PlayStation VR will launch for $399 / 399 Euros / £349 / 44,980 yen in October 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment announced at the Game Developers Conference.
The Playroom VR will be available as a free download to all PlayStation VR owners simultaneously with the launch of the platform.
Here are the hardware’s specifications:
- Display: OLED
- Screen Size: 5.7″
- Resolution: 1920 x RGB x 1080 (960 x RGB x 1080 per eye)
- Refresh Rate: 120 Hz, 90 Hz
- Sensors: 360 Degree Tracking / 9 LEDs
- Field of view: Approximately 100 degrees
- Latency: Less than 18ms
- Controller: DualShock 4 and PlayStation Move
PlayStation VR also offers a “Cinematic Mode,” which lets users enjoy a variety of content on a large virtual screen at three different zoom levels while wearing the headset. Supported content for Cinematic Mode includes standadr PlayStation 4 games and videos, as well as a large variety of PlayStation 4 features including Share Play and Live from PlayStation. An updated Media Player application will let users enjoy 360-degree photos and videos captured by devices such as omnidirectional cameras.
Sony is tracking over 50 PlayStation VR titles to be released by the end of 2016, including:
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft)
- EVE: Valkyrie (CCP Games)
- Headmaster (Frame Interactive)
- Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
- Wayward Sky (Uber Entertainment)
- RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (SCE WWS)
- Tumble VR (SCE WWS)
- Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (SCE WWS)
- PlayStation VR Worlds (SCE WWS)
More than 230 developers are building content for PlayStation VR, from smaller independent teams to larger studios such as 2K Games and Ubisoft. Here is the full list provided by Sony:
Japan
- Active Gaming Media Inc.
- Aquire Corp.
- Arc System Works Co., Ltd.
- Atlus
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
- Bandai Namco Game Studios Inc.
- Bimboosoft
- Capcom Co., Ltd.
- Colopl, Inc.
- Cygames, Inc.
- D3 Publisher Inc.
- Digital Works Entertainment Inc.
- FromSoftware Inc.
- Gemdrops, Inc.
- Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
- GREE, Inc.
- GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
- Idea Factory Co., Ltd.
- Kadokawa Corporation
- Kadokawa Games, Ltd.
- Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.
- Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Level-5 Inc.
- Mages Inc.
- Marvelous Inc.
- Monobit Inc.
- Polygon Magic Inc.
- Sega Games Co., Ltd.
- Solid Sphere, Inc.
- Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
- Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Sun Corporation, Inc.
- Wise Inc.
- Xing Inc.
Asia
- Beijing Phantomisreal Technical Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Shi Guang Meng Huan Technology Ltd.
- Beijing Wansiwei Culture Development Co., Ltd
- Fighter Network Tech Co., Ltd
- Gamepoch, Inc.
- Geronimo Interactive Co., Ltd
- Hangzhou Yuanqu Technology Co., Ltd.
- Happy Elements
- Joycity Corporation
- Nekcom Entertainment
- NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd
- Ourpalm Co., Ltd.
- Perfect World Co., Ltd.
- ROI Games
- Shanghai Famiku Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Renyou Network Technology Limited
- Shanghai SinceMe Network Technology
- Shanghai Xindong Network Corporation Limited
- Skonec Entertainment
- Suzhou Snail Digital Technology CO., Ltd
- TianShe Media Co., Ltd.
- Ultimate Creators Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
- Userjoy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Winking Entertainment Corporation
- Xiamen Happiness Technology, Ltd., Co.
- XPEC Entertainment Inc.
North America
- 2K Games
- 4 Corner Games
- Archiact Interactive Ltd.
- Charm Games
- Choice Provisions
- Cloudhead Games
- Cyan, Inc.
- Devolver Digital
- Double Fine Productions
- Drool
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- E McNeill
- Empty Clip Studios
- Enhance Games
- Enyx Studios
- FarSight Studios
- Finish Line Games
- Fire Face
- Fire Hose Games
- Flippfly
- Frame Interactive
- Frima Originals
- GameCoder Studios
- Glass Bottom Games
- Glowstick Games
- Happy Dance Studios
- Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
- Headless Chicken Games
- Heavy Iron Studios
- High Voltage Software, Inc.
- Highwire Games
- Hollow Games
- Icosahedra
- IMGNATION Studio
- IN|Framez Technology Corp.
- Innervision Games
- Iris VR Inc.
- KO_OP
- Legendary
- Limitless Ltd.
- Madorium Interactive
- Major League Baseball Advanced Media
- Minority Media
- Namazu Studios LLC
- N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment
- Niko Maki
- No Goblin
- Oddworld Inhabitants
- OPQAM
- Other Ocean
- Otherworld Interactive
- Owlchemy Labs
- Phantom Compass Pixel Ripped Inc
- Polytron/ Kokoromi
- PouncingKitten Games
- Prologue Games
- RalphVR
- Refract
- Reload Studios
- Schell Games LLC
- Skybound Interactive
- Slice VR
- Solus Games
- Steel Crate Games
- Sunken Places
- The Stork Burnt Down
- Three One Zero
- Totwise
- Truant Pixel
- Turbo Button
- Uber Entertainment
- VirZOOM Inc.
