'Doom' is coming to PlayStation VR, HTC Vive
Doom will get even more in your face later this year with a virtual reality version of the classic first-person shooter game.
Announced Sunday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Doom VFR promises a new level of immersive action when the game hits Sony PlayStation VR and HTC Vive later this year.
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Doom VFR's impending released was announced at game publisher Bethesda Softworks' E3 event Sunday in L.A. This will be the latest take on the 1993 classic PC game which dropped a space marine onto a Mars research facility, run by the Union Aerospace Corporation -- and overrun by demons literally from Hell.
“Developing a Doom game specifically for virtual reality has provided an exciting opportunity to not only surround players with the world of Doom like never before, but also let them experience and explore the UAC and Hell in new ways, playing as new characters with totally unique tools and abilities,” said Robert Duffy, CTO at id Software, the studio developing the game, in a post on Bethesda Softworks' site.
The action will take players into two never-before-seen sections of the facility. “Since the hallmark of any Doom game is combat, we’ve made it our top priority to ensure moving, shooting and killing demons with overwhelming force in virtual reality is as brutal and rewarding as it is in the Doom experience that fans have been enjoying for the past year,” said Doom game director Marty Stratton.
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