Bad news for fans of horror experiences in virtual reality. Made official last November and planned to be one of the launch games for PlayStation VR2 which will be released on February 22, 2023, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR will finally arrive with a little delay. Indeed, Supermassive Games announced yesterday, at the end of the day, that the rail shooter will only be availablefrom March 16 on Sony headphones.
A time needed to fine-tune the experience as much as possible
A Message from the Switchback VR team. pic.twitter.com/7w5PvBv7Ps
— Supermassive Games (@SuperMGames) January 23, 2023
As explained by the UK studio on Twitter, “The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is our most ambitious VR project to date. […]. Our goal has always been to release it alongside PlayStation VR2, but it’s also extremely important to us that you, the gamer, receive the smoothest and most terrifying experience possible when you take your first lap in The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR. With this in mind, we have made the difficult decision to set a new launch date of March 16, 2023.”
Note that the developers also took the opportunity to give us an appointment later to tell us more about the gameplay mechanics of the title. This will be done through a video which will be broadcast ” very soon “ no further details at this time. To be continued.