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Firewall Developer First Contact Entertainment is Shutting Down Due to “Lack of Support for VR”

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:41:35 +0000

2023 may have seen a bevy of excellent new games, but for the people making them, it’s been a devastating year, thanks to constant industry-wide layoffs and a number of notable studio closures. Now, another developer has announced that it’s being shuttered.

First Contact Entertainment – known for its virtual reality shooters like Firewall: Zero Hour, Firewall Ultra, and Solaris: Offworld Combat – has announced on Facebook that it will be shutting down. The studio attributes its closure to “the lack of support for VR within the industry”, saying it cannot justify the expenses that would be required to keep moving forward.

“After almost 8 years of working with the most amazing team I’ve ever had the pleasure of being part of, I’m sad to announce that we will be closing our company First Contact Entertainment by the end of the year,” the announcement post on the studio’s Facebook page reads. “The lack of support for VR within the industry has eventually taken its toll. As a AAA VR game developer, we are just not able to justify the expense needed going forward. We are a team of fearless innovators willing to push new technologies to its limits. I am extremely proud of the team and grateful to our investors, our partners and of course our community of dedicated and passionate players.”

That, of course, means that Solaris: Offworld Combat 2, which was announced earlier this year, has been cancelled.

BioShock: The Collection, The Sims 4, And Firewall Zero Hour Are February’s PS Plus Games

Landon Wright — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:16:28 +0000

The first month of 2020 is already almost done. It’s hard to believe time is going so fast (does it feel like it’s going way faster than it once did to anyone else? Just me?). The end of a month means the beginning of another crop of games for the various subscription services out there. Today we got our games for next month’s Plus members, and it comes with a nice bonus.

The main two titles will be The BioShock Collection and The Sims 4. The collection has all three of the mainlines BioShock titles as well as all the released DLC. The Sims 4 is the base game of the latest entry in the long running and beloved simulation franchise. Next month will also be a special bonus for PS VR owners with the multiplayer-focused Firewall Zero Hour, just in time for that game’s newest season. You can read full details via the official blog here.

The games will be free to download starting on February 4th on all PlayStation 4 consoles and will run until March 2nd. A PS VR headset is required for Firewall Zero Hour.

Top 15 Best-Looking VR Games

Shubhankar Parijat — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:16:31 +0000

Virtual reality might still be at the fringes of the industry as far as widespread popularity is concerned, but there’s no doubting its potential. Multiple games in the last few years have showed us that VR – if handled correctly – can be absolutely incredible. The key selling point is immersion, of course, and one of the most important factors contributing to that is how a game looks. And in that area, there have been several VR games that have exceeded expectations. In this feature, we’ll be taking a look at a few such games.

BLOOD AND TRUTH

SIE London Studio’s Blood and Truth was an unexpected surprise earlier this years. Promising and delivering on the allure of high-octane action and a story you could actually invest in, it was a better game than most expected. Another area where it impressed quite a bit was the visuals, with crisp technical work across the board, excellent animations, and truly impressive facial and performance capture.

15 Upcoming PlayStation VR Games of 2018

Ravi Sinha — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:36:38 +0000

Though PlayStation VR arrived in October 2016, we’ve seen a fairly large number of games supporting it since then. Virtual reality technology has a fairly large barrier for entry as is but the future holds even more intriguing games for PSVR. Let’s take a look at 15 PlayStation VR titles for 2018 and beyond.

Golem

Highwire Games’ Golem follows the tale of a child who uses magic to navigate the ruins of the Endless City. The actual combat, which is 1:1 with player reaction in terms of blocking and attacking, and movement look interesting. However, it’s the talent involved, namely former Bungie composer Martin O’Donnell and designer Jaime Griesemer along with former Valve artist Travis Brady, that has us interested. Golem has recently been delayed but we’re looking forward to how it turns out.