Respawn Entertainment has confirmed its VR-exclusive WW2 shooter Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will be launching on 11th December.
Announced last year, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond – the first new series entry in eight years, following on from 2012’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter – is a fully fledged first-person shooter that casts players as a combat engineer recently recruited into American espionage organisation, the Office of Strategic Services.
Above and Beyond’s single-player campaign sees players working alongside new and returning series characters to complete a wide range of objectives based on real historic events – perhaps infiltrating and sabotaging a Nazi facility or aiding the French resistance – on land, air, and sea. Respawn also promises a variety of multiplayer modes, but details on these are still to come.
Hands-On with Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Gameplay at OC6 – Ian’s VR Corner Watch on YouTube
As you’d expect, the core shooting action is spruced up with additional VR interactions, ranging from knife combat and grenade tossing to more exotic manoeuvres such as tank driving and environmental shimmying. Some of that can be seen in Ian Higton’s hands-on video from last year, as well as Respawn’s official story trailer.