Gaming
HTC Vive Gets a Zombie Game – Arizona Sunshine

Remember the Vive? It’s the virtual reality headset Steam has been working on with HTC that was announced not too long ago. What made the HTC Vive sound promising was its room-scale user tracking feature, which allows it to track players movements within a small area. A lot of people have been waiting to see what developers can do with this feature, and today Vertigo Games has presented its answer with the reveal of Arizona Sunshine. Ever wonder how your zombie apocalypse games would look with a VR headset? Now you can find out.
Arizona Sunshine puts players in the middle of the desert during a zombie outbreak. Like any proper zombie shooter, players will have to go in search of other survivors, battle hordes of undead, and survive the intense desert environment. The game will take full advantage of the HTC Vive’s technology, using the motion controls to allow players to actually handle their weapons and inventories. “Step into the midst of a zombie apocalypse as if you were really there, and bash, slash and explode your way through hordes of undead close enough to touch,” Vertigo said in a press release.
It’s also designed so that it can be played over the course of several hours or in short intervals, which will be good for those who find themselves getting headaches after using VR headsets for too long. Check out the trailer below.
Vertigo Games has teamed up with Jaywalkers Interactive to develop Arizona Sunshine. They’ve said they plan to release the title in late 2015, which makes it sound suspiciously like it’s set to be an HTC Vive launch title, HTC and Valve having promised the VR headset will be released in time for this year’s holiday season. They have made the development kit for the HTC Vive free for developers to access.
Arizona Sunshine will not be Vertigo’s first HTC Vive title. The studio has also announced Skyworld, a turn-based strategy title, while World of Diving, its first VR project, is available in early access for the Oculus Rift. Arizona Sunshine is already up on Steam, with the release date set for sometime this year.
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Gaming
As Disney Speedstorm Ends, Arendelle Hits PS5, PS4

Disney Speedstorm, Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, will enter its latest season with a wintery backdrop of Arendelle. Let It Go will add Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans as racers. As always, they’ll have unique moves and abilities.
Oaken and other musical movie crew members will be unlocked, along with a new Golden Pass. After fan feedback, the developer is rebalancing this aspect of the release so you can progress faster and unlock more rewards.
The developer also announced on Twitter that it’s lowering in-game shop prices starting today, and if you’ve paid for microtransactions, you’ll get a big payout. The French studio appears to be betting on this season’s success.
Adding non-Frozen characters Oswald, Ortensia, and WALL-E could also help. A comprehensive game update should bring back lapsed players and attract new ones. Will you challenge the kart racer?
Gaming
New Destiny 2 Microtransaction Is Bad Bungie Removed It from PS5, PS4

Bungie has pulled a contentious $15 starter pack from Season of the Wish, which launched yesterday. The pack had a poor selection and was marketed to new players, which the community strongly opposed.
The starter pack proudly stated that players could “experience the power of build-defining Exotic weapons by instantly unlocking three of Destiny 2’s finest: Traveler’s Chosen, Ruinous Effigy, and Sleeper Simulant.” An exotic ship, a sparrow, a ghost shell, 125,000 glimmer, 50 enhancement cores, five enhancement prisms, and one ascendant shard are also included.
This offering may seem harmless to a new player, but Forbes’ Paul Tassi says, “You sort of have to be a Destiny 2 player to understand what an outrageously bad deal this is.” The Forsaken Pack, another Bungie release, includes two dozen Exotics, a dungeon, and a raid. It cost $20 and is now $5. It looks bad, from what we can tell.
Guardians retaliated with negative Steam reviews. They orchestrated the DLC page to include “Capitalism,” “Crime,” and “Psychological Horror” user tags, which is funny.
After Bungie pulled the pack, Redditor Grizz3d summarized the community response: “I don’t get how that starter pack was approved. What part of stealing from new players wasn’t going to result in community outrage? Bungie’s disconnect with players is shocking. I’m glad you got rid of the pack, but it’s disappointing that Bungie thought it was a good idea.”
This follows the Witcher 3 crossover armour sets, which look great but are expensive. Sony’s independent live service outpost is in danger due to a delayed expansion and studio layoffs.
Gaming
PlayStation planted over 500,000 trees last year

Sony announced last year that it would plant trees for Horizon Forbidden West PlayStation fans who unlocked a simple trophy in the open-world game. This, in partnership with several charities, sought to protect the global environment and biodiversity.
Over a year later, it released a trailer showing its progress. The company has planted 600,000 trees worldwide, restoring 1,800 acres. More importantly, the gaming industry has planted 2.5 million trees worldwide.
Gaming is fun, but we must protect our world. Sony has taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, such as adding energy-saving features to the PS5 and shipping all its products in fully recyclable packaging.
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