Developer web site error wrongly will get followers excited for Robocop VR recreation on Meta Quest 3

When RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis was launched in 2023, some followers thought that the idea would translate effectively into VR. An announcement by Espresso Moth Video games about an upcoming title briefly raises hopes earlier than dashing them.

Espresso Moth Video games revealed on its official web site that the studio was working with Amazon-MGM to provide a digital actuality shooter recreation utilizing the RoboCop license. The sport was titled RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy and promised ”unique narrative and sophisticated storylines interwoven with bombastic motion.” For RoboCop followers and VR lovers, this sounded good.

Full particulars have been sketchy. Espresso Moth solely specified that the sport was going to be tailor-made for “specialised VR recreation controls, optimization and visible constancy.” The corporate additionally talked about it had a “full cycle recreation growth,” presumably to calm fears it was a rushed cash-grab.

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The official Espresso Moth web site initially listed RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy as meant for launch on Meta Quest 3 and PC VR. Nevertheless, it was later confirmed by UploadVR that this was in error.

The truth is, RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy was by no means meant for dwelling launch. It was as a substitute being designed as a VR arcade title.

Specs

• Kind: Standalone
• Decision: 1,832 x 1,920 (per eye)
• FOV: 96°H/90°V
• Refresh Price: 120Hz
• Storage: 256GB
• Battery: 4,324 mAh/2.5-hour

• SOC: Snapdragon XR2 Gen2
• DRAM: 8GB
• Lens Kind: Fresnel lens
• Weight: 513g

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Followers have been understandably upset. Some took to social media to vent. Twitter/X person The Elite Institute had this to say: “I hate to have been the bearer of dangerous information however higher than having a great deal of movies made about it that turned out to be incorrect! Nonetheless, I hope we do get to see Robocop VR on dwelling headsets. That will be nice!”

Others managed to seek out some humour within the scenario, equivalent to person Substatica saying: “Please take away the references to Meta Quest. You will have 20 seconds to conform.”

A minimum of PC VR customers can nonetheless use the Common Unreal Engine VR Mod to expertise RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis in VR. Although it is not fairly the identical.