Highlights
- Skydance's Behemoth steals the show at Sony's State of Play event with its stunning visuals and promising VR gameplay experience.
- Building on the success of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, Behemoth introduces epic melee combat and monstrous foes for PlayStation VR2 users.
- Early signs of success for Behemoth affirm its potential to become a standout AAA VR title, showcasing Sony's commitment to immersive gaming.
During Sony’s State of Play event, a PlayStation VR2 game called Skydance's Behemoth captured viewers’ interest with its groundbreaking visuals. While other games like Concord and Where Winds Meet garnered most of the attention, Skydance Games' PlayStation VR2 title emerged as a hot topic in the virtual reality community, demonstrating Sony's ongoing commitment to its flagship VR headset.
Skydance Games is the developer behind The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, a title that’s widely hailed as one of the best VR games ever. However, a new gameplay trailer proves that the company has been quite busy since the launch of its praised 2020 title and has spent the last four years working on what seems to be a VR masterpiece with jaw-dropping visuals and adrenalin-inducing gameplay.
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During May’s State of Play, Sony unveiled the first gameplay trailer for the highly anticipated VR title, Skydance’sBehemoth. The first-person action RPG narrative is set in the Forsaken Lands, where a hunter embarks on a quest to combat colossal monsters and restore life and order to a plague-ridden nation. Although Behemoth was initially announced in October 2022 with a planned late 2023 release, the recent trailer demonstrates that the delay was worthwhile, showcasing a polished virtual reality universe. Following the trailer's debut, the game has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with fans already drawing comparisons to the developer's previous hit, Saints & Sinners, suggesting that Behemoth could set a new standard for virtual reality gaming.
Gameplay-wise, Skydance’sBehemoth builds upon the best mechanics of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, focusing on hand-to-hand melee combat using bows and blades. Notably, Behemoth may surpass Saints & Sinners’ popular open-world zombie game approach with its inclusion of colossal monsters reminiscent of Monster Hunter, adding a new dimension to PlayStation VR2 gaming. The latest trailer showcases the protagonist wielding swords, daggers, bows, and, most notably, grappling hooks for manipulating objects and adversaries. However, details regarding the combat mechanics against these giant Behemoths are yet to be revealed.
Skydance’s Behemoth Has Early Signs of Success
Coming from a well-established VR developer, Skydance’s Behemoth holds promise as a breath of fresh air for PS VR2. Recently, fans have been advocating for a sequel to Saints & Sinners for PlayStation VR2. And Behemoth appears poised to satisfy this demand. Despite being a work-in-progress, Behemoth has already secured recognition, winning the Best Character award at the Digital Creation Genie Awards. As such, anticipation is high for Behemoth to be among the select AAA VR titles, maximizing the capabilities of PlayStation VR2.
PlayStation VR2
The successor to the PS VR, the PlayStation VR2 is Sony's virtual reality headset. Debuting in February 2023, the hardware is designed as a companion piece for the PlayStation 5 and requires the PS VR2 Sense controller.
- Brand
- Sony
- Original Release Date
- February 22, 2023
- Hardware Versions
- PlayStation VR2
- Original MSRP (USD)
- $549.99
