Challenge Friends, Thwart Foes
This week's update makes it easier than ever to challenge your friends without ever taking off your headset!
Challenge to Beat Your New Best Score! After you beat your own best score in any VirZOOM level, make sure you don't skip through the post-session summary. You can now choose to issue one challenge at a time to everyone on your friends list right from that screen, giving you 24 hours to see who comes out on top.
Be There Yourself, Or in Spirit! If you and a friend are playing in a multiplayer challenge at the same time, you'll face off head-to-head as usual – but even if you're offline, you'll see the "ghost" of everyone else who's competed in the challenge!
Where Are Challenges, Again? After someone invites you to a challenge, when you next launch VirZOOM Arcade, you'll see a message indicating that you have friend challenges waiting for you. After you select your profile, spin through workout modes – past Quick Play, Custom Workout, Hot Seat, etc. – to select "Friend Challenges." You can accept or decline challenges right from that screen! (And if you want, you can still go to My VirZOOM to accept challenges and issue new ones with more specific parameters.)
And Then What? When the challenge completes, you and your friends will all see who placed where in your activity logs on My VirZOOM – but we're open to suggestions for what happens next! What do you think is the proper award for an impromptu 24-hour car race, tank battle, or duck-feeding grudge match? Let us know at [email protected]!
Additional Updates
Tank Tweaks this week include the removal of speed boost power-ups and the addition of temporary invincibility shield power-ups. As much as some adventurous souls appreciate being behind the wheel of a rocket-powered tank, sudden movement across uneven terrain isn't generally a recipe for comfort in VR. Let us know how you feel about the changes at [email protected]!
Bug Fixes include a variety of small issues and also fixes for loading and graphics glitches after back-to-back matches of Winterstan multiplayer.
Manufacturing & Shipping are still on track as expected. If you've placed an order since June, your bike is part of this shipment. All packages will ship in the latter half of October, so if you're waiting for a bike, expect it to arrive in late October or early November, depending on how long shipping takes. Currently, we're only accepting new orders for the US and Canada, but we're actively working on arrangements for international distribution for 2017. Please feel free to get in touch with us directly at [email protected] about commercial and bulk orders.
Questions, Comments, Concerns?
If you spot any bugs or have trouble with any features you think could be working better, don't hesitate to send them our way at [email protected]. You can also always check My VirZOOM for instructions, troubleshooting tips, workout updates, and leaderboard standing. And don't forget to drop by the Forum to share your game ideas!