Something For The Weekend: SteamVR Deals On A Mid-September Afternoon

Time for another entry of Something for the Weekend, the weekly series where VRFocus bring you a number of deals on virtual reality (VR) titles. As the month of September continues it’s time once again to check out the Steam store and find the latest deals on all things VR. This week you’ll find a range of unique experiences that let you explore a space station, enjoy an idol show and even direct traffic. As always, be sure to check back every weekend for even more deals right here on VRFocus.

Downward Spiral: Horus Station

“Downward Spiral: Horus Station does exactly what it needed to, presenting a far grander and more engaging instalment to the VR series. It’s not perfect, with some annoying glitches that really do need to be ironed out. However, the core experience is thoroughly enjoyable and more importantly massive. With eight acts to play through, and each one taking around an hour – depending on how long you search for collectables – there’s a solid amount of content to get engrossed in. For players that enjoy floating around in space, Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a great all-rounder.” – Read VRFocus’ Senior Staff Writer Peter Graham’s review of Downward Spiral: Horus Station.

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is available now for £8.99 (GBP) down from the usual £14.99 for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Hop Step Sing! Nozokanaide Naked Heart (HQ Edition)

Step into a virtual world and enjoy the songs and performance of this VR idol group. This time, players are heading to a magic factory where the wounded hearts of the world go to be healed. As the girls’ leader, it’s your job to bring a smile back to the world through the power of song and dance. More of a music video than the videogame, this title has a lot of colour and style that is sure to put a smile on your face.

Hop Step Sing! Nozokanaide Naked Heart (HQ Edition) is available now for only £4.15 (GBP) down from £5.19 for the HTC Vive.

Catan VR

The ever popular and best-selling board game has made it’s way to VR in this immersive and exciting installment. Now with online multiplayer making it easier than ever to play against others and friends alike, you’ll never be without someone to play against. Featuring AI personalities as well, you’ll be able to play offline and enjoy the same experience as the table top version.

Catan VR is available now for £7.51 (GBP) down from £11.39 for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Walk on Arrow

“Walk on Arrow is an innovative hybrid of archery and complete freedom of movement only possible in VR! Hide, trace and fight! Using your bow and arrow to beat all of your opponents and become the one stand at last.”

Walk on Arrow is available now for £6.63 (GBP) down from £8.29 for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Traffic Cop

Welcome to the 1950s where you are starting your job as a traffic cop smack dab in the middle of a busy intersection. You’ll need to direct traffic, dodge flying food, fight off alien attacks and hunt birds. With 20 different levels of traffic to direct and a number of different difficulty levels, players will find plenty to do and enjoy as a traffic cop.

Traffic Cop is available now for £4.67 (GBP) down from £5.19 for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

Frankenstein: Beyond the Time

“Now everyone can go on a discovery quest taking place in a Victorian mansion, where the task is to solve the greatest mystery of Dr. Frankenstein. The game makes innovative use of Virtual Reality with a well-known hidden object model and crafting simulations combined with the fight against time. Placing these mechanisms in a world inspired by the novels about Dr. Frankenstein provides a unique gameplay in a dynamic world full of adventures. The more we learn about the mad scientist’s experiment, the more frightening and mysterious the story becomes.”

Frankenstein: Beyond the Time is available now for £7.74 (GBP) down from £15.49 for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

Carly and the Reaperman – Escape from the Underworld

Work together with a friend to master platforming, solve puzzles and build your way through the underworld in this unique asymmetrical cooperative game. One player in VR will be able to control the platforms and make changes to the world while another player uses a controller to navigate each level and overcome the challenges. The title even now supports the option to play in single player as well but make sure to try it with a friend to have the full experience.

Carly and the Reaperman – Escape from the Underworld is on sale now for £15.19 (GBP) down from £18.99 for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Worlds At War

“Worlds At War thrusts the player into the aftermath of an alien invasion. A small multi-national ragtag group of surviving fighter pilots and crew man a small carrier-group, roaming the oceans and trying to survive against all odds. The game features diverse fully pilotable aircraft, helicopters and boats, and players must learn to master them in order to defend the carrier-group from a relentless onslaught of alien attack-waves in a unique combination of some of mankinds best military equipment facing off with alien space-ships.”

Worlds At War is available now for £8.09 (GBP) down from £13.49 for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

VRobot: VR Giant Robot Destruction Simulator

Jump into a giant robot and start smashing cities using all sorts of unique weapons. Featuring multiplayer, a lighting hammer, a transformer sword, a tornado gun and even a tractor beam. Players will find plenty to do in this title as you’ll be kicking, punching and smashing your way through the different stages. You’ll even able to destroy a building, pick up that building, and then start smashing buildings with that building. It’s a great stress reliever.

