Skydance’s Behemoth Seemingly Gained't Be On Steam At Launch

Skydance’s Behemoth on PC VR will solely launch by Meta Quest Hyperlink on December 5.

Whereas the upcoming motion RPG is at present scheduled to launch on the identical day on Quest and PS VR2, it has been unclear whether or not PC VR would observe. A PC VR launch date was absent throughout its “World and Story” trailer with additional particulars promised “within the subsequent few weeks.” It now seems that the upcoming recreation will attain Meta’s retailer earlier than Steam on PC VR.

As seen throughout two bulletins, Skydance Video games states the sport will probably be launched digitally on December 5 “with the PC VR expertise accessible by the Meta Quest Hyperlink Cable on day one.” The studio additionally mentions that “extra PC VR platforms” will observe at a later date.

It is an uncommon transfer and whereas Meta’s PC VR retailer does proceed receiving new releases like Metro Awakening, Steam is definitely the extra standard storefront and the Steam Hyperlink app has been accessible on Quest since final 12 months. UploadVR contacted Skydance Video games over electronic mail for clarification on its PC VR launch plans, additionally asking if this implies cross-buy will probably be supported between Quest and Hyperlink.

“We’ve been actively growing for PCVR and Steam since day one and we can have [an] replace within the coming weeks,” Skydance representatives wrote us.

At a demo in New York on Wednesday evening, we additionally requested representatives on the occasion if they might verify whether or not the sport was nonetheless coming to Steam in 2024. Skydance declined to touch upon the file.

On the occasion, the identical demo Henry Stockdale performed at Gamescom was made accessible alongside an entire construct of the sport on PlayStation VR2. This PS VR2 construct that Skydance supposed to indicate, nonetheless, wasn’t engaged on the PS5 programs that had been arrange there, and builders rolled again to an earlier model with some placeholder animations and lacking partitions.

Skydance plans to launch Behemoth on Quest 2 in addition to 3 and 3S, along with PC VR and PS VR2. This implies the studio’s builders are confronted with an extremely difficult process – get the sport’s dynamic physics and startlingly large monsters working easily on all main headsets, whereas additionally making an attempt to learn from the gross sales surge round Christmas when many individuals put aside cash for brand spanking new video games to purchase for his or her headsets.

Elsewhere, Skydance says a bodily version of Behemoth on PlayStation 5 will arrive on February 6, 2025, two months after the digital launch. Printed by Most Leisure, this version comes with the “Weapons Pack” digital skins – Historical Hero’s Sword, Thornwood Bow, Behemoth Bone Axe, and Bronze Grappling Hook.