Gear VR Smash Hit 'Gunjack' Making Its Way To PC

[kcarbotte]

"Gunjack," CCP Games’ first-person Gear VR title, is about to make its debut on PC. The developer announced that "Gunjack" for PC will launch on the Oculus Rift on March 28, but this game’s not exclusive. It will hit HTC’s Vive later this year.

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[mavikt]

What I read sounds ominous for the VR adoption/industry, "exclusive Rift title" vs. not exclusive.
Does every different piece of VR hardware require specific implementation into each title for support? Isn't there a unifying API?
The lack of a unifying VR API would be bonkers and seriously hinder the VR adoption/usefulness!

 

[kcarbotte]

What I read sounds ominous for the VR adoption/industry, "exclusive Rift title" vs. not exclusive.
Does every different piece of VR hardware require specific implementation into each title for support? Isn't there a unifying API?
The lack of a unifying VR API would be bonkers and seriously hinder the VR adoption/usefulness!

Oculus has its own SDK that is, right now, a closed platform. You can't use a Vive with the Oculus marketplace.
Valve has taken a more open approach. SteamVR is open, and can work with the Rift.

OSVR is an open platform too, but it's not being embraced at the same rate as Oculus and Valve's.

 

[mavikt]

Wow, so at least 3 competing API's. It makes you wonder if the adult industry still has enough weight to pick a "winner" then as they've done on similar matters in the past...

 

[Jay_54]

If CCP made it, its going to be crap. They rarely finish projects and if they do they are released incomplete and then never finished. If you want to hate VR and be frustrated to the very core of your being, look forward to their games.

 

[kcarbotte]

If CCP made it, its going to be crap. They rarely finish projects and if they do they are released incomplete and then never finished. If you want to hate VR and be frustrated to the very core of your being, look forward to their games.

Gunjack is not EVE. It's a very simple gallery shooter, but it offers plenty of fun in short bursts. The game has been out since the relase of the GearVR and it has been the top selling game pretty much the entire time.

 

[Jay_54]

If CCP made it, its going to be crap. They rarely finish projects and if they do they are released incomplete and then never finished. If you want to hate VR and be frustrated to the very core of your being, look forward to their games.

Gunjack is not EVE. It's a very simple gallery shooter, but it offers plenty of fun in short bursts. The game has been out since the relase of the GearVR and it has been the top selling game pretty much the entire time.

 

[Jay_54]

Be that as it may, CCP is a terrible game company that treats its employees and customers like trash. That said, the top selling game for a VR platform only a few have is not a selling point. Just another pointless waste of development by despicable company.