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​​​​​​​VERTIGO GAMES ADDS NEW VR GAMES AND UPDATES TO THEIR 2022 LINE-UP

Hellsweeper VR comes to Meta Quest 2, New Pantera Pack for Unplugged out now, and VR puzzle game PathCraft announced at Upload VR Showcase

Theale, UK, June 9, 2022 – Vertigo Games, the VR specialist publishing and development arm of the global Koch Media Group, have today revealed at the Upload VR showcase that they are going to publish two new VR games, on top of announcing the immediate release of the brand-new Pantera Pack for VR music game Unplugged. Starting off with the surprise launch of the loudest music pack for Unplugged yet, Vertigo Games is also going to bring Mixed Realms’ rogue-like first-person combat game Hellsweeper VR to Meta Quest 2, as well as taking on the publishing of DevilCow’s VR puzzle game PathCraft.
 

Hellsweeper VR is coming to Meta Quest 2

Vertigo Games is partnering up with Mixed Realms, the creators of Sairento VR, to publish the rogue-like first-person combat game Hellsweeper VR on Meta Quest 2 and PC VR. Hellsweeper VR offers an intense VR experience into the underworld where brutal combat and gravity-defying movements are at its core. With a no-holds barred locomotion system that offers wall-running, power-sliding, backflips and more, Hellsweeper VR is taking VR gaming to the next level. Vertigo Games revealed the game is making its way to Meta Quest 2 via a brand-new trailer, showcasing Hellsweeper VR’s action-packed gameplay:

Watch the trailer here.
Assets can be found here.
 

Get loud with the metal classics of Pantera in Unplugged

Vertigo Games and Anotherway today announced another music pack for their cheered-on VR music game Unplugged. After launching the heavy rock-inspired Riff Pack, they’ve now released the brand-new Pantera Pack.This downloadable bundle consists of four metal classics from Pantera, including these fan-favorite crushing tracks: ‘Cowboys from hell’, ‘Cemetery gates’, ‘Becoming’, and ‘I’m Broken’. The Pantera pack is now available on Meta Quest and PC VR* (Valve Index Controller compatible headsets only) for an SRP of £4.99.

Watch the trailer here.
Assets can be found here.
 

Think outside the blocks in upcoming VR puzzle game PathCraft

Vertigo Games and solo development studio DevilCow, are partnering up to bring 90’s classics-inspired puzzle-platformer PathCraft to VR. The upcoming VR game has players enter a vibrant, hand-crafted world in which they play with blocks to complete increasingly complex puzzles. While crafting the path for their whimsical little character, players puzzle their way through the campaign in which they get to unlock new environments, special blocks with unique abilities, and a wardrobe of interchangeable costumes for their character.  

Watch the trailer here.
Assets can be found here.

For more information and to stay up to date on all of our upcoming VR games, please find us at vertigo-games.com, or follow Vertigo Games on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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About Vertigo Games
Vertigo Games is a multi-platform VR entertainment company with offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Los Angeles, California. With teams in the areas of development, publishing and LBE (location-based entertainment) distribution, the company offers a growing portfolio of quality VR games that provide novel, powerful and full-featured gaming experiences both in- and outside of the home. Current games include Vertigo Studios’ evergreen brand Arizona Sunshine®, critically acclaimed VR titles such as A Fisherman’s Tale, and LBE-exclusive VR experiences like Ghost Patrol® VR. Among six upcoming releases for 2020/2021 is Vertigo Studios’ next VR action FPS game After the Fall®. Vertigo Games is a Koch Media Group company.
About Koch Media
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.  
 
The group’s publishing, marketing and distribution activities extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner.
 
The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy, with fully owned publishing units, such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt; publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels. 
 
Additionally - as a global publishing partner - Koch Media has formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including; Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Focus Multimedia, Giants Software, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Tripwire, Warner Bros and many others.
 
With its parent company in Höfen / Austria - and the HQ in Munich / Germany - Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
 
The Koch Media Group owns 10 game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Digixart (Montpellier / France), Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów  / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam / the Netherlands). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
 
Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films; a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns leading video game merchandise companies Gaya Entertainment (Munich / Germany) and DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg / USA) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc / Czech Republic.
  
Koch Media is an Embracer Group company.