Nerd Ninjas’ Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon asks ‘What if piñatas fought again?’

Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon is a brand new colourful, festive, and chaotic VR social mayhem recreation that asks, “What if piñatas fought again?”

Launching in early 2025 on Meta Quest and SteamVR, the unique mental property recreation from Nerd Ninjas will problem gamers to annihilate more and more massive and chaotic hordes of candy-exploding piñata enemies of all sizes and temperaments.

“Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon is a stupidly enjoyable VR expertise that can have gamers hooked from the primary swing!” mentioned Nate Chatellier, founding father of Nerd Ninjas, in an announcement. “However that is just the start. VRmageddon is the launchpad for a whole Rogue Piñatas universe we’re constructing for our followers. We are able to’t wait to see the reactions and hope they’ve as a lot enjoyable enjoying as we did convey it to life.”

VR lovers are invited to occasion like there’s no tomorrow. The roguelite is ready in a “party-apocalyptic world” the place gamers can staff up with different survivors in co-op (with shared XP) and unlock secret weapons and devices as they progress by means of the degrees.

The sport from Spokane, Washington-based Nerd Ninjas options co-op with one to 4 survivors. Characters have distinctive talents and begin out with their very own default weapons, gamers can pursue weapon upgrades and discover totally different gameplay experiences.

Nerd Ninja is an indie studio whose employees helped convey to life video games like Niantic’s Pokémon GO and Horrible Posture Video games’ Battle Practice.

They developed in partnership with Meta. It’s a VR multiplayer roguelite recreation the place gamers attempt to survive by bashing piñatas which have come to life. VR followers can play the primary demo for Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon now free of charge on the sport’s official Steam web page and Meta Quest web page.

Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon will assist as much as 4 gamers with each character within the recreation bringing distinctive perks and their very own beginning weapon into the fold.

By smashing piñatas and gathering their candies, gamers can improve their powers as they traverse by means of six distinct ranges that provide new risks and alternatives for mayhem. Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon has 12+ totally different weapons that may be twin wielded and upgraded to highly effective evolutions, giving gamers the possibility to create the right loadout by means of infinite hours of enjoyable.

At launch, the sport can even introduce 18+ totally different pinata enemies, just like the hopping Jacked Rabbit, every with distinctive visuals, sound results, and behaviors.

Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon will characteristic at this week’s Steam Subsequent Fest and can launch the sport’s extremely anticipated Kickstarter marketing campaign subsequent week on October 22. Followers who again the sport on Kickstarter could have the chance to turn into beta testers and be part of design periods, whereas receiving unique pledge and stretch-goal rewards. Chatellier has efficiently launched eight Kickstarter campaigns, elevating greater than $10 million for initiatives like X-Males Cube Throne and Marvel Cube Throne.