- New fantasy heroes are waiting for you! - 9 October 2022
A new fantasy pack arrives with the latest 2.26.460 version with 10 new characters, from stone golems and knights to ancient demons and warriors. As always, the new pack is a limited release and they are not level-locked. You can use your GR to get them or if you want to try them all, just get a new shiny Battle Pass. It removes any level lock on all skills and provides free access to them for one month. We have also resumed our tournaments, please join us this upcoming Saturday, Oct 15th, 2022 at 7 PM EST. That's right, we move the tourney to Saturday just the next time to see if we can accommodate more people. Because the more people have, the more fun we get! Check out the demo: https://youtu.be/b2stB26eBqg And don't forget to join our Discord community: https://battlearenavr.net/discord See you in the game!
- New level for all - Sinope - 31 December 2021
Enjoy the new ample level and updated lights for the Tarvos underground maze.
- New color scheme for a few levels! - 29 December 2021
IO, Albiorix, and Titan for the new color scheme, as well as the baked light for the best performance!
- A new melee weapon - The force sword for you! - 5 November 2021
Today is a great day to acquire great power, the force sword is awaiting the recently released 2.25.406. Key sword facts: 1. Two modes: force / frozen 2. To activate, reach out behind your back and press the grab button, you can draw the sword behind your belt too, just make sure your dominant hand goes behind your body vertical plane 3. You need to hold the grab button to keep the sword, once released, the previously selected weapon is instantly selected 4. Damage depends on how strong you strike, up to 100 hit points (full health) for the strongest strike. You do 50% of damage in the "solid" form. Headshots work for sword and still do 200% damage 5. If you hit another player shield while in the "force" mode, your sword is disabled for 1 second 6. A "solid" sword cuts through shields but does less damage 7. You cannot hit other players more often than once every 0.5 sec, enough time fo…
- Name change? Yes! - 22 September 2021
Now it's possible to change your in-game name. As many times as you want! https://youtu.be/Jv72tTlnjRg
- Skeletons Attack - 28 May 2021
In the latest Battle Arena VR release 2.18.254 you will find a limited set of new skeleton skins and an ability to swap the dominant hand! The new skins are not locked by your level, grab them now if you have enough GR. Release notes: - 5 new skeleton skins, limited edition - Ability to swap dominant hand from right to left - Better weapon/shield positioning in bot hands - Bug fixes, yeah, we still have a few Enjoy and join our Discord: https://battlearenavr.net/discord Got a suggestion? https://battlearenavr.net/feedback Get the game, it's FREE: https://battlearenavr.net
- Pogger Bots in the latest update! - 19 May 2021
If the bots are no longer challenging you, try to make them faster, more precise, and protect themselves with the shield. The latest BAVR update 2.17.351 has this single new setting, try it! And now you have 4 levels of difficulty that control bots difficulty, let's see how many you can handle at the OP level! The full release notes: 1. Noob, Regular, Pogger, and OP levels of bots change the parameter in lobby settings 2. Teach bots to use the Force Shield, now they can protect themselves too! 3. Update bot's ability to see you in specific cases. Sometimes they can run around without shooting you which is no longer the case. 4. Fix the First Blood voice-over on every game entry. 5. Performance improvements with the latest tooling, packages, and optimizations. Enjoy and join our Discord: https://battlearenavr.net/discord Got a suggestion? https://battlearenavr.net/feedback
- Smooth turns, volume control, and game settings - 14 May 2021
In the latest Battle Arena VR v2.17.348, you will finally get access to game settings. You can now enable the Smooth Turns option or disable turns in general and use "me-rotation" only. This is just the beginning of the configurable part of the app and many more features to come here, such as hands swap, name change, account management! Full release notes: 1. Configure turns: Smooth Turns, Snap Turns, or disable turns at all. Smooth Turns is for advanced VR players, stay away if you have a chance of getting motion sickness. 2. Control music/effect/voice volume separately. 3. Enable haptic for selectable lobby elements. 4. Reorganize lobby controls, the main button to join a game or tournament is right in front of you now. Enjoy and join our Discord: https://battlearenavr.net/discord Got a suggestion? https://battlearenavr.net/feedback Get the game, it's FREE: https://battlearenavr.net
- Battle Arena 2.17.347 - New Underground map for 1x1 duels - 7 May 2021