- VRMonkey
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- WayForward Technologies, Inc
- White Elk LLC
- White Lotus Interactive, LLC
- ZeroTransform
Europe / PAL
- 505 Games
- Abstraction Games B.V.
- Agharta Studio
- Aldin Dynamics
- Atom Universe Ltd
- Auroch Digital
- Avalanche Studios
- Beatshapers Ltd.
- Big Ant Studios
- bitComposer Interactive GmbH
- Bithell Games
- Black Forest Games GmbH
- BlitWorks
- Blunt Instrument Studios
- Boneloaf
- Bossa Studios
- Bulkhead Interactive
- CCP Games
- Chroma Coda
- Climax Studios
- Coatsink
- Codemasters
- Crytek
- Dakko Dakko
- Deck13 Interactive
- Digital Confections
- Dovetail Games
- Escapist Games Ltd
- Fabrik
- Fierce Kaiju
- Fireproof Games FuturLab
- Gaijin Entertainment
- GOATi Entertainment Pty Ltd.
- Grip Digital s.r.o.
- Hammerlabs
- Hello There
- Honor Code
- Housemarque
- Just Add Water (Development), Ltd.
- Just Funny Games
- Kite & Lightning
- Llamasoft Ltd.
- Lucid Games
- Microids
- Milestone Srl.
- Mindfield Games
- Mint Games
- MixedBag
- narayana games
- nDreams
- Neko Entertainment
- Ninja Theory
- Nnooo
- Nosebleed Interactive
- Paw Print Games
- Penny Black Studios
- Pentadimensional Games
- Poppermost Productions
- Prideful Sloth
- Psytec Games Ltd
- Pub Games Rebellion
- Recluse Industries
- Samurai Punk
- Secret Sorcery Limited
- Sigtrap
- Simian Squared
- Slightly Mad Studios Ltd.
- Sólfar Studios
- Spunge Games Pty Ltd.
- StellarVR
- Stirfire Studios
- Sumo Digital Ltd.
- Tammeka
- Tarsier Studios
- Techland
- The Farm 51
- Toxic Games
- Triangular Pixels
- Ubisoft
- Untold Games
- Vertigo Games
- Virtual Toys
- VR Bits
- vTime Limited
- Wales Interactive
- White Paper Games
- Wonderstruck
- Zen Studios Ltd.
- Zoë Mode
- Zoink Games
Sony also announced that is partnering with Electronic Arts and LucasFilm to create a Star Wars Battlefront “gaming experience” exclusively for PlayStation VR. More news about this is expected in the coming months.
Watch a new set of videos below.
Release Date and Price Announcement
PlayStation VR Features
PlayStation VR Sizzle
The Playroom VR
PlayStation VR Worlds
PlayStation VR Worlds is a compilation of five virtual reality experiences developed by SCE London Studio, including:
- The London Heist – Puts you straight into a gritty gangland thriller where you get to unleash your inner gangster. The London Heist is best controlled by dual PS Move controllers but you can also play with a DualShock 4 instead with intuitive controls that make it surprisingly easy to pick up and play. You will feel highly immersed as you undertake an audacious robbery and then try to make your escape.
- Into the Deep – Puts you to work as a deep sea salvor. It’s an emotional underwater roller coaster. Not only do you get to see fantastic marine life all around you but as you descend through the ocean layers to the inky depths you will experience the true terror of something going horribly wrong.
- VR Luge – Lets you step into the jumpsuit of an illegal street racer. Thunder down a beautiful Californian hillside, only inches off the ground in a position that only VR can put you in. You will truly feel the exhilaration as you dodge cars coming at you with horns blaring or when you slide underneath a massive 18-wheel truck.
- Danger Ball – A futuristic sport where you must win or die. Use your head to strike and spin the ball in this intense, fast paced, game. Each rival has unique abilities to use against you as you make your way through the tournament to become champion.
- Scavenger’s Odyssey – In this cab based sci-fi adventure you play an alien treasure hunter. With your agile craft you can leap huge distances, climb walls, hurl debris with your Scavenger beam, and pummel alien critters with your twin pulse cannons. With your unique vehicle you will be able to make your way through a dangerous, infested environment of giant ravaged ships, smashing asteroids to reach an ancient and legendary artifact.
Read more at the PlayStation Blog.
Tumble VR
Tumble VR is developed by Until Dawn studio Supermmasive Games and is an “accessible, fun, engaging, and immersive puzzle” game that places you in a virtual arena specifically designed to test your physical dexterity and mental skills by working your way through a gauntlet of tests from building a tower to creating bridges and more.
The game takes the original PlayStation 3 title, Tumble, to new heights with “a load of new levels to make the best use of the virtual reality environment,” as well as new modes and visuals. Cooperative and competitive modes use the PlayStation VR Social Screen feature to allow a second player not using a PlayStation VR headset to play together with the virtual reality player.
Read more at the PlayStation Blog.
Screenshots and Hardware Images
The following new PlayStation VR game screenshots were released:
- PlayStation VR Worlds (10 screenshots)
- RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (7 screenshots)
- The Playroom VR (32 screenshots)
- Tumble VR (8 screenshots)
- Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (8 screenshots)
View a new set of PlayStation VR hardware shots at the gallery.
