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The next game in the Batman: Arkham franchise has been announced for VR.

Batman: Arkham Shadow, developed by Camouflaj and Oculus Studios, will be revealed in full this June. It will be released in late 2024 exclusively for Meta Quest 3.

“Evil stalks the streets. Gotham City is in danger. And you’re the only one who can save it,”

reads an official description.

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[analog_future]

Cool.

Bummer it's not going to be on PCVR or PSVR though.

 

[R6Rider]

Odd trailer choice, but interested to see how it actually plays.

 

[ArtHands]

By the same developer who made Iron Man VR, a critically acclaimed VR title

Hope this is a full fledged Batman Arkham VR title unlike Batman Arkham VR

 

[Magic Carpet]

Finally A Quest game that I wont have to wait for over a year for a Quest 3 'enhancement'

 

[Luipadre]

 

[Topher]

 

[Spyxos]

Oh Vr game. I briefly thought that a real successor to my favorite games was coming.

 

[Ristifer]

The five people who play this will most likely enjoy it.

 

[Arachnid]

Didn't Harley Quinn cap this chump?

 

[analog_future]

Finally A Quest game that I wont have to wait for over a year for a Quest 3 'enhancement'

Quest Games Optimizer is your friend

 

[Magic Carpet]

Quest Games Optimizer is your friend

That seems like work, Even the Unreal VR injector requires a ton of work to get things acceptable without weird wonkyness.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Great start for the quest 3 with great AAA games and now a new batman game. Sony wake the fuck up

 

[FoxMcChief]

Cool. Who takes the plunge first and gets the rest of us 25% off?

 

[CamHostage]

Finally A Quest game that I wont have to wait for over a year for a Quest 3 'enhancement'

Yep, this and the new Alien VR game only run on Quest 3. (Alien uses UE5, it'll be interesting to see how that juices Quest since new UE updates have some level of support for Lumen and Nanite, among other features.)

Kind of sad for those who paid $1000-1500 for a "Quest Pro", but otherwise the Quest 2 line had a nice run and hopefully users were satisfied by it enough to upgrade.

 

[Neff]

Exclusives is how you're absolutely not going to get VR off the ground.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Exclusive VR games sucks

 

[Hrk69]

 

[RagnarokIV]

They don't care about Batman or the 'Arkhamverse'. They turned it into a fucken Fortnite joke in Suicide Squad and killed him anyway.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Exclusivity has completely ruined VR for me. I almost never use my index anymore.

 

[PanzerCute]

"Exclusive to quest"

F*** you

 

[BlazinAm]

With Meta OS opening up does that mean that this game can easily be played on other PC VR devices?

 

[willothedog]

With Meta OS opening up does that mean that this game can easily be played on other PC VR devices?

No. Unless Pico or the other hybrid hmds are compatible with metaos.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Cool. Who takes the plunge first and gets the rest of us 25% off?

I'm down.

Is it a coupon or what?

 

[FoxMcChief]

I'm down.

Is it a coupon or what?

The Meta referral program.

 

[Romulus]

Assassins Creed gives me hope they can pull off a decent looking open or semi open world. That one surprised me

 

[DenchDeckard]

I hope its good!

Kinda hyped for this.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Would love a new Arkham game but fucking VR!?

 

[Romulus]

The Iron Man game they did nailed flying in a way you just can't do without VR. I'm hyped.

 

[kiphalfton]

Exclusives is how you're absolutely not going to get VR off the ground.

Quest 2 user base is humongous compared to Quest 3.

Absolutely stupid move.

 

[Wonko_C]

So sad to see the VR hate is still prevalent in 2024. We have been consistently getting enough QUALITY GAMES so the excuse of "There is no gamez" isn't valid anymore. What will it take for people to give VR gaming a chance of it being part of a healthy gaming diet? What else do you want!?

 

[Romulus]

So sad to see the VR hate is still prevailing in 2024. We have been consistently getting enough QUALITY GAMES so the excuse of "There is no gamez" isn't valid anymore, so what will it take for people to give VR gaming a chance of it being part of a healthy gaming diet? What else do you want!?

It's like they forget which narrative of hate is even relevant in 2024. "VR haz no games...wait, game franchise is dumb because it's only in VR!"

 

[Northeastmonk]

Didn't Harley Quinn cap this chump?

In Fortnite? maybe yeah I think she did.

I’m still not impressed by their DC output. It started off great with games like Injustice and Arkham, but it hasn’t been good in years. I wonder how the WB thinks this VR project will help make them more money? Their output sucks.

Wanting to own a VR headset. I can think of other things I’d rather spend money on at the moment.

