Our latest coverage of Zenith.
Ramen VR is gearing up for the release of The Celestial Throne next week, the first major update for its flagship VR MMORPG Zenith. The update launches on June 16th bringing with it six new instanced dungeons and raids, a bunch of new quests, a matchmaking system, and a massive floating castle. “Emerging from the violent storm essence that kept [...]
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Ramen VR has yet to release Zenith’s first-ever instanced dungeon but it seems that it already has more of them on the way. Six new endgame instanced encounters, along with hours of new content, will be coming to the VR MMORPG in its first major update: The Celestial Throne. “Emerging from the violent storm essence that kept it hidden for [...]
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Zenith is getting a small patch later this week that, while not heavy on content, will introduce important backend upgrades that will benefit the VR MMORPG in the long run. Aside from improving overall gameplay and network performance, the update will also add new internal tools that will allow developer Ramen VR to introduce more interactive content and roll out [...]
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Zenith developer Ramen VR has appointed Kristani Alcantara as the new Chief of Staff who will be overseeing the day-to-day running of the studio. Kristani will function as CEO and Co-founder Andy Tsen’s right-hand-woman and will manage the VR studio’s operations, production, and strategies, freeing Tsen to do “CEO stuff”. The studio has also hired four more developers for their [...]
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So far, the dungeons in Zenith have been open dungeons that anyone can venture into and explore alone or with other players. Instanced dungeons, however, will soon be coming to the VR MMORPG starting with the Seething Depths, a new four-player instance that will be opening its doors in the game’s next update. Seething Depths will be a private matchmade [...]
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Ramen VR has made life just a little bit easier for the virtual adventurers of Zenith with a small quality-of-life patch. The key highlights of the patch include the addition of more inventory space and cosmetic inventory tabs, more streamlined shard selection, and an inventory display that shows the next available main story quest. The team also replaced the Discord [...]
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Unity shines the spotlight on video game development studios that that took the engine to the next level in their new The Game Changers video series. The debut episode features Ramen VR the studio behind Zenith, one of the few, if not the only, VR MMORPG made on the platform. In the video, the Ramen VR team talks about their [...]
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It looks like Zenith has caught the eye of investors as developer Ramen VR secures an additional $35 million to fund the VR MMORPGs development. The money was raised through the studio’s recently-concluded Series B funding round which was led by Anthos Capital and Dune Ventures. Ramen VR Co-Founder and CEO Andy Tsen reveals that they’ve already made back development [...]
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Zenith developer Ramen VR joins the growing list of video game companies that have donated money to help humanitarian and relief efforts in Ukraine following Russia’s violent military offensive against the country last week. The US-based indie studio also revealed that they have staff members in Ukraine who have asked them for help. “Our goal with Zenith has always been [...]
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Ramen VR has opened dedicated public test realms for Zenith as part of their efforts to improve the development process for the recently-released VR MMORPG. The test realms are now live on Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and Steam VR. The PTR won’t be available on PlayStation as there is currently no way to run a test program on Sony’s flagship [...]
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