CALL OF DUTY Black Ops 3's multiplayer producer tells us about the struggles of working with VR, why PS4 Neo and Project Scorpio won't solve everything and coping with motion sickness.
One of the big Xbox releases heading our way in May 2024 is the long-awaited Hypercharge Unboxed, which is finally bringing its "first and third-person shooter action figure game" to Xbox consoles on Friday, May 31st.
Sadly, ahead of launch, the game's official Twitter (or "X") account has been highlighting the "trolls" who are claiming that because it's not launching on Game Pass, Hypercharge Unboxed is already set up for failure on Xbox.
Just because our indie game isn't on game pass, doesn't mean it's "dead on arrival".
— Hypercharge | Pre-order now on Xbox! (@HyperchargeGame) May 12, 2024
We hope you still give our action figure game a try. 💚 #xbox pic.twitter.com/3D8dhlWOvZ
It's horrible what people will say, but the truth might be harsh. There is a good chance it might not do well on Xbox if it's not on GamePass. There is a strong possibility that is the case. We'll see.
When it launches on Playstation in the future you can rest assured it will sell much better. The devs have confirmed it's coming to Playstation in the future.
"It is built in the Unreal Engine 4. The game was released on the Nintendo eShop on January 31, 2020 and on Steam on April 27, 2020. The development of Hypercharge: Unboxed for the Xbox platform was officially announced on July 16, 2022, with the developers also confirming future support for the PlayStation."
I remember having this on my radar years ago for the Switch but never pulled the trigger on it. Crazy it's still not on PlayStation yet.
Epic Games is facing a $1.2 million fine by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets over "unfair practices" in the Fortnite shop.
It might be cheaper to simply pay the fine. Fighting said fine could cost millions due to court and lawyer fees. Fortnite generates well over a 100 million in each month, so Epic has plenty of cash.
I'd fight back too. These are kinda meaningless reasons to fine someone like really for THAT. It's like they just wanted to make money or something.
Nexon has released its financial statement for 2024's first quarter, and it looks like FPS The Finals isn't proving the hit the studio was hoping for.
The market for games like this is too over saturated to make a dent in other established games' player counts. Trying to start all over with a whole new multiplayer meta and grinding to get better is not feasible when there's already a ton of similar games that have come out before it.
Again, as I've said before, the current form of VR isn't the future of gaming.
It isn't even a proper innovation.
It's a gimmick, and a necessary stepping-stone towards the true future of this kind of tech in gaming: Full dive synaptic sync VR.
Think Sword Art Online, but without all the angst and "we're gonna die in here" drama.XD
I haven't tried it,but i do not like the idea of putting a helmet on while i am gaming.Maybe 1 day,that killer game will come out,that will make me buy one.But i am happy the way i game right now.
Ofcourse a CoD dev would complain about extra work xD
Burden or opportunity? Personally I dont like playing something this fast paced (and on foot) in VR.. Team Fortress 2 etc are pretty nauseating on the oculus.. To me. I'd welcome studios trying to make super fast twitchy games work nicely in it though.. I'm not sure how they'd pull it off. The amount you have to spin and stuff in CoD - it doesn't strike me as the ideal game for this tech. It'd be like playing inside a salad spinner.
A slower, more methodical shooter would work better (Killzone?) They need to bring back the Mechwarrior series for VR too, for sure.
There are already headphones in development (Samsung Entrim 4D) which feature electrodes on a sponge which stimulate your brain in such a way your body truly feels motion too. The sickness problem soon will be a problem of the past.
Other developments like Sony Future Labs prototype Project N feature in-ear open ear earphones, which means you wear ear-bud-like headphones but still are able to hear your environment, which is going to be incredible for mixed- or social-reality experiences.
There's an exciting future ahead boys and girls!