Ever since we introduced Firewall Ultra, the following evolution of the Firewall franchise, final yr right here on the PlayStation Blog, the outpour of encouragement from the group has been nothing wanting wonderful. The pure pleasure in all of your feedback, messages, tweets, and posts have us all much more motivated to make the sport as nice as it may be.
Which is why we’re so excited to debut our new gameplay trailer that includes recent PvP gameplay footage!
To cap off that pleasure, at present we’re thrilled to announce that pre-orders are formally dwell for Firewall Ultra beginning at present with a launch date of August 24, 2023!
Firewall Ultra places the next-gen VR options embedded within the PS VR2 entrance and middle to ship a compelling and immersive first-person shooter expertise. This consists of eye-tracking for progressive use instances like closing your eyes to keep away from the consequences of a flashbang, unbelievable haptic suggestions within the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for practical weapon suggestions, headset suggestions once you take harm or toggle on evening imaginative and prescient goggles, and a lot extra.
Firewall Zero Hour gamers know the way a lot we proceed to assist and construct on the sport after launch, and that we worth suggestions from our group – so we might be seeking to discover including extra content material reminiscent of new weapons and contractors, maps, further recreation modes, and probably handbook reloads post-launch. Keep a watch out for our operation calendar and extra information on our post-launch plans as we get nearer to the discharge of the sport. In the meantime, we’re excited to disclose that we’ll offer methods to amass distinctive variants of our weapons when enjoying Firewall Ultra for the primary time ever. These distinctive weapons* will come pre-fitted with nice attachments, an unique pores and skin, and legendary variations will actually have a completely different look all collectively.
* Unique Weapons require recreation development
We’ve additionally overhauled the sport’s inside infrastructure with an immersive social foyer space and taking pictures vary in our Safehouse between recreation classes, devoted servers to assist reduce dropped community connections, and a brand new best-of-three round-based player-versus-player (PvP) format that may have you ever spending much less time ready and extra time enjoying. You can learn extra about all of this within the PlayStation Blog’s hands-on report proper right here.
What is Firewall Ultra?
Firewall Ultra is the following evolution of the Firewall franchise following the 2018 hit PS VR shooter, Firewall Zero Hour. The main PvP recreation mode known as Contracts pits two groups of 4 towards one another in a best-of-three sequence of matches that characteristic tense tactical fight throughout a wide range of maps.
In every match a defending crew should shield a laptop computer filled with categorised intel utilizing an assortment of devices and weaponry whereas the attacking crew makes an attempt to bypass the safety entry factors and hack the laptop computer. Tools at your disposal embrace proximity mines you’ll be able to place in artful places to catch attackers without warning, door blockers to fortify your place, and plenty of extra. Attackers must tread fastidiously round maps and work as a crew to decrypt the intel earlier than time expires.
It is important to pay attention to your environment always whereas enjoying Firewall Ultra. Nighttime out of doors maps like Oil Rig, as seen in our gameplay trailer, and even the darkish, decrepit corners of indoor maps like Office can get extremely darkish and harmful. Thanks to the dynamic lighting and practical shadows afforded by Unreal Engine 5, we’re capable of ship an unbelievable sense of pressure, immersion, and visible constancy in real-time.
Firewall Ultra will characteristic a brand-new player-versus-environment (PvE) recreation mode that may let both you by your self otherwise you and as much as three different contractors tackle lethal enemy AI throughout the complete number of maps. It’s an entire new strategy to play Firewall and we will’t wait to share extra about that mode quickly.
Cutting-edge FPS immersion
We use eye monitoring in various methods to boost precise gameplay in Firewall Ultra. For instance, you’ll be able to shut your eyes bodily to keep away from the blinding gentle of a flashlight. You may also shut your non-dominant eye when aiming down the sight of a gun to make the view even tighter for barely extra precision. These are each pure issues gamers discover themselves doing whereas enjoying, so we reward you for getting misplaced within the expertise, having a way of presence, and giving into the immersion.
Using eye monitoring you’ll have the ability to shortly swap weapons on the fly with no need to take time away from the motion and foveated rendering ensures you’ll all the time have a pointy and crisp look into the world due to PS VR2’s highly effective 4K HDR** show.
Just wait till you play one of many darker maps and witness the dynamic lighting out of your aspect barrel flashlight attachment for the primary time. There’s nothing else fairly prefer it.
Finger contact detection and the adaptive triggers elevate issues even additional, letting you are feeling the completely different resistance ranges of every weapon in your hand. Pulling the set off of a pistol is totally completely different from the set off on a sniper rifle and experiencing the extraordinary haptic kickback of a shotgun is extremely visceral. Using the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers you’ll have the ability to flip a knife throughout your fingers for stealth takedowns – or just showcase this nimble hand motion to mates. You may even make practical hand indicators and silent instructions to crew members for higher tactical realism and interactivity. The PS VR2 Sense controllers make for an extremely immersive recreation expertise.
We leverage the wonderful {hardware} options of PlayStation 5 to make it simpler than ever to hitch your folks. If you see your folks in a recreation of Firewall Ultra, you’ll be able to shortly hop immediately into the squad instantly from the cardboard in your PS5 Game Base if there’s room. Load occasions are blazing quick to chop down on friction.
Pre-order particulars
We need to thank all our followers for patiently ready on new info to come back out about Firewall Ultra and are happy to disclose that your endurance is being rewarded with pre-order and version particulars.
Choose between the Firewall Ultra Standard Edition for $39.99 (USD) which incorporates entry to the complete recreation or the Digital Deluxe Edition for $59.99 (USD). When you pre-order Firewall Ultra earlier than launch, you’ll get entry to one in all our favourite legendary weapons: the Reaper X75. This is included for each Standard and Digital Deluxe Editions when pre-ordered.
For those who buy the Digital Deluxe Edition, you’ll obtain early unlock of 4 of the sport’s contractors (Meiko, Skip, Fang, and Node—pictured above,) which incorporates their distinctive expertise, in addition to alternate outfits for every contractor. The Digital Deluxe Edition will even embrace 4 weapon camos that may be utilized to customizable weapons within the recreation and you get entry one post-launch Operation Pass*** for Firewall Ultra.
We can’t wait to see you all in-game when Firewall Ultra launches completely for PS VR2 on August 24. Don’t neglect pre-orders are dwell now so you’ll be able to safe all the things it is advisable put together and be able to squad up subsequent month!
** Consists of two 2000×2040 OLED shows
*** Access to finish content material for one future Operation (date TBA).
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 required to play. PS VR2 shouldn’t be to be used by kids beneath age 12. Internet connection & PS Plus membership required for on-line play. PS Plus is topic to a recurring subscription payment taken routinely till cancellation. Full phrases: play.st/psplus-usageterms.
