Players can explore an abandoned floating city and engage in co-op play from 1-4 players in upcoming VR title to release this spring 2022 for Meta Quest2 and PCVR
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – March 17, 2022 – Thirdverse Inc. is pleased to announce that its new VR multiplayer sword-fighting action game, ALTAIR BREAKER, will be available for purchase in the spring of 2022. The newest title from Thirdverse leverages the expertise from the company’s first and most successful VR title “SWORDS of GARGANTUA“, and features top talent, including Noisycroak famous composer Hideki Sakamoto to direct the game soundtrack and popular anime and games voice actor Xanthe Huynh to dub navigator character “Stella”. The game is set on an abandoned city floating in the void of the VR world Altair, where players can dive in to unravel the mysteries of this AI-controlled world.
Thirdverse will offer the first hands-on demos of ALTAIR BREAKER to visitors of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco from March 23-25 at the Moscone Convention Center North Hall in booth N3011.
Check out the preview trailer for ALTAIR BREAKER here:
◆ A New Generation VR Sword-Fighting Action
Designed with casual players in mind, this title brings a “new generation of VR sword-fighting action” to the VR world. The game features several unique aspects and actions that would be impossible to perform in the real world, such as high-speed sword-fighting action, blow-ups, aerial combos, and wide-range attacks with special moves. ALTAIR BREAKER also enables multiplayer for up to four players and cross-play between Meta Quest 2 and PCVR, leaving players free to be matched with users from all over the world and communicate via voice chat.
◆ Introducing the World of ALTAIR BREAKER
The game takes place in an aerial city located in the VR world called “Altair”, where AI was created in the past to help and develop singularity-like creatures. Once a group of islands covered in a sea of clouds, most of the islands have collapsed to this day. Now they are nothing but ruins floating in the void, with the experimental battle AIs left behind and free to wander around. Players are guided by the humanoid AI that observes this land and challenged to fight against the vicious battle AI.
◆ Popular Anime and Games Voice Actor Xanthe Huynh to dub navigator character “Stella”
Xanthe Huynh is a Los Angeles actor with a degree in the Dramatic Arts from the University of California, Irvine. Represented by Dean Panaro Talent, she’s been working in voice over for over 10 years and is known for roles such as Palla-Palla from Sailor Moon SuperS, Tsugumi in Scarlet Nexus, Miggy in Aggretsuko, Maquia in Maquia When the Promised Flower Blooms, Haru in Persona 5, Marianne in Fire Emblem Three Houses, Kanon in Neo: The World Ends With You, and Vatista in Blazblue Cross Tag Battle.
◆ Noisycroak famous composer Hideki Sakamoto to direct the game soundtrack
Composer/Representative of Noisycroak. Music creator in many fields, mainly for games’ soundtracks. Key works include “Super Smash Brothers Ultimate” (main theme “Lifelight”, composition and arrangement), “Crayon Shin chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi” (main theme, composition and arrangement), “Windboys!”, “Bungo to Alchemist”, “Romance of The Three Kingdoms 14”, “Echochrome” Series, and “Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This?” series.
Product Overview
- Supported Platforms: Meta Quest2, PCVR
- Title: “ALTAIR BREAKER”
- Genre: VR Multiplayer Sword Fighting Action
- Price: to be announced
- Release: Spring 2022
- Supported Languages: Japanese, English (more in future update)
- Players: 1-4 Co-op (online only)
- Teaser Website: https://altair-breaker.com/
About Thirdverse, Inc.
Founded in 2020, Thirdverse Inc. is a virtual reality game development, distribution and management company paving the path to the metaverse, and based out of Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco. In 2019, the studio released the world’s first VR multiplayer sword-fighting action game, SWORDS of GARGANTUA. Thirdverse is also currently promoting the “Thirdverse Plan”, aiming to create a “Third Space” in the virtual metaverse.
Thirdverse is best known for its flagship title SWORDS of GARGANTUA, a top-rated VR game in the Oculus and Steam stores, which has continued to grow its fanbase as well as its breadth through the release of feature expansions, such as with the adventure modes, Tesseract Abyss 1 and 2. Additionally, the company currently has several unannounced VR and blockchain projects in development.
For more information visit www.thirdverse.io.