 

[Punished Miku]

Exclusive VR games sucks

Quest is the biggest VR userbase by far. And you can use it with PC also. Just get that and you have everything except 3 VR games (GT7, Horizon, RE), none of which Sony put on PC either.

 

[FoxMcChief]

So sad to see the VR hate is still prevailing in 2024. We have been consistently getting enough QUALITY GAMES so the excuse of "There is no gamez" isn't valid anymore, so what will it take for people to give VR gaming a chance of it being part of a healthy gaming diet? What else do you want!?

Idiots gotta keep moving them goalposts.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Going by the trailers, we saw tons of rats. I googled “Batman villain rats” and Ratcatcher popped up. I’m not too familiar with him.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Quest is the biggest VR userbase by far. And you can use it with PC also. Just get that and you have everything except 3 VR games (GT7, Horizon, RE), none of which Sony put on PC either.

Not owning multiple VR devices.

I think Sony should release their VR games on PC as well

The market is too small and niche to be this fragmented

 

[gothmog]

Idiots gotta keep moving them goalposts.

The VR hate is so weird. Like there's no future where we're not staring at flat screens with keyboard, mouse, and controllers as input devices? Seems so short sighted to actively shit on it.

 

[Punished Miku]

Not owning multiple VR devices.

I think Sony should release their VR games on PC as well

The market is too small and niche to be this fragmented

Yeah, I can see that argument for sure. Or maybe Quest just crushes PSVR because its not selling that well anyway and becomes the only real mainstream VR device. Not sure PSVR userbase is even big enough to justify the port. Maybe if Sony pays them for it.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Say what you will, but Meta is at least trying to bring cool VR games to their ecosystem, they're not sitting on their asses like some of their competition.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

I consider this fantastic news for several reasons:

• Oculus Studios usually makes high-quality, full games that showcase the VR medium (Lone Echo series, Asgard's Wrath 2, etc)
• Quest 3 exclusive means it won't be gimped in graphics for Q2 compat
• trailer at least suggests that it will be focused on gritty city atmosphere and solitude rather than corny band-of-heroes shit that recently invaded the franchise, so I'm hopeful

 

[CamHostage]

Quest 2 user base is humongous compared to Quest 3.

Absolutely stupid move.

User bases do not promise sustained sales of software; lots of hardware gets shelved or neglected over time, or users find the games/apps they like early on and stick with them over buying new choices. New generations of hardware ignite new interest in the product line (ideally...) and it is important to get new products to that audience at a time when they are most interested in using their new hardware. It's the reason why there are often brand new franchises launched at the start of most console gens, whereas by the fifth year of the platform, even if the system is massively successful, you mostly see sequels. Attach rate stops increasing over time.

Quest 3 has got to make its move sometime. (This is especially so if UE5 features lead to new levels of VR dazzle but its hardware requirements leave Quest 2 behind.) And Quest 2 users still have their trusty game of Beat Saber

 

[FoxMcChief]

Say what you will, but Meta is at least trying to bring cool VR games to their ecosystem, they're not sitting on their asses like some of their competition.

Yup. I’m absolutely loving my Quest 3 and am stoked, knowing Meta is trying to get the big name IP’s. Now we just have to hope the devs make great experiences.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yeah, I can see that argument for sure. Or maybe Quest just crushes PSVR because its not selling that well anyway and becomes the only real mainstream VR device. Not sure PSVR userbase is even big enough to justify the port. Maybe if Sony pays them for it.

Quest isn’t a substitute for high end VR, it’s selling better due to price and being standalone

Even if it’s crushing PSVR, it’s not exactly thriving itself

PSVR will get third party ports because it’s relatively cheap and easy to do so. This is just a moneyhat

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Speaking of other Oculus Studios-branded titles, who here has played Lone Echo? I feel that it is sorely underrepresented in discussions of great AI sellers. I haven't played the sequel, but the first game is still one of the most immersive and meaty VR stories you can experience on any platform (unfortunately, you'll need a PC running the Oculus store).

 

[proandrad]

WB refuses to make money unless it’s their way

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

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The next game in the Batman: Arkham franchise has been announced for VR.

Batman: Arkham Shadow, developed by Camouflaj and Oculus Studios, will be revealed in full this June. It will be released in late 2024 exclusively for Meta Quest 3.



reads an official description.

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Why not on PS vr 2?

 

[Fake]

Is this some kind of joke?

 

[LaughingStock]

 

[Wonko_C]

If it's really an Arkham game, it has to have counter-based melee, which is incredibly satisfying in VR when done correctly.

Why not on PS vr 2?

That's like asking why Spider-Man 2 isn't on Xbox or Nintendo. Camouflaj is one of Meta's many first party studios.