PlayStation VR has proven itself as a viable platform for innovative gaming, with Sony releasing groundbreaking titles every week from a variety of developers. Now well established in it’s second year, PSVR is hitting its stride, with a variety of quality games reaching critical mass and meriting mainstream attention.
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With games like Blood and Truth, Beat Saber, Trover Saves The Universe, and AstroBot Rescue Mission bringing multitudes of new gamers into the VR fold, we thought we would shine a light on new (and possibly lesser-known) titles as they release.
After a few weeks with smaller, lower-profile releases, this week brings one of the most anticipated and exciting titles to release this year: Survios’ Battlewake.
Battlewake
Survios has become one of the biggest names – if not the biggest name – in VR game development. In addition to constantly expanding their extensive arcade network, Survios had developed and released a deeply impressive stable of games for multiple VR platforms, including Creed: Rise To Glory, Electronauts, Raw Data, Sprint Vector, and the upcoming Walking Dead Onslaught.
There is no doubt that when Survios prepares to drop a game, the VR community begins salivating. Battlewake is no different. Be there or be square, because the eyes of all VR fans will be on Battlewake when it drops on Tuesday.
What Battlewake brings to the table is a very new dynamic in videogames – let alone VR videogames – in that players will be engaging in arcade-style naval battles with a variety of upgrade-able weapons on a dynamically churning ocean. Rather than try to explain the awesomeness myself, I’m gonna plunk down some text from a recent promotional email I received. This ought to make things clearer:
“This seafaring mayhem adventure game, made exclusively for virtual reality (VR), turns players into super-powered Pirate Lords fighting for the ultimate dominion. Captain a massive battle-ready ship, navigate lush, elemental seascapes and embark on a larger-than-life nautical war for the ages.
GAMEPLAY AND FEATURES:
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Powerful ultimates and abilities
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Play as four Pirate Lords (Diego, Rev, Calavera and Zhang) and channel ancient magics for special and ultimate attacks only recalled from tall tales. Unleash mighty tsunamis, send your enemies’ ships flying in stormy maelstroms, and literally release the Kraken.
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Solo, Co-op and PvP Modes
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Navigate the epic 20-chapter story of the Pirate Lords’ quest to discover an ancient seat of power in solo/co-op Campaign Mode, work together to complete objectives in dynamic Warfare Mode (up to 4 players), or embrace the pirate’s life in free-for-all PvP deathmatch (up to 10 players).
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Fully-Armed, Upgradable Warships:
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Thirteen different ship-based weapons draw inspiration from naval battles both real and imagined. Command flak cannons, ballistae, axe-throwers and more.
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Player Progression
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From your Captain’s Quarters, spend gold earned from matches to boost your ship’s stats and arsenal, as well as levelling up your own Pirate Lord skills and abilities to turn the tides in your favor.
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Technology:
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No sea-sickness: From “Raw Data’s” teleshift to “Sprint Vector’s” fluid locomotion, Survios has made great strides in challenging the standards of VR movement. “Battlewake” marks Survios’s first venture into vehicular locomotion and combat in VR, with a proprietary technology coined the Immersive Vehicle System. Using Adaptive Physics and Peripheral Effects subsystems, players can focus on the battle at hand and take on the wildest waves, while limiting the common triggers of sea-sickness.
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Reactive Water: the sea turns from peaceful to extreme as comets and tentacles blast into the water, bosses arrive and send out shockwaves, ultimates transform water into whirlpools, tidal waves and maelstroms to make truly epic battles.”
I can do this in real life. Its how I clean leaves off the lawn.
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What we are basically looking at here is Overwatch, in VR, on pirate ships, WITH A KRAKEN. Are you kidding me? This is a must buy for every human that owns a VR headset.
Are you looking forward to Battlewake? Let us know in the comments below.
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