VR E3 Sony – An attendees gets instruction on playing a VR game in the Sony Playstation preview area prior to the company’s news conference to kick-off their products at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Image: MIKE BLAKE/ REUTERS
With new virtual reality systems, gamers will be climbing into colossal war machines to battle high-tech armies, wandering mutant-infested post-apocalyptic wastelands and going toe-to-toe with demons in new offerings unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this week.
While play on consoles or Windows-powered personal computers continued to dominate the annual industry gathering, virtual reality flourished as game makers invested in the future.
The number of E3 exhibitors involved with virtual or augmented realities more than doubled to 126 from 53 last year, according to the Entertainment Software Association behind the event.
“This by far, is the most exciting E3 as it comes to virtual reality,” said YouTube director of gaming Ryan Wyatt.
Virtual reality versions of blockbuster video games “Fallout,” “Doom,” and “Skyrim” were part of a lineup unveiled by Bethesda Softworks.
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Skybound Entertainment meanwhile announced it is collaborating on virtual reality games spinning off “The Walking Dead,” the post-apocalyptic television series.
“Our goal is to honour the visceral world that (Robert) Kirkman has created while giving the Walking Dead’s fans something to really sink their teeth into with robust games,” Skydance media chief executive David Ellison and operating officer Jesse Sisgold said in a statement.
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Source: Times Live