Revealed again in Might, the primary official Warhammer VR sport for out-of-home VR sights is now set to launch subsequent week, coming to Zero Latency places worldwide.
Replace (September sixteenth, 2024): Warhammer 40,000: House Marine VR – Warriors of Avarax is formally coming to Zero Latency September twenty fifth, with pre-bookings now out there.
Primarily based on House Marines 2, in 30-minute Warhammer VR expertise permits you to and as much as seven others take the battle to Tyranid forces, promising loads of co-op exploration and fight.
The unique article detailing the preliminary announcement follows under:
Authentic Article (Might twenty third, 2024): We knew as of 2022 {that a} Warhammer 40K expertise was in growth for VR attraction Zero Latency. It was initially anticipated in 2023, but it surely appears we’ll have to attend till October this yr to leap into our very personal Energy Armour.
The teaser for Warhammer 40K: House Marine VR reveals little or no, save for House Marines, Tyranids, and an October launch date (see replace).
However we all know that Zero Latency is a VR attraction with experiences which might be sometimes designed to final round half-hour. So whereas this gained’t be a full-blown Warhammer 40K VR sport within the conventional sense, it’s more likely to be a enjoyable time (with you and as much as 7 of your mates!). Right here’s the textual content teaser for now:
In House Marine VR: Defenders of Avarax, you’ll play as a House Marine, a genetically enhanced super-soldier. Exploring the Hive Metropolis of Fervastium, gamers will delve deep right into a vault on an necessary mission that might flip the tide and assist beat again the Tyranids, an all-consuming alien swarm from past the recognized galaxy. Utilizing a variety of weapons from the House Marine arsenal, gamers will battle off voracious swarms of Tyranids as they step into the sneakers of those extremely disciplined and indomitable warriors.
Zero Latency is among the main VR sights with 93 places throughout 26 international locations. We’ve been impressed beforehand with the corporate’s inside growth expertise, and hope to see their work taken to the subsequent degree with Warhammer 40K: House Marine VR. Designing experiences for VR sights is a surprisingly distinctive problem in comparison with constructing in-home VR functions—particularly with a number of gamers in the identical bodily playspace.
“The Warhammer 40,000 universe and House Marine particularly has such superior lore and historical past, we simply couldn’t wait to dive into it,” says Tim Ruse, CEO at Zero Latency. “With House Marine VR: Defenders of Avarax, we’re pushing our know-how to the boundaries, and our proficient growth workforce is creating our most immersive and thrilling expertise but. We are able to’t watch for gamers to step into the Warhammer 40,000 setting and tackle the Tyranids on this epic journey.”
Whereas it’s a disgrace this expertise can’t even be loved on in-home VR headsets like Quest, fortunately there’s already just a few methods to dive into the Warhammer universe from the consolation of your personal VR headset with the likes of Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister (2020) and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall (2021).
