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STILL BREAKING NEW GROUND: PISTOL WHIP CHARGES INTO BATTLE WITH A POWER METAL COLLECTION
The upcoming “VOIDSLAYER” update brings three new Scenes of head-banging fantasy to the venerable title.
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May 2, 2024
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Cloudhead Games :
QUALICUM BEACH, Canada — May 2, 2024 — Veteran developer of virtual reality (VR) games, Cloudhead Games (www.CloudheadGames.com) has officially revealed the name and release date of the next content update to their award-winning Physical Action Rhythm VR game, Pistol Whip. Dubbed “VOIDSLAYER” this Collection contains three new power metal Scenes, with the first arriving on all supported platforms on June 6, 2024.
Watch the official date reveal trailer here: https://youtu.be/U1Es66rzuMI
In August 2023, Cloudhead Games shared a new Roadmap that teased a year of updates to Pistol Whip, with an unnamed entry landing in 2024; now, that update has been revealed to be VOIDSLAYER, a free Collection of medieval fantasy-scapes with unstoppable power metal tracks. Featuring wailing guitar solos and furious kickdrums from the likes of Bloodbound, Brothers of Metal, and Firewind, VOIDSLAYER will have players blasting through ancient villages, cataclysmic battlefields, all the way to the edge of earth and sky.
Keen players will note this reveal comes just months after the last free content drop from Cloudhead, which featured an arsenal of uniquely medieval weaponry, which served as subtle teasers for the VOIDSLAYER update on the horizon.
More about the VOIDSLAYER Collection:
The first new Scene, “Hero’s Dawn,” will arrive in Arcade mode on June 6, 2024, while the second and third Scenes will be available on June 13 and 20, respectively.
Players will have two new Modifiers to tweak their playstyle with, including Colour Match, which forces players to target only the enemies that are colour-matched to their weapons, and Deflector, which gives players’ the ability to send bullets ricocheting back at their foes.
“The best part of working on an evergreen game like Pistol Whip is that we just get to have fun with each update,” said Tyler McCulloch, Game Director at Cloudhead Games. “Just like our Elixir of Madness! Collection, we’re continuing to experiment with unexpected music genres. This update allows us to reach deep into our love for fantasy, and blend it perfectly with power metal ballads that celebrate those themes.”
Pistol Whip’s next content Collection, VOIDSLAYER, will be available June 6 as a free update on Quest 2 and 3, PlayStation®VR2, Pico, and Steam VR™.
About Pistol Whip
Pistol Whip is a physical action-rhythm FPS game that has continued to see commercial success, remaining one of Quest and Steam’s top-selling VR games. Blast, duck, and dodge your way through fever dream Scenes, build unique rhythms in a ballet of bullets, and claim glory on the leaderboards. Since its launch, Pistol Whip has continued to dominate the charts with the addition of over 30 songs as well as two incredible cinematic campaigns, the Styles system sandbox for endless replayability, Contracts, and party mode.
About Cloudhead Games
Cloudhead Games is the veteran VR studio behind Pistol Whip and the fantasy adventure series The Gallery, winner of over 30 awards and nominations including VR Game of the Year in 2018. Before Pistol Whip, Cloudhead Games partnered with industry-legend Valve to create Aperture Hand Lab, a humorous tech demo set in the Portal Universe, for the next-gen Valve Index. Always innovating, Cloudhead Games is also known for its early solutions in VR locomotion/comfort with Snap Turns and Teleportation, as well as VR motion capture and hand interactions.
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