Warhammer 40Kis no stranger to brutal close combat, so it comes as a surprise that it took as long as it did to show up on Virtual Reality headsets.Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister,which was previously an Oculus Quest exclusive, has shown new features and gameplay ahead of the title’s port over to the Oculus Rift.
Warhammer 40K: Battle Sisterputs the player in the power armor of a Soroitas, a warrior-nun who fights for the Imperium of Man. As religious fanatics, it’s only fitting that the gameplay shows battle against droves of Chaos heretics and daemons, fit to be blasted and hacked away bythe brutal weaponry that defines40K.
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The new update for the 2020 title is bringingWarhammer 40K: Battle Sisterover to the Oculus Rift from its sibling console the Quest. There are no current plans to bringBattle Sisterover to the wider VR community, however, leading some to decry the title’s exclusivity. The update is also adding a cooperative twist toWarhammer 40K: Battle Sister’s Last Bastion horde mode, with confirmed cross-play between both Oculus platforms.
After a successful financial year, Games Workshop, owner of theWarhammerfranchise, is going full steam ahead onnew games and movies set in theWarhammer 40,000sci-fi universeas well as the fantasy settingWarhammer: Age of Sigmar. While the widerWarhammerfranchise has its share of historical videogame hits, Games Workshop is evidently keen to keep gamers in their universes, both on the tabletop and digitally.
Warhammer 40K: Battle Sistermarked the first major showing ofWarhammeron VR, though not the first, as massively popular survival-actionVermintideput out a small VR offering in 2016.Warhammer: Age of Sigmarfans will be able to sample their universe in VR with the upcoming release ofAge of Sigmar: Tempestfalllater in 2021.
Warhammer 40K: Battle Sisteris out now for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift.
