Insomniac Games: Game Company Dives into the World of Virtual Reality via Oculus Rift
It was in 2012 when Insomniac Games stepped away from the shadows of Playstation as it released released a small game called "Outernauts" on Facebook and eventually on mobile devices. That signaled the game company to explore other horizons as it started developing games for Xbox One and PC, too. four years later, Insomniac Games impressed the gaming world anew after revealing that it is working on new titles that will be playable on the Oculus Rift, which includes its earlier announced "Edge of Nowhere," "The Unspoken," and "Feral Rights."
According to Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price, the company's move to dive into the world of virtual reality gaming can be compared to the act they did when they took the risk of creating Facebook games and on mobile devices.
"We were really enamoured by the chance to get in early and develop an expertise in a field ahead of many of our peers who are maybe holding back and waiting to see what's going to happen," Price said.
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The CEO also revealed that the move of creating games that were exclusive to PlayStation was rooted on practical reasons. He said that, back then, they saw the gaming industry was shifting away from games that were strictly played on consoles. Hence, it dawned on the company that it had to embrace the change as well as the future of traditional game development was already in their sight.
"… For us it certainly opened our eyes to looking beyond the games that we had been making and gave us the impetus to start experimenting," Price explained.
With its move to explore the world of virtual reality gaming, Insomniac Games is unwary of the fact that the virtual reality games fan base is still not that impressive in terms of number as the company believes that virtual reality is here to stay.
"When you see the support that VR is getting, not just in games, but across other areas from companies like Facebook, it's hard not to predict a future where VR becomes important culturally," Price declared.
