Much has been said in recent months about arcade virtual reality (and VR in general) declining from the heights of its second boom period. That doesn\u2019t stop new pieces from appearing, however, as here we have news of one appearing on location test. LAI Games was the first company to have a big hit in this space with Virtual Rabbids (2017<\/a>), and now they are working with Ubisoft again as they have begun testing Ubisoft All-Star Blast VR. <\/em>Let\u2019s see what this one is all about.<\/p>\n Disclaimer: The game discussed in this article is a prototype, which has been seen on location (beta) test. Final production model might vary greatly from what is seen below, or it may not even be released, if it fails the test. As such, reserve your final judgments for later.<\/em><\/p>\n For some months now, I had been hearing little whispers about LAI producing a brand new VR shooter piece, that was bound to be revealed at any time. I was not sure on the specifics further than that, or if it was being conflated with the Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars<\/em> shooter, but it was known in the rumor mill.<\/p>\n That rumor mill was correct in this case, as Outerlimitsgameplay on Instagram<\/a> then spotted the brand new VR shooter piece in question out on test. Their account is private at the moment, but Jdevy fortunately sent in a glimpse of what they posted. This sees them return to the world of Ubisoft, who they originally collaborated with on the successful Virtual Rabbids \u2013 <\/em>which also jumpstarted the whole VR arcade space in the first place, as most games before that were arenas.<\/p>\n As for the game that this is apparently and very loosely based on, Ubisoft All-Star Blast<\/em><\/a> was released for mobile devices as a sort of Ubisoft-focused\u00a0 Bomberman-style game \u2013 wander around the maze laying down bombs, but instead of playing as one of Konami\u2019s bomb-laying characters, you play the likes of Rayman, Sam Fisher from Silent Hill, the Rabbids, and more\u2026although it was such a blatant clone that it doesn\u2019t seem like anyone liked this at all. I can\u2019t blame them, as it\u2019s not hard to just find the original Bomberman and play that, which also comes with a lot more polish.<\/p>\n That all said, this new VR game appears to only use the concept of combining the Ubisoft characters into a wholly new<\/strong>, VR shooter game \u2013 something to challenge Raw Thrills\u2019 Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR<\/em>. As this is the only media we have of the game at the moment, it limits what we know about the actual gameplay, but after the photo here, I\u2019ll share some observations and educated guesses:<\/p>\n This is a mounted gun game, so that would suggest that this follows your classic first-person gun game format \u2013 I would be shocked if this was just a VR rehash of the Bomberman-style mobile game, since that would make no sense to convert into something like this. Perhaps you pick which Ubisoft franchise you want to play in, then enjoy a level of shooting things within that mini-universe. If so, then at least that means fans of Splinter Cell have a new experience to look forward to that isn\u2019t the remake that the company announced back in 2021.<\/p>\n The big curved screen is quite interesting \u2013 I\u2019ve been wondering when more devs would start to jump onto that bandwagon \u2013 and from the graphics on the screen, this also appears to be a completely new creation. Those are hardly Flash-style HTML5 browser game graphics. I have to laugh at the \u201cActivate Windows\u201d though, which we also noticed on Cyberpunk 2077 Turf Wars<\/em> when it was at the trade show.<\/p>\n As for what is \u201cpatent pending\u201d as noted by the sticker on the game, I\u2019m not sure. The motion base does look more compact than usual, but that could just be the angle here. I\u2019m not sure which types of VR headsets they are using (they look like DPVR from the size and shape) and I would assume that those fixtures on each side of the gun are speakers \u2013 they could be fans, but they don\u2019t appear to be pointed in a focused way at the players.<\/p>\n Of course, this could all completely change when and if this game tests well enough to reach mass production. Assuming it does well though, perhaps we\u2019ll see it once IAAPA 2025 rolls around in November. Virtual Rabbids was first spotted on test back in the Summer of 2017<\/a>, then it landed late that year, and went on to become the most successful VR arcade game that influenced other VR developments in the industry. While most of the steam has left the VR segment at this point, games like Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR do show that they can still be a success, and at the end of the day, that\u2019s all that matters when it comes to the industry moving forward.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Like<\/span><\/span> Loading\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n I’m a lifelong fan of video games and I have been operating my own arcade, Arcade Galactic in West Valley City, Utah since 2008. Soft spots in my heart for Atari, Sega, and Nintendo.<\/p>\n
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