Previously launched on consoles and PC in 2022, the VR version of psychological horror game MADiSON was set to launch this month on PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets. Now, just a day before its planned launch, the studio says it’s being delayed by “a few weeks” to allow the team to hit a higher framerate.
Perp Games and developer Bloodious Games announced the delay in a blogpost, noting that Unity’s recently released SDK would allow the team to hit 90Hz natively on PSVR 2 instead of the planned 60/120Hz interpolation mode.
“Our ambition is to create a realistic and daunting atmosphere with MADiSON VR. This was achieved by using real-time shadows and lighting. These elements heavily utilise the CPU on all platforms,” the studio says.
While the team still hoped to hit its previously revised March 29th release, they maintain the opportunity afforded by the 90Hz mode “is really important and MADiSON VR should be released in it’s newly possible final form, and so we have made the difficult decision to delay the game by a few weeks.”
Madison VR is a full port of the first-person psychological horror, which centers around the original’s paranormal ‘instant camera’ which lets you connect the human world with the beyond, and also includes it many puzzles, creepy environment and lurking monsters. It was originally planned to release on Halloween 2023. However, it was repeatedly delayed in the months that followed, resulting in three different releases dates: March 22nd, February 20th and March 29th. The studio claims that this “is the best action.” In the meantime, check out this recent gameplay video below, courtesy of Perp Games: