Polyarc Preps Closed Beta Test For Unannounced Competitive Multiplayer VR Game
VR game developer Polyarc Games, the studio behind Moss and Moss: Book 2, has announced that its working on a competitive multiplayer VR game that’s headed to closed beta soon. The playtest will run from April 14th through April 16th and will exclusively be available on the Quest 2 VR headset.
Polyarc has yet to elaborate on the details of the game, but based on the artwork on the official site, it looks like it’s going to be a medieval fantasy game featuring guinea pig and mice characters. Unfortunately, the upcoming playtest will be covered by an NDA which means that we probably won’t be getting information from the testers as well.
“As a game development studio that aspires to create games for everyone, we want to find ways to reach more of the audience within VR and even create space for new folks to join us there,” said Polyarc Co-founder and CEO Tam Armstrong. “With that in mind, the greater number of players gives us the opportunity to try ideas we have for multiplayer gameplay that can offer more to competitive players.”
The team has apparently been biding their time to release a competitive multiplayer game since the studio was founded in 2015, waiting for the VR community to grow large enough to support games of that nature.
“It’s apparent observing the community of players out there and receiving some of our own feedback that there are a lot of gamers in VR who are looking for and want to play more competitive multiplayer games,” Armstrong said. “We are excited about this opportunity, as VR offers interesting considerations for multiplayer games. The ability to read the other player’s focus and intention as they move their head and hands are some of the elements that make playing games in person so compelling. We are looking forward to sharing what we’ve been working on and the fun we’ve been having playing it.”
Sign-ups for the upcoming beta test are now open on the official site if you want to take the VR game out for a spin.