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Updated · heise online · Jun 23
Squido Studio Brings 2022 Transformers VR Shooter to Meta Quest on September 3
Updated
Updated · heise online · Jun 23

Squido Studio Brings 2022 Transformers VR Shooter to Meta Quest on September 3

1 articles · Updated · heise online · Jun 23

Summary

  • September 3 is the Meta Quest launch date for “Transformers: Beyond Reality Redux,” ending nearly four years of Sony exclusivity for the 2022 PlayStation VR on-rails shooter.
  • Squido Studio unveiled the Quest version at the summer VR Games Showcase, where the game was presented as a remake of the original release built around Autobots-versus-Decepticons combat.
  • The showcase also highlighted other VR projects, including Salmi Games’ four-player extraction shooter “Drifters: Blackout Crew,” which the studio said was made possible by German public funding and Meta investment.
  • 1C Game Studios separately said “Korea” in the IL-2 series will add VR support, with Early Access for the VR mode starting June 25 ahead of the PC release on August 4.

Insights

As PlayStation VR exclusives like Transformers jump to Quest, is Sony's dominance in console VR at risk?
Are high-stakes extraction shooters the key to VR's mainstream appeal, or just a niche within a niche?
With Meta funding both games and medicine, is VR's future in entertainment or as a digital therapeutic?