KI Gaming Introduces New VR Game Racket: Nx

TEL AVIV: Keshet International Gaming (KIG) has unveiled plans for Racket: Nx, a new virtual-reality arcade game created by Waves and developed by OneHamsa that is slated for global release next year.

Racket: Nx tests the spacial awareness and motor skills of players as they are encapsulated in a glass dome floating in outer space and given a racket and ball to strike. The goal is to hit the targets of dynamic patterns on the walls of the dome against the clock. A free demo became available on STEAM this month. The full game, which will include multiplayer and arcade modes, is set to launch as early access on the HTC VIVE VR platform in late January 2017.

Keshet International will sell the game and franchise internationally, while OneHamsa will continue to provide live services and production pipeline.

Ziv Rabinovich, the head of KI Gaming & Interactive, said: “Thanks to the VIVE’s ‘room scale’ approach, games like Racket: Nx offer the casual arcade experience that many gamers are looking for when turning to VR. V-Sports like this are getting over the ‘gimmick’ stage and are beginning to deliver games that are precise, immersive and competitive, as well as providing slick, graphical eye-candy and incredible sound. Like any other new platform, it’s all about the gameplay and Racket: Nx delivers. I’m extremely thrilled to have the opportunity to publish Racket: Nx, brilliantly developed by Waves and OneHamsa.”

Tomer Elbaz, the executive VP and general manager of the consumer electronics division of Waves Audio, added: “We’re pleased to partner up with Keshet International and consider this to be a great opportunity to expose gamers everywhere to Racket: Nx and the VR capabilities of Waves Nx.

“Waves Nx turns regular headphones into the auditory equivalent of VR goggles and immerses the user into an ultra-realistic soundscape. Racket: Nx is the first title designed from the ground up to organically showcase the technology and we couldn’t be more pleased with the end result.”