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The morphing Service Weapon may be her claim to the Director position in The Oldest House but it’s Jesse’s psychokinetic powers that make her a force to reckon with. Along with launching objects – and bodies – into enemies, she’s capable of using nearby rubble to create a shield, temporarily Seize a foe’s mind, and even Levitate. Further powers were added in subsequent updates, like Shield Rush for conjuring a shield of rubble and then charging into enemies with it.

Megaton Rainfall, the open world action adventure title that launched last year for PS4 and PC, is going way bigger, developers Pentadimensional Games have announced. They announced via their Twitter feed that their game will be made available on multiple more platforms soon.

On the PS4, the game features support for PSVR, and VR support is now going to be included in the game’s PC release as well. Not only will it be launching on the Oculus Store on August 9, but will also be launching on that same day with Steam VR support. In VR, the game will include gesture support, as well as a free roam mode. August 9 will also see the game being made available on the Nintendo Switch.

The Xbox One isn’t, however, being left out, and the game will be launching on it as well, though a little later than all the other new versions. The Xbox One version of the game launches on September 5, a little less than a month after the other new releases. It’s also been confirmed that the game will feature 4K support on the Xbox One X.

As for the the PS4 version of the game, that’s going to be the recipient of a pretty significant update as well, as Pentadimensional Games will be updating it with support for PlayStation Move, also in August- which should work nicely with PSVR, of course. Have you played Megaton Rainfall yet? If not, do you plan on doing so on one of the newer systems? Let us know in your comments.

Hey, finally! Megaton Rainfall is coming to Xbox One (Sep/5), Nintendo Switch (Aug/9), Oculus Store (Aug/9) and SteamVR (Aug/9). Including gesture controls (VR), 4K support (XB1X), and Free Roam mode. PS4 Move patch also coming in August. pic.twitter.com/Pd6UlBfuK9

— Megaton Rainfall (@MegatonRainfall) July 23, 2018

Which is the point that Alfonso del Cerro, the founder of Pentadimensional Games, currently developing Megaton Rainfall for the PlayStation VR, takes issue with. Speaking about the PSVR, del Cerro was fairly passionate.

“Sony showed a lot of interest in our game since they played it at GDC 2015. They were looking for projects por PSVR and I was showcasing MR at the Indie Megabooth. Since then they have been very friendly, they helped us with the visibility, showing the game in videos, their blog, and events like PlayStation Experience and next week at GDC 2016. They even offered an exclusivity deal so I’m happy with them. And of course being one of the first games for PlayStation VR will give the game a lot more visibility.”

Of course, this sounds typical for Sony, who have been far better with outreach for smaller developers, and giving them a platform to develop and showcase their games, than others in the industry. However, del Cerro proceeds to lavish praise on the PSVR, pointing to a feature that it has that Vive or Rift do not, which makes it a better VR experience.

“I think PSVR will ship millions,” he said. “Here in Spain I know a lot more people who own a PlayStation 4 than a high-end PC ready for VR. Technically, what surprised me the most was the reprojection feature. It generates 120 frames per second, taking into account the movement of the head, even when the game fails to achieve 60 frames per second. Which means that there is no jittering at all. You can play Megaton Rainfall for 1 hour and won’t see any frame out of sync. I can’t say the same for the VR experiences on my PC. Megaton Rainfall will work at 60 fps in PSVR (120 with reprojection).”

That does seem to be a pretty important point- you don’t want jittering in your VR game, because that can cause motion sickness and completely ruin the experience for you. It sounds like Sony has thought ahead on this front- and that this might make their VR solution more appealing, on a proposition that goes beyond just the price.