Grappling hook locomotion mechanics and room-scale expertise assist set this distinctive multiplayer shooter aside from the pack.

In a market saturated by VR shooters, standing out from the pack has turn out to be more and more tough for smaller builders. That mentioned, Tower Tag, a brand new multiplayer expertise from VR Nerds Studios, seems to be up for the problem.

Out there free on App Lab and SideQuest, Tower Tag is a singular team-based shooter that mixes memorable locomotion mechanics with fast-paced gunplay to ship a paintball-inspired PvP expertise paying homage to 90s futurism. Your goal is straightforward: navigate quite a lot of aggressive environments whereas blasting your opponents utilizing a futuristic laser pistol.

Groups of as much as 4 gamers can go head-to-head throughout 10 totally different maps in three distinctive recreation modes: Group Deathmatch, Elimination, and Purpose Tower.

Slightly than teleporting or utilizing a joystick to maneuver across the surroundings, you as an alternative use a high-powered grappling hook to propel your self from tower to tower. You possibly can bodily transfer round every tower utilizing room-scale to line up one of the best shot in your opponent or shield your self from incoming fireplace. Because of this, Tower Tag can get fairly bodily at instances.

“The Meta Quest is a superb platform and we’re completely happy to now deliver our recreation to a wider viewers,” mentioned Head of Challenge Administration Chrisoph Spinger. “Nonetheless, the journey from arcades with highly effective PCs to the Meta Quest required us to redevelop and rethink many issues. However now we’re on the house stretch and we’re already wanting ahead to the suggestions from the primary gamers.”

Tower Tag is on the market totally free on Meta Quest headsets by way of App Lab and SideQuest. The sport was initially launched in 2020 on PC VR headsets by way of Steam the place it’s at present rated ‘Very Optimistic’ by the group.

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