Brighton, July 10, 2024 – Step into the neon-soaked arenas of FRENZIES, the stylishly slick multiplayer shooter daring players to embrace their worst selves and dominate the competition, coming to Meta Quest and PlayStation VR2.
Developed by Near Light: an nDreams Studio, FRENZIES fuses nDreams’ award-winning gunplay (Fracked and Synapse) with the mayhem of multiplayer, throwing players into a winner-takes-all showdown with a bravado-laden twist.
Each five-round match in FRENZIES is a chaotic lucky dip of iconic and unconventional, solo and team-based round types, from the tense Red Light, Green Light to the brilliantly absurd Glitter Pig. With such a variety of round types in the mix, the experience stays fresh and momentum can swing in an instant, giving every player the chance to strut their stuff.
The arena doors will be thrown open for the first-time during FRENZIES’ Closed Alpha period, beginning later this month, where players will have the opportunity to help guide the game’s ongoing development. Players can head to discord.gg/frenziesVR to join the FRENZIES community and register their interest in joining these Closed Alpha sessions.
“The last thing you can accuse FRENZIES of is being boring,” said Paul Mottram, Head of Studio, Near Light. “Taking inspiration from classics like Quake and Unreal Tournament, we wanted to inject some unpredictable excitement back into the genre while retaining what makes VR shooters so special. We think FRENZIES nails that sweet spot."
For more news and information on FRENZIES follow the game’s dedicated X channel and join the FRENZIES Discord.
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About Near Light
Based in the heart of sunny Brighton, Near Light is a playful VR and AR game development studio backed by serious gaming pedigree. It has been an nDreams studio since 2022.Near Light’s leadership draws on experience of partnerships with the likes of Sony, Disney, Activision, Microsoft and LEGO across a variety of gaming genres. With a legacy of championing new ways to play, including work on EyeToy Play, SingStar, Zumba Fitness and Guitar Hero, they remain passionate about doing things differently in the fast-moving worlds of VR and AR gaming.Founded in 2016, Near Light has been working in VR since day one. It is on a mission alongside nDreams to create audience-driven titles that leave a lasting legacy.
About nDreams
nDreams is the world’s biggest and most experienced VR game developer and publisher. Headquartered in Farnborough, UK, it is the studio behind groundbreaking titles including Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity, and Fracked. nDreams also boasts a dedicated and extremely experienced publishing team to partner with the industry’s brightest developers on projects ranging from the critically acclaimed Little Cities to PowerWash Simulator VR.
Fully dedicated to VR games since 2013, no publisher has greater virtual reality experience and specialism. nDreams is now comprised of 250 people across four development teams, with two fully-remote studios – Elevation and Orbital – joining the original nDreams Studio and the Brighton-based Near Light to cover the whole spectrum of VR gaming.
Multiple exciting, unannounced titles are in development, with more to be revealed soon.