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Kill X Renamed Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher, Launching March for PlayStation VR

During the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2018 VRFocus came across a new virtual reality (VR) first-person shooter (FPS) called Kill X, by Chinese studio Viva Games. Today, the team has revealed a new name for the title, Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher as well as a release date on PlayStation VR.

Immortal Legacy

An action-adventure/horror experience, Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher is based on an ancient Chinese legend with a modern day twist.

Detailing the story via PlayStation Blog, Viva Games explains: “You play as Tyre, an ex-special forces soldier travelling to the isle of Yingzhou after the mysterious death of his mother. Together with Ksana (an estranged friend of his mother’s), Tyre seeks to uncover the truth behind her death and her even more enigmatic past.

“The isle itself is bound in local legend, notorious for its enshrouding tempest in the midst of the mysterious Dragon’s Triangle, and soon Tyre finds himself fighting for his life. As he explores deeper into the island, he encounters unspeakable horrors and unique characters with their own motives for braving Yingzhou’s perils, including some who may prove essential to his survival…”

Supporting PlayStation Move, players will be able to use an arsenal of 15 weapons, from close combat knives to pistols, rifles, and grenades. The environments are open and designed to be explored, with players able to freely wander ancient ruins and dark caverns at their leisure. And alongside all the action, Viva Games has included puzzles to solve and traps to avoid if players are smart and quick enough.

What VRFocus is particularly interested in is how development has progressed since E3 2018. It got a bit of a hammering in our preview when we said: “Kill X has all the charm, grace and originality of a modern Steven Seagal film, you know what’s going to happen before its occurred and getting to the end just seems like it’ll take way too much will power. With certain aspects that can, and cannot be lived with Viva Games still has some way to go until Kill X should be taken seriously by FPS fans.”

Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher will launch exclusively for PlayStation VR on 20th March 2019. You can pre-order the title now from PlayStation Store for £15.99 GBP which will gain you a bonus WWII SMG. For further updates as the launch nears, keep reading VRFocus.

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PSVR Horror Shooter ‘Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cypher’ Gets March Launch Date, Trailer Here

China-based Viva Games today announced that their upcoming action-adventure horror title Kill X has now been renamed Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cypher. The shooter, which is exclusive to the PSVR platform, is slated to arrive March 20th.

Immortal Legacy was one of the four titles highlighted by Sony at the 2017 ChinaJoy Expo, all of which would eventually make their way to Western audiences under the publishing auspices of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE).

Image courtesy Viva Games

Now nearly two years later, Viva Games is nearly ready to release the single-player mutant shooter, and has expanded a bit more on what to expect from the newly christened Immortal Legacy.

“At its core, Immortal Legacy is an action-adventure/horror game that fuses old-school single-player storytelling with cutting-edge VR gameplay,” Viva Games CEO Shun writes in a PlayStation blog post. “It’s a potent mix of combat, problem solving and exploration, designed to keep players in suspense and thoroughly immersed throughout.”

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The story is one which takes an ancient Chinese legend and pulls it into the modern day, beginning with that oldest of motives: revenge.

You play as Tyre, an ex-special forces soldier travelling to the isle of Yingzhou after the mysterious death of his mother. Together with Ksana (an estranged friend of his mother’s), Tyre seeks to uncover the truth behind her death and her even more enigmatic past.

The studio says the game will feature 15 guns using dual PlayStation Move controllers, including melee, ranged and explosives. There’s no word on what locomotion scheme(s) the game will allow, although Viva Games claims “you’re able to move freely through the environment, so you can choose the most advantageous positions in firefights, and fully explore the isle of Yingzhou.”

CEO Shun says the name change was done to better reflect story’s themes and also “set up the first of what we plan to be a thrilling multi-game saga.”

According to the blog post, pre-orders should already be available starting today, although it appears the preceding link isn’t active yet.

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Sony Announces 4 Asia-Developed PSVR Titles Are Coming West

Sony today announced four new titles for PlayStation VR at the annual ChinaJoy Expo in Shanghai—all of which have been confirmed to make it over to Western audiences. The games come as a result of a partnership between Sony Interactive Entertainment and what they call “some of Asia’s most exciting developers.”

Specific release dates haven’t been established yet, but the following games are said to release sometime in 2017.

Stifled

Coming from Singapore-based Gattai Games is an interesting take on the horror genre that puts you, a sight-impaired character, at the forefront. Using echolocation to reveal your surroundings, you dodge enemies that ‘light up’ when they make sound. You can even use the PSVR’s built-in mic to help illuminate the way as you clamber away to safety.

The Walker

From Chinese developer Haymaker, The Walker is a fantasy combat tale that places you in historic Shanghai as the descendant of an ancient sword-wielding, magic-using family. After the rise of a demonic militia, you’re thrown into the fray to save the world. The Walker makes heavy use of spells and charms so you can infuse weapons with special powers.

Kill X

From China-based VIVA Games comes Kill X, a claustrophobic thriller set on a secret island where human test subjects were turned into horrible mutants—all in the search for immortality, of course. Experiencing every level of monster created, the studio promises head-exploding combat, plenty of weaponry and some puzzles too.

Legion Commander

ChangYou Games is known for their martial arts MMORPGs in China, and the company has teamed up with Sony to bring out a real-time strategy game. Using special cards to cast spells on the battlefield and giving you three distinct races to choose from; Orcs, Humans and Elves, you battle against an evil overlord.

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