A local game studio that specializes in Virtual Reality game is going places in Japan!
For the uninitiated, Virtual Reality games provide fully immersive 3D game experience, with you donning a pair of goggles that takes over your entire senses.
Now, imagine experiencing a Horror game with that setup.
Confirm no need to sleep at night.
Just looking at the promotional banner gives me the creeps.
Images from Press Release.
About the game
Enter the world of Lunar Eclipse, an immersive virtual reality horror experience set in cinematic 80’s Hong Kong. Explore the haunted house at your own pace, and brace yourself for scares!
The collapse of the hegemony ushered in decades of chaos to a civilization once named the ‘Land of Dragons and Emperors’. In the last days of the mighty Qing empire, a former official fell victim to political assassination and was stripped of his position. Soon misfortunes befell upon his family, leading to an unnatural chain of deaths. Will you be able to get to unravel the causes of these mysterious deaths?
Where can I experience this game?
From 15th Nov 2017 onwards, Lunar Eclipse will be distributed by Japanese corporation Virtual Gate and will be available at Internet Cafes around Japan!
The Full Press Release
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Japan-based Virtual Gate (Technoblood Corporation) would be presenting local Horror Game Lunar Eclipse (Kaiju Den) on its platform! Available from 15-11-2017 at Internet Cafes around Japan!!!
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VIRTUAL GATE, Technoblood Corporations (located in Tokyo-toTaito-ku, CEO: Nichiei Ryu) is a LBE(location based entertainment) platform that provides access to VR digital content.
On 15th November 2017 (Wednesday), VIRTUAL GATE will be presenting and starting sales of LUNAR ECLIPSE (developed by Kaiju Den Pte Ltd, located in Singapore, IMPIXEL, CEO: Leslie Ng Zhong Han).
■About “Lunar eclipse”(ルナーエクリプス)
Enter the world of Lunar Eclipse, an immersive virtual reality horror experience set in cinematic 80’s Hong Kong. Explore the haunted house at your own pace, and brace yourself for scares!
■Summary
1900s Qing dynasty – a chaotic time of political conspiracies.
The collapse of the hegemony ushered in decades of chaos to a civilization once named the ‘Land of Dragons and Emperors’. In the last days of the mighty Qing empire, a former official fell victim to political assassination and was stripped of his position. Soon misfortunes befell upon his family, leading to an unnatural chain of deaths. Will you be able to get to unravel the causes of these mysterious deaths?
■About “VIRTUAL GATE”
VIRTUAL GATE is a content platform that presents an easier and affordable solution to access VR through various setups in accessible entertainment hotspots. If you do not own a head mounted display or live near a VR arcade, VIRTUAL GATE gives you the alternative whereby you can take your time and enjoy VR in the comfort of the private space in their conveniently located internet cafes.
VIRTUAL GATE is currently deploying the FOVE eye-tracking virtual reality headset across their internet cafes to accomplish this.
■Places to access VIRTUAL GATE (Currently Only Available in Japan)
http://lp.virtual-gate.com/#shoplist
■VIRTUAL GATE Official Site
■About “FOVE”
The FOVE is an eye-tracking head mounted display, which introduces an alternative in controls for navigation and other innovative uses to the virtual reality experience.
■About “Kaiju Den”
Kaiju Den is a company of professional VR developers who specializes in mitigating VR-sickness using design methods to build and develop games.
Kaiju Den answers it’s clarion call by bringing compelling characters and fantastic worlds to life in their games. Each game serves an experience only imaginable from the mind’s eye, that retains a feeling of immersion.
Kaiju Den aims to release and provide more VR titles, to address the lack of supply in the VR content market, and make its mark on the industry.
Company Profile
Company Name: TechnoBlood Corporations (株式会社テクノブラッド)
Representative: Ryu Nichiei (柳 日栄)
Startup Capital: 283,500,000￥ (25 million USD)
Address: Japan, 〒111-0051 Tokyo, Taito, Kuramae, 3 Chome−1−10, Kuramae Central Building 6F
Website: http://www.technoblood.com
Business Summary：Business Development for Digital Contents
１．Publishing of Online Games to Net-Cafes (Campaigns & Event Planning, Operations,etc)
２．Providing solutions such as ProVision, PayNetCafe
３．Planning and Operating e-Sports events
４．Sales and planning of the smartphone decal stickers line,「Fantastick
５．Sales of the smartphone batteries line, 「U4Battery
６．Planning and Operations of VR Platform,「Virtual-Gate
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