Larkspur, Calif. (Feb. 22, 2024) – Today, Vertigo Games and Carbon Studio are enchanting PlayStation VR2 players with the release of The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood on the immersive headset following its launch on Steam, Meta Quest, and Viveport. Available now, The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood combines the remastered main game with the free Brotherhood update, an exciting co-op adventure that invites three friends to traverse the enchanting realms of Meliora together.
Additionally, the magic is set to expand further with crossplay co-op support between PS VR2, Steam, and Oculus Rift set to launch during Q1 2024. Meta Quest and Viveport support will follow later in the quarter.
Witness the mystical adventure in the new PS VR2 launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUaHmdH_p0w
The remastered The Wizards: Dark Times experience allows you to:
- Immerse yourself in a beautifully crafted, detailed and realized world
- Get into fantastical hijinks and misadventures, such as climbing boulders, riding trolls, participating in a trolley cart chases, and more
- Enjoy optimized spell-casting controls for improved ease of use and accuracy
The free Brotherhood update includes:
- Co-op support: Form a magical brotherhood with co-op support for three players, each wielding a unique skill tree (Fire, Frost, and Storm)
- Embark on an all-new co-op campaign featuring fresh objectives and challenges guiding you through uncharted magical lands
The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood is now available on PlayStation VR2 for $24.99. The Brotherhood update is free to all owners of the main game.
About The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood:
The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood is the remastered return of the fan-favorite VR spell-casting franchise. Put on your VR headset and set off on a perilous journey across the plague-ridden realm of Meliora, now with up to three friends in Brotherhood co-op mode.
- Become a Wizard: Your body is frail, but your power is immense. Discover and master spells with distinct abilities and effects. Forget about button combinations - command the arcane forces with nothing but hand gestures as a true Wizard does.
- A Grand Seamless Adventure: A mysterious dark plague has fallen on the realm of Meliora, twisting its inhabitants into beings of hatred and madness. Dare to journey through the Forsaken Wood, wade through the poisonous swamps of Meliora, descend into the ruinous Necropolis, and more, with no magical barriers to stop you.
- Cleanse the Realm: Many fantastic creatures have fallen to the plague, becoming beings of destruction and death. Face new, challenging enemies with unique abilities and unique behaviors. Expect tough resistance - the world is ending, and it wants to drag you down with it.
- Forge a Brotherhood: Explore a land of magic and fight your way through malignant forces, this time with two friends. Are you ready to wield the elements?
Learn more at https://darktimesgame.com, meet your fellow wizards on Discord, and join the conversation on X.
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About Vertigo Games
Vertigo Games, the VR publishing and development arm of the global PLAION Group, is a multi-platform VR publisher and developer with offices in Rotterdam & Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Los Angeles, California. With teams in the areas of development, publishing and LBE (location-based entertainment) distribution, the company offers a portfolio of quality VR games that provide novel, powerful and full-featured gaming experiences both inside of the home. Games include Vertigo Studios’ Arizona Sunshine® 2, The 7th Guest VR, and the epic VR action FPS After the Fall®. Upcoming titles include the recently announced Metro Awakening, set to debut in 2024. Vertigo Games is a PLAION (previously Koch Media) Group company. http://vertigo-games.com
About Carbon Studio
Carbon Studio is an independent developer and publisher providing immersive top quality VR games and applications. Founded in July 2015 and best known for their critically-acclaimed gesture-based spellcasting The Wizards series, the story-driven exploration game Alice VR, and the thunderous Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall, the studio’s main focus is creating engaging and memorable titles for all major VR and AR platforms. http://www.carbonstudio.pl