Cloudhead Games Confirms Development on Two New VR Games

Cloudhead Video video games is definitely certainly one of VR’s most senior and most worthwhile studios. Having not launched a model new sport since Pistol Whip in 2019, the studio tells Freeway to VR that two mannequin new VR video video games are in progress.

Cloudhead Video video games might be old-school as far as VR studios go, nevertheless it has on a regular basis been forward-looking.

Once more throughout the Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 days (circa 2014), the studio was already severe about the suitable technique to design video video games for VR motion controllers, no matter no headsets within the market supply with motion controllers until 2016. The studio was moreover instrumental in establishing several VR locomotion mechanics which have superior into enterprise necessities.

After the launch of The Gallery – Episode 1: Identify of the Starseed (2016) and Episode 2: Coronary coronary heart of the Emberstone (2017), Cloudhead was wanting ahead to standalone VR headsets. Designing throughout the alternate options and limitations of the first Quest headset meant discovering a cautious steadiness of scope and satisfying, culminating throughout the launch of the VR rhythm-shooter Pistol Whip in 2019.

Though not pretty the bar-setting success of Beat Saber (2018), Cloudhead’s Pistol Whip has endured as definitely certainly one of VR’s best rated and hottest video video games.

The title’s success allowed the studio to consistently change and improve the game with additional maps, music, and modes. As compared with its distinctive launch, Pistol Whip in the mean time ships with significantly additional content material materials, all of which has been added absolutely free for current householders.

No matter its success, the studio has been largely silent about its post-Pistol Whip plans. Nonetheless in the long run we’ve realized that Cloudhead is now setting up two mannequin new VR video video games.

“Part of our progress approach [after Pistol Whip] was to separate our crew into two distinct lanes. This opened up the door to Cloudhead Labs, an incubator for inside pitches, prototypes, and the evaluation of newest {{hardware}}. From there we organize additional inside help buildings allowing Cloudhead to responsibly transition from Pistol Whip to 2 absolutely new video video games,” a spokesperson tells Freeway to VR. “We’re excited to announce that the previous few years of prototyping in Labs has led one of the simplest ways to 2 new titles for our studio. The teams in the mean time are quite a few months into manufacturing and shall be sharing additional particulars throughout the near future!”

So it appears like we are going to rely on an accurate announcement throughout the “near future,” nevertheless what else do everyone knows at this degree? Correctly, for one, neither mission is a Pistol Whip sequel. And considering the studio is “quite a few months into manufacturing,” it’s unlikely that each title shall be launched sooner than late 2024 on the earliest, with an precise danger of pushing successfully into 2025.

As a studio, Cloudhead has historically been very multi-platform—Pistol Whip is available on the market on every major VR platform (and even some a lot much less widespread ones). Whereas that’s potential the case with these upcoming duties, the studio’s pedigree would put them on the transient itemizing for an distinctive author deal, nevertheless these have been very unusual from major platforms in current instances.

Whatever the case, we’re making an attempt forward to seeing what Cloudhead builds after all of the issues it has realized regarding the success of Pistol Whip, and the place the studio will place its subsequent bets.