Stunning Reveal for VR FPS ‘Artika.1’ for Oculus Touch
4A Games, the creators that brought you Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and Metro: Redux, have lifted the veil off of their latest game, Artika.1 for Oculus Rift. An absolutely stunning vision of a futuristic apocalypse that is set to blow minds on Oculus Touch VR.
Announced during the Oculus Connect 3 keynote in San Jose, Artika.1 is a highly immersive, action-packed, first-person shooter designed exclusively for Oculus Touch. Using the newest version of the 4A Engine and set for release in Q2 2017, Artika.1 delivers the most impressive visuals ever seen in VR, along with the immersion and world building that 4A Games is known for, in a full AAA package. Experience a post-apocalyptic vision of the future like never before; in full VR.
Nearly a century in the future, the world has fallen into a new ice age in the aftermath of a silent apocalypse. Only the equatorial regions are still habitable, yet pockets of humanity survive in small numbers all over the planet, hanging onto existence in the resource-rich territories to the north and south– resources that everyone wants to control… Protect the colony in the wastelands of old Russia from raiders, marauders, and strange creatures. Be the savior. Give humanity a second chance.
Andriy Prokhorov, co-founder and creative director at 4A Games say, “Artika.1 is a full-blown ААА title, and we’re employing all of our accumulated experience making high-quality shooters, and also using a lot of new opportunities provided only by VR. Oculus has allowed us to take the immersion to a whole new level, and it would have been a shame to miss such an opportunity.”
If you’ve ever played a game in the Metro series you’ll know why you should be excited for this. If anything is going to convince you to jump on the VR train, this might be the game to make it happen.
SOURCE: Press Release