Rec Room is stuffed with first-party adventures you may play with pals and randos alike. The social VR platform’s subsequent huge providing is already right here in ‘Run the Block’, which has taken numerous cues from Dreamcast retro-favorite Jet Set Radio (2000).
The multiplayer mini-game ‘Run the Block’ launched on December eleventh, having already attracted over a million gamers.
Like Jet Set Radio, the free mini-game pits you towards as much as 9 different gamers to artfully race and parkour your approach by means of an city sprawl.
Whereas it doesn’t have the sport’s traditional 2000s aggressive rollerblades, you’ll nonetheless be operating, hopping and grinding on huge traces that crisscross the map, replete with the flexibility to put down your individual tag within the graffiti-filled metropolis.
Compared to years previous, the platform has launched comparatively few first-party video games over the the previous 12 months, with its largest entry as of late being its pet farming sim ‘My Little Monster’.
Along with bringing branded content material to the platform, corresponding to avatar packs from the ‘Monster Excessive’ franchise and Bungie’s first-person shooter Future, Rec Room has seemingly devoted the 12 months to fleshing out its creator suite so customers can’t solely create their very own advanced worlds, but additionally property they will promote within the sport’s creator financial system. It’s additionally rolled out full-body avatars earlier this 12 months, providing up much more customization decisions.
This follows the discharge of Rec Room on Nintendo Swap in November, which joins its lengthy checklist of supported units, together with PC VR, all Quest units, the unique PSVR, iOS, Android, Pico, Xbox, and PlayStation.
