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Learn Vital Skills in this Masterclass of Survival with One of the World’s Best Survivalists of All Time: Les Stroud
January 26, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Cream Productions :
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, Canada (January 26, 2024) - VRKiwi, Cream Productions, and Les Stroud Enterprises are excited to announce that Survivorman VR: The Descent will launch on PlayStation VR2 and Steam on February 15, 2024. Following a successful launch on Meta Quest headsets, the PlayStation VR2 and Steam versions will arrive with significantly improved graphics.
In this chilling, virtual reality survival adventure sim based on the hit television series Survivorman, you find yourself scrambling for safety as the sole survivor of a helicopter crash. Trapped on an Arctic mountain with little time before freezing to death, you must explore the perilous landscape, harnessing your wit, ingenuity, and survival skills to make it through the challenging journey back to civilization. Fortunately, you are guided by survival expert (and Survivorman star) Les Stroud.
Watch the Survivorman VR: The Descent PS VR2 and Steam release date trailer:
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As you fight frostbitten tooth and nail to seek food, shelter, and warmth, every decision you make is a choice between life and death. This journey isn't just about making it back; it's about mastering the art of survival under the most testing circumstances, with a true master as your mentor.
In the immersive environment of Survivorman VR: The Descent, you will navigate dangerous terrain, gather precious resources, and solve difficult puzzles. You have a device attached to your wrist, presenting two crucial health metrics: your body temperature and calorie level. Keep these levels up, and you’ll continue to fight through the frost, making progress towards escape. But if they drop below a certain threshold, it could spell disaster, first causing detrimental health effects before you ultimately freeze to death.
To avoid a less-than-ideal fate, Les Stroud will help you with advice and tips on how to best survive in the freezing wild. Tools such as an improvised paddle, snow shoes, and hunting traps to catch game are all based on real-life survival tools. Challenges are based on actual threats experienced by Les Stroud in his 30+ year career of wilderness survival. With skill, creativity, and a little help from Les, you may just make it out alive!
Key Features of Survivorman VR: The Descent:
Shiveringly Realistic: The PS VR2 and Steam versions of Survivorman VR: The Descent feature significantly improved graphics following the Meta Quest release
Learn from a True Survival Legend: Les Stroud is an iconic survivalist who has proven time and time again he’s the best there is at what he does. Luckily, he’ll be your guide during your own authentic survival experience in Survivorman VR
Authentic First-Person Adventure: Explore a truly immersive world that will include all of the extremes of mountaintop survival
Fire, Shelter, Food: Surviving extreme environments means you must pay attention to the state of your body. Keep a close eye on body temperature, fatigue, and hunger with a handy diegetic HUD-like display mounted on your wrist!
Cutting Edge VR Tech: Les Stroud is brought to life using Cream’s patented proprietary technology Dynamic Digital Humans (DDH), created in partnership with Sheridan Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT), to produce realistic-looking 3D avatars for VR and AR
Survivorman VR: The Descent will be available on PS VR2 and Steam on February 15, 2024. It is available now for $19.99 USD for Meta Quest headsets. A significant update to the Quest version featuring new content is scheduled to hit the Quest Store simultaneously with the PS VR2 launch.
Keep up to date with the latest Survivorman VR news by following the game on X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Discord, by liking it on Facebook, and by visiting https://survivormanvr.com/.
A full press kit, including logo, screenshots, key art, and trailers can be found here: https://uberstrategist.link/SurvivormanVR-Press-Kit.
About VRKiwi
VRKiwi is a VR game studio and publisher from Oulu, Finland. Their first VR game Cave Digger was released as a Steam demo in 2018, followed by new content updates and platforms. Over the years, the publisher grew to be the largest VR game developer-publisher in Finland. Their biggest highlight so far is Cave Digger reaching 2nd place in Meta's most-sold games monthly list just behind the legendary Beat Saber. Inspired by the newest gaming tech and games as the art form of entertainment, that so many around the world enjoy, VRKiwi continue to create new games and also help other devs publish their beloved games!
Link tree https://linktr.ee/vrkiwigames
About Cream Productions
Cream Productions is a multimedia company known for TV shows like A Ghost Ruined my Life with Eli Roth, The Story of Late Night (CNN), and the VR Sci-Fi Dark Threads with Dominic Monaghan. Survivorman VR: The Descent is the second VR game produced by Cream, and is funded by the Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates and Meta.
https://www.creamproductions.com/.
About Les Stroud
Les Stroud is one of the world's best survival experts. Best known as the creator, writer, producer, director, cameraman and host of the television series Survivorman, which featured Les surviving on his own in remote locales with no crew, little or no food, water, or equipment, there are few people on the planet that can match his skills and experience. Survivorman ran for 18 years with multiple spin-offs, effectively launching the survival TV series genre.
www.lesstroud.ca
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