Today the annual PlayStation Experience has begun in California, with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) showcasing the very latest content for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. If you happen to live in the UK you may not have stayed awake until 4am to see the livestream – which VRFocus’ dedicated team just so happened to do. As part of the event British virtual reality (VR) developer nDreams has released a new trailer for its upcoming title Shooty Fruity.
In Shooty Fruity players are challenged to multitask by scanning, packing and serving all whilst keeping mutant fruit at bay. So whilst turning pineapples, pomegranates, oranges and more into bullet ridden juice on the floor, there are numerous shifts to complete, including the newly revealed Canteen job role. New weapons can be purchased in the staff room, the game’s central hub where players can also customise and test their load out, including C4 launchers, flak cannon-style shotguns, revolvers, assault rifles and more.
While the video is purely for the PlayStation VR version of Shooty Fruity, when the title arrives on 19th December it will also support Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Pre-orders are available for €19.99 EUR/$19.99 USD/£15.99 GBP with early adopters getting free exclusive content, including the ‘Explody Bear’ grenade and the ‘Golden Guns’ skin pack for their arsenal.
VRFocus previewed an early version of Shooty Fruity, and caught up with Pat McGuigan, producer of Shooty Fruity at Gamescom 2017 to discuss the teams latest VR experience.
nDreams is the studio behind videogames such as Gunner for Gear VR, The Assembly for PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and Danger Goat for Google Daydream. It recently announced the launch of Danger Goat for Windows Mixed Reality headsets, further expanding Microsoft’s content lineup.
For any further updates to Shooty Fruity or announcements from nDreams, keep reading VRFocus.
Cast as a cashier in a convenience store, everything seems fairly normal. Ahead is the view of the shop floor, stacked with a variety of generic goods, and were it not for the lack of any customers you’d believe that the videogame was little more than simulation of that summer job in Tesco. Scanning products that come along a conveyer belt and dropping them into a collection area; this isn’t rocket science. However, above is a moving rail from which guns can be collected. Not your average retail establishment, then?
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Shooty Fruity is essentially an enjoyable VR experience that feels a little too late to make any real impact. There’s lots of potential to add more core mechanics and expand on the formula, but at present there’s little sign this will occur prior to launch. 
Shooty Fruity cashiers must face hordes of mutant killer fruit as they attempt to perform their job to the best of their abilities. As the store’s stock comes along the conveyer belt, the player must also grab weaponry and take out the giant fruit encroaching on their checkout. A customisable arsenal of fruit-killing guns is at your disposal, including revolvers, shotguns and bomb launchers, as well as power-ups that will give you an explosive advantage.