VRobot: VR Giant Robot Destruction Simulator is on sale now for £9.34 (GBP) down from the usual £10.99 for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

The Wizards

“Carbon Studio has also ensured there’s some longevity and a keen eye needed to get the most out of the whole experience. There are collectibles to find that’ll upgrade your spells, Fate Cards to locate which will modify the gameplay settings in future play throughs, plus an Arena mode for those interested in continual battles.What Carbon Studio has done is combine its knowledge from debut VR title Alice VR and the months of Early Access development and distilled it into The Wizards. If you want to feel like an all-powerful sorcerer then The Wizards is up there with the best, an entertaining adventure that will make non-VR players jealous.” – Read VRFocus’ Senior Staff Writer Peter Graham’s review of The Wizards.

The Wizards is available now for £6.00 (GBP) down from £14.99 for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

That is all for this week but remember that VRFocus gathers all the best sales and deals every week, so check back next weekend at the same time to discover more.

May 25, 2018

Protect and Serve as Traffic Cop VR Announces Release Date

It’s the 1950s, the era of Grease and American Graffiti, where hot rodders rule the roads. To keep them under control and preserve the safety of the roads stands a single traffic cop, played by you in Traffic Cop VR.

As you would expect, Traffic Cop VR puts you in the role of a member of the police form charged with enforcing the rules of the road on a very busy city intersection. The main goal is to survive the day against a horde of crazy drivers.

Players will need to learn patterns and direct traffic in the most efficient way while dodging or throwing back the food that is hurled in your direction. Except the donuts, of course, those are a vital source of energy for any cop.

Not every vehicle will pay attention to the rules of the road, and different cars will move at different speeds, so in order to prevent disaster, you’ll need to watch and anticipate in order to avoid accidents and delays for the citizens.

Mini-games are available to unlock featuring things such as giant birds that you have to shoot down with a slingshot, or an alien invasion that needs to be taken out with a powerful ray gun, then there are the hot rodders who want to cover your spotless uniform in dirt, and you of course need to prevent that from happening.

Players need to also keep in mind that no shift lasts forever, so it is important to keep an eye on the clock to know how much time if left to sort out the traffic on your intersection.

Traffic Cop VR has been created by Brian Bobik in collaboration with Warden Game Studios, who have announced that the title will be coming to Steam on 29th May, 2018 and it will be compatible with the HTC Vive headset, priced at $19.99.

There are plans for a version of Traffic Copy VR on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. VRFocus will bring you further news on developments as they become available.

May 19, 2018

Live The Dream Of Policing The Roads In Traffic Cop VR

Brian Bobik in collaboration with Waden Kane Game Studios has announced a new virtual reality (VR) title that will bring the experience of working as a traffic cop in the 1950’s to players today. Traffic Cop VR will put players in the shoes of a rookie cop who must prove them self at the city’s busiest intersection where unpredictable drivers roam and move up the levels to unlock mini-games.

Traffic Cop VR

Players will need to make use of their time management, critical thinking, and strategy in order to be an effective traffic cop as the challenge of managing a busy intersection becomes clear. Players will move traffic along efficiently, survive the day and of course protect the citizens from whatever might occur. Things will start off slow as players will just need to manage the traffic even if there are unpredictable drivers, speeders and much more to deal with. From here, the job of being a traffic cop will soon become more clear.

Drivers are known to express road rage so try to avoid collisions and delays where possible otherwise you will be the subject of their angry. They will throw various food items at you while you work which will need to be avoided or caught, to then throw back at the rude drivers to gain bonus points. The choice is always down to the player though and the higher the score you get the more mini-games you will unlock. This even includes coming face-to-face with an alien attack that will see the humble traffic cop grab arms and fight back. After all, they are stopping the flow of traffic.

Traffic Cop VR

Brian Bobik, the create mind behind Traffic Cop VR, explains the idea for the title by saying: “Traffic Cop VR is a silly idea that popped into my head while sitting at a red light. I had just found out that the most popular VR game was called Job Simulator. I joked to my girlfriend, ‘If a game based in a cube farm was so much fun, what could be more ridiculous than that?…..being a Traffic Cop!’ Within an hour, I was making a list of game play and on the hunt for a developer.”

Traffic Cop VR will be available via Steam later this month for the HTC Vive for $19.99 (USD) with plans to bring the title to Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality and PlayStation VR in the near future already confirmed.

You can see the trailer for the title below and VRFocus will be sure to bring you all the latest on the title in the future so keep reading for more.