The of us which are bringing you Wasteland 3 are additionally engaged on one other chilly and lethal hellscape, solely this one’s bought 19 different gamers in it. Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds is a team-based shooter the place two teams of ten battle it out in a navy base in Antarctica. It’s deliberate to hit VR headsets later this 12 months.
“Teams will fight for control of a forgotten military base in Antarctica where other players aren’t the only enemy,” say InXile. “Gear up and charge forward to deal with the opposing team and protect yourself from the constant, otherworldly biomechanical threat.”
Sounds prefer it’s bought all of your regular workforce shooter bits: pistols, rifles, grenades, well being packs, turrets, the lot. InXile say that their arsenal has been “recreated in painstaking detail, allowing you to realistically hold each with one or two hands, and load, rack, fire, and clear them, as well as change firing modes.”
There’s no class system in Frostpoint, simply weapons and armor fits, InXile inform Upload VR. “Your class is really based on what tools you’re grabbing from the wall, paying in-game currency to upgrade, and then the suits add a certain level of class-like features.” There are at present two game modes, they are saying, a basic Deathmatch between two groups of ten and a Domination mode the place each groups battle for management of particular areas.
You’ll have a workforce of ten different gamers to deal with, however then there’s no matter creepy machines are crawling out of the ice as effectively. They look like, ah, like a sci-fi mermaid however the prime half is a factor that was human and the underside is gangly robotic legs with out flesh. Spooky.
InXile say they’re planning an open beta within the close to future. That’ll be in September, in response to their interview with Upload VR.
There’s no official launch date for Frostpoint VR simply but, although InXile say it’s coming later this 12 months to Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, and Valve Index headsets. You can learn extra about it of their official announcement.
