The Arcslinger – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

March 11, 2019

Wild West Shooter The Arcslinger Rides onto PlayStation VR This Week

Originally a Google Daydream View title in 2016, Big Red Button Entertainment then brought The Arcslinger to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the early part of 2018. Soon it’ll be the turn of PlayStation VR, with the studio confirming a launch date for this week.

The Arcslinger is your classic dual pistol western-themed first-person shooter (FPS), with a small sprinkling of futuristic cyber technology. Keeping with the original gameplay, the experience is a gallery-style FPS, where it’s all about being quick on the draw to defeat the waves of enemies looking to stop you.

You play as the unlikely hero, Valiant, who just so happens to own a mysterious wise-cracking gun called Angelheart. The main goal is to become a master gunslinger and take down The Arcslinger’s evil villain Gold Smoke and his gang before he can take the power of the magical Arc. These Arc’s are highly useful because your guns can be upgraded with a range of options.

To begin with, these Arc’s allow you to add powerups which include the explosive Pyro Blast, the time changing Time Warp, the Lightning Rod to add that extra spark to your bullets, as well as defensive abilities such as the Shield Wall. Once equipped, these powerups can be upgraded further, helping give you additional bonuses to aid in the more difficult levels.

There are a total of 15 levels to play through, with the gameplay and visuals optimised for PlayStation VR. The Arcslinger will be released this Wednesday, 13th March, retailing for $9.99 USD. For any further updates from Big Red Button Entertainment, keep reading VRFocus.

November 24, 2016

Daydream Gets the Black Friday Treatment as The Arcslinger Goes on Sale

It’s the time of year when retailers go discount crazy, reducing swathes of products in price to make consumers spend their money in the run up to Christmas. The virtual reality (VR) industry in no different with HTC Vive getting a $100 USD/£100 GBP discount along with several Viveport titles. Whilst it’s unlikely you’ll see any discounts off Google’s newly launched Daydream View head-mounted display (HMD), Big Red Button Entertainment has confirmed its shooter The Arcslinger will be on sale.

The Arcslinger only launched latest week, putting players into a sci-fi western universe. A gallery style shooter where players have to defend themselves from waves of enemies, The Arcslinger challenges them to become master gun slingers across 15 rogue-like levels.

Through the campaign are helped along the way through the collection of Arcs, which in turn are used to upgrade the main weapon Angleheart, an all powerful pistol. Arcs allow new features which include the explosive Pyro Blast, the time changing Time Warp, the Lightning Rod to add that extra spark to your bullets, as well as defensive abilities such as the Shield Wall.

While some Black Friday sales start tomorrow and go all the way through to Cyber Monday, The Arcslinger looks to be a one day only deal. So tomorrow the price will drop from $7.99, down to $4.99.

Big Red Button Entertainment has also updated the VR title adding a continue feature due to strong demand from fans. VRFocus will continue its coverage of The Arcslinger and Big Red Button Entertainment, reporting back with any new updates.

November 18, 2016

Pistols at the Ready as The Arcslinger Blasts onto Daydream View

When Google revealed Daydream View in October, 30 videogames were confirmed to be in development for the mobile head-mounted display (HMD), one of them being The Arcslinger from Big Red Button Entertainment. Today the virtual reality (VR) first-person shooter (FPS) has arrived.

Set in a cyber western universe, The Arcslinger is essentially a gallery style shooter – popular on VR headset at the moment – set across 15 rogue-like levels. Players take control of the videogame’s unlikely hero, Valiant, and his trusty wise-cracking gun, Angelheart. Players must become a master gunslinger and unleash powerful abilities to take down The Arcslinger’s villain Gold Smoke and his gang before he can take the power of the magical Arc for himself.

As players progress through the levels they’ll need to collect Arcs to customise Angelheart, making it more powerful whilst adding unique features to it, giving that edge in shootouts. These powerups include the explosive Pyro Blast, the time changing Time Warp, the Lightning Rod to add that extra spark to your bullets, as well as defensive abilities such as the Shield Wall.

To go with the launch announcement Big Red Button Entertainment has released a new trailer showcasing more gameplay elements and the mayhem that waits. The Arcslinger can be downloaded now exclusively through Google Play for $7.99 USD/£7.49 GBP. For all the latest Daydream View news, keep reading VRFocus.

November 9, 2016

Google Daydream View Exclusive The Arcslinger Detailed in New Trailer

The highly anticipated launch of Google’s mobile virtual reality (VR) device, Google Daydream View, is only one day away. As we approach the release date a number of exclusive titles have revealed brand new information, including Climax Studios’ Hunters Gate and nDreams’ Danger Goat. Now, we can add Big Red Button Entertainment’s The Arcslinger to that list.

Little is actually known about The Arcslinger. Big Red Button’s own description is limited to precisely: ‘Get yer trigger finger ready in the fast paced arcade shootin’ VR world of The Arcslinger’. However, this brand new trailer showcases some of the action players can expect from the Google Daydream View exclusive title.

The debut trailer for The Arcslinger, embedded below, showcases a fantasy Wild West setting filled with bizarre bi-pedal takes on animals such as cats, alligators and pigs. The gameplay appears to set these creatures as enemies in a gallery shooter; a genre that VR aficionados are undoubtedly already very familiar with.

Google Daydream View is set to launch tomorrow, 10th November 2016, alongside a number of exclusive launch titles. VRFocus will keep you updated with all the latest details on Google Daydream View and the many videogames coming on day one and beyond.