During this weeks GamesCom, which is taking place in Cologne, Germany, some early details were revealed about the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront expansion, Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission. The mission has been created by Criterion Games and will be available for free to all owners of Star Wars Battlefront and a PlayStation VR headset on PS4.
Since the mission was first revealed at E3, the game has now been connected to the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, since the movie is set in the same time period.
James Svensson, Producer at Criterion Games spoke with the PlayStation blog about the game:
How did the team create an immersive environment for the experience?
JS: Frostbite allows us to deliver the best-looking game on PS VR, and we were able to leverage the latest rendering technologies from across EA. But also, the positional audio on PS VR is awesome — there’s a point where everything looks and sounds good enough and your brain is tricked into believing what’s around you.
What are the intricacies of developing on a new gaming platform?
JS: VR isn’t just a new platform, it’s a new medium. For the player in the headset, there is no “screen,” you just feel like you’re in a different space. There’s a really creative buzz in the studio trying to invent new ways to play and interact.
How do you see the future of VR?
JS: VR is part of an amazing, sci-fi future we’ve been promised for so long, alongside robots and hover-cars. One aspect I love is how social it can be. Being able to see where another player is looking, how they’re moving, you get a sense of it being a real person.
PlayStation VR launches on October 13th and Rogue One is set to hit theatres in December, this mission is currently scheduled for a Holiday release.
Are you excited for the new Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission?
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