and weapons can be upgraded to slow down time.

Another scary one comes from Oasis Games with Dying: Reborn, but it is more familiar to us as it is an escape the room kind of title – only with more scary features than usual.

And finally, Mixip is an arcade space shooter where you control two ships at once, dodge heavy fire, upgrade your weapons, and take down bosses.

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