Smartmelon Video games and Quick Journey Video games introduced its multiplayer VR rhythm title, Band Area, is about to launch on Quest and PC VR this month, bringing some very Rock Band-inspired gameplay to VR.
Come October twenty fourth, Smartmelon is launching Band Area with each single and multiplayer help for as much as 4 gamers, letting you jam out with movement controllers on the guitar, drums, bass and keyboard.
When the total model launched, it’s arriving with a 30-song tracklist, which incorporates songs from Jason Bowld from Bullet For My Valentine, Johnny Lloyd from Tribes, and Thorr, the composer for the newest entry in John Romero’s Sigil collection.
Not like a some standard beat-based video games we all know, modders are getting Mod.io integration in single participant, so you may edit and share ranges—stated to be presently within the works. A beat map editor can also be coming, letting you even do issues like generate degree lighting to suit the tone of your music.
Moreover, the studios say extra songs may arrive through DLC “within the close to future,” though they haven’t launched any official plans to take action but.
Beforehand an impressively full-featured early entry demo, Band Area is coming October twenty fourth on the Horizon Retailer for Quest 2/3/Professional and SteamVR headsets, priced at $20. We reached out to the studios to see whether or not this consists of cross-play, and can replace when that’s clear.
Within the meantime, it’s also possible to nonetheless try the free demo on Quest, which affords a handful of songs and multiplayer help so you will get to grips with and lay down some tasty licks.
