2K Announces First VR Basketball Game

Dear 2BA 2K? Soon, you'll have the opportunity to experience it in virtual reality (VR). 2K just announced the NBA2KVR Experience, its first VR basketball game. It's launching tomorrow for US$14.99 on PlayStation VR, the HTC Vive, and Samsung Gear VR.

Information technology will as well be bachelor for Oculus Rift at a later appointment.

Players will join NBA 2K16 cover athlete All-Star Paul George and footstep onto the court at the Indiana Packers' stadium, the Bankers Life Fieldhouse. George volition provide commentary and guide you lot with tips to help improve your skills in mini-games like a "three-point shootout, a speed and accurateness skills challenge, and the cablegram beater countdown." As your skills improve, you'll earn a diversity of fuel boosts that will aid your shooting, speed, recovery, and more to help you attain the top of leaderboards.

"As a lifelong fan of NBA 2K, it'due south exciting to run across them take the bound into VR, and even more heady that it'll exist on my home court," George said in a statement. "I tin can't wait for fans to boss on the virtual court."

In other VR gaming news, Telltale also announced that its popular The Walking Dead-themed pinball game is coming to Zen Studios's Pinball FX2 VR. The VR version of The Walking Dead Pinball "brings the complete experience of the love 2022 table into fully immersive virtual reality," the companies added.

Already available for Oculus Rift, Pinball FX2 VR is slated to launch on the PlayStation VR in North America and the HTC Vive on November 29 for US$14.99. The Asia variant, probable, will launch at the same fourth dimension as well.

The Walking Expressionless table will be available for Pinball FX2 VR on all three platforms that same 24-hour interval for US$6.99. For more, cheque out the trailer below.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's good on fitness and smart abode products. Teaching yoga for well-nigh ten years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fettle trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more than. Angela also tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, but to name a few.