Supermassive Games Reveals New Launch Date for Switchback VR

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, which Supermassive Games reports has been delayed by three weeks, is no longer a PSVR 2 launch game.

Switchback VR will now be available on March 16 instead of February 22, while the specific reason for this delay is still unknown. You can read Supermassive’s complete statement below, which confirms the company will soon release a “Gameplay Features” video:

Switchback VR is Supermassive Games’ most ambitious VR project to date, taking players through 5 extensive worlds that branch through various terror filled rollercoaster routes based on The Dark Pictures franchise.  It has always been our aim to release in the launch window of the new PSVR 2 headset but it is also massively important to us that you, the players, receive the most polished, terrifying experience possible when you strap in for your first ride in Switchback VR. With this in mind, we have made the difficult decision to set a new launch date of March 16th 2023.

Switchback VR team post on Twitter

A Message from the Switchback VR team. pic.twitter.com/7w5PvBv7Ps

— Supermassive Games (@SuperMGames) January 23, 2023

— Supermassive Games (@SuperMGames) January 23, 2023

A new entry to The Dark Pictures Anthology series

Switchback VR, the most ambitious VR project to date from Supermassive Games, takes players through five sizable landscapes that branch out into several terror-filled rollercoaster paths inspired by the Dark Pictures trilogy.

A new roller coaster horror shooter called The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is a spiritual sequel to the 2016 PSVR exclusive Until Dawn: Rush Of Blood. Game director Alejandro Arqué Gallardo previously described its horrifying use of PSVR 2’s eye-tracking technology earlier this month, promising a terrifying journey that incorporates evading obstacles and shooting demons.

A door painted with the instruction ‘don’t blink’ opens up into a room of blood-smeared mannequins in harlequin masks, their bodies twisted into unnatural poses. Eventually we can’t help it anymore, and let our eyelids flutter closed. When they open again, the mannequins have been rearranged – or have rearranged themselves. Another blink, and it happens again, except that one of them has now come to life. As we repeat this process, we learn to use our eyes tactically, only blinking once our guns are readied.

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR arrives on PSVR 2 on March 16 for $39.99.

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