Ace Combat and Resident Evil are both well established video game franchises currently promoting the 7th main entry in their respective collections of games. Having them utilize PS VR is a boon to the platform, but the foundation of VR must be laid by new and original projects built specifically for it. The VR mech shooter Starblood Arena was announced at the PlayStation Experience and looks like a fun title that keeps the nausea at bay despite its intense pace. Later into the event, Sony and Chandana Ekanayake & Forrest Smith of Uber Entertainment revealed new information on their PS VR game Dino Frontier via a blog post.
Dino Frontier has the potential to bring a new flavor to the settler simulation. In the game, you’ll be managing a wild west settlement with largely self-determining settlers from a table-top perspective. You have to manage resources while building up your community, but there’s an additional wrinkle: Dinosaurs. While operating as Big Mayor, you’ll have figure out how to navigate the dangerous foes or make them into assets for your settlers to take the place of horses and other animals typical of a western setting. Dino Frontier looks like a fun settlement title inspired by real-time strategy games. Using the PlayStation Move controllers you can pull the world around and manage specific sections of the map, like sending a hunting party after a T-Rex in one corner or collecting food in another corner of the map.
The 7-person development team is responsible for the launch PS VR title Wayward Sky,and they’re upping the ante with their 2nd foray into virtual realms. Dino Frontier is slated for release in 2017 and we’ll update with new information as it becomes available. Keep your eye on UploadVR for more PlayStation Experience news throughout the weekend.
