Gorilla Tag studio One other Axiom introduced Orion Drift is getting its first large replace since early entry launch final month, bringing to the sprawling house station a brand new mini-game referred to as ‘Seize the Beacon’ (CTB).
Like seize the flag, CTB is all about shifting a rod-shaped beacon to your crew’s base, though the twist is Orion Drift isn’t capping participant numbers, and units no time restrict to the sport, that means anybody can soar into the motion at any time.
The studio says there may be “a ton extra to this replace,” though they haven’t revealed precisely what else is coming alongside the brand new mini-game. We’re positive to be taught extra when the replace drops tomorrow, March twenty eighth at 10AM PT (native time right here).
Launched on Quest in early entry without spending a dime in late February, Orion Drift leverages Gorilla Tag’s locomotion, letting gamers transfer all through the sprawling house station by bodily pumping their arms, propelling them ahead.
Outdoors of CBT, the sport already has various actions, together with its flagship sport ‘Drift Ball’—basically the non secular successor to now-defunct sports activities sport Echo VR, albeit extra much like a low-gravity sport of handball.
There are different mini-games throughout the station’s varied districts, together with a parkour for Gorilla Tag-style climbing, observe arenas to hone your Drift Ball expertise, golf and basketball mini-games, and lounges to look at ongoing matches throughout a number of arenas.
At this level, the sport helps as much as 75 gamers per-server, though One other Axiom says it’s aiming to bump that quantity to 200 gamers ultimately. Filling out its choice of mini-games seems like a giant step in that route, though it’s nonetheless early days for Orion Drift.
Whereas largely following Gorilla Tag’s playbook of providing partaking, drop-in social video games, Orion Drift nonetheless hasn’t garnered the identical kind of viral success as its predecessor. On the time of this writing, the free sport has solely generated round 3,300 person critiques, and likewise hasn’t managed to interrupt the 50 top-selling Quest video games; the highest three are Animal Firm, Yeeps, and Gorilla Tag.