In the fresh Battle Arena VR v2.17.347, you will find the one and only underground duel map. It's a small and same time not too tight space for 1x1 battles against bots or real opponents with a single enabled weapon - the Revolver. Because of the closed space, you get a lot of ricochets and you'd better watch out for that train. In Tournament #20 this is the primary battleground for every tournament match. And this is a special release for another reason - we've got two community contributions: a new lobby and voice impressive voice-over pack created exclusively for Battle Arena VR players! Full release notes: : 1. New map - Metis. A small underground map for 1x1 revolver-only duels. 2. New sounds - thanks to @EmpireOfMisfit for amazing work on all voice-over sounds. 3. New lobby - thanks to @Steelster for the new lobby, where you can finally find things and it feels like a home, at le…
- Battle Arena VR is live with the Force Field Distortion Shield - 3 May 2021
The new BAVR version 2.17.336 is live! With that many projectiles heading towards you and so little time to grapple away, you can now draw the force around you and form a distortion shield. It's a really powerful protection, which you can hold for just about 3 seconds and it needs some time to recharge. It can stop all kinds of projectiles and laser weapons, from SMG and Revolver to Dire Blaster Bolt. Yes, you can stop the Dire Bolt with it and let it drop on the ground without hurting you. Try to catch it though! - The force field distortion shield is new special player ability. Hold the Grab button on your left controller to activate - Revolver bullet, rocket, and dire bolt projectiles are now affected by the new force field, as well as all other weapons like plasma thrower, railgun, and SMG - Grapple distance challenge implementation and a new leaderboard for it - Render only active…
- BAVR Tournament #18 - Win a $41 Steam Game - 17 April 2021
Battle Arena VR Tournament #18 is going to be epic! We are fighting for the famous BAVR Badge which will be attached to your name if you win the tournament and the following prizes: - The winner gets a $41 Steam game prize, GR 250, the BAVR badge - The second place gets GR 150 - The third place gets GR 75 - Every participant who completes the first round regardless of the result gets GR 20 Meanwhile, a quick tournament prep checklist: 1. Get the latest version from the store and check it in the game lobby. 2. Open the game at the specified time (7 PM ET) and join the tournament playground arena for a warm-up. Once your match is ready, you will be automatically sent to your game, no need to go to the lobby all the time to check. If your game is ready before joining the playground, the main orb will send you right there. 3. The tournament playground arena is now mandatory to join to check…
- Tournament #17 is starting today! - 16 April 2021
We got 277 lobby sign-ups! Today we are fighting for the famous BAVR Badge which will be attached to your name if you win the tournament and the following prizes: - The winner gets a $29 Steam game prize, GR 250, the BAVR badge, and $1 Steam credits - The second place gets GR 150 - The third-place gets GR 75 - Every participant who completes the first round regardless of the result gets GR 20 Meanwhile, a quick tournament prep checklist: 1. Get the latest version from the store and check it in the game lobby, it should be 2.16.333. 2. Open the game at the specified time (7 PM ET) and join the tournament playground arena for a warm-up. Once your match is ready, you will be automatically sent to your game, no need to go to the lobby all the time to check. If your game is ready before joining the playground, the main orb will send you right there. 3. The tournament playground arena is now…
- Better linker, characters dissolve, wind rush, and faster revolver - 2 April 2021
Battle Arena 2.16.232 is live! Better linker, characters dissolve, wind rush, and faster revolver. And yes, you need to update to this version to participate in the Tournament! - Better linker to help you get into tricky places. It now has an additional force that is perpendicular to the pull force. That helps to get on top of edgy places without struggle - Improved revolver, quicker reload, and faster bullets - New character dissolve effect is no longer static and reflects the actual player pose before death - Wind rush effect and sound when your speed is closer to the maximum - Easier strafe jumps, just move your head left and right when touching the ground to accelerate yourself without the linker - Tournament check-in improvements. To reduce the number of no-shows and avoid empty matches in the first round, now the tournament check-in which is required to be shuffled into the 1st ro…
- Weekly Challenge "Champions" with an `Oculus Quest 1` as a Grand Prize - 21 March 2021
I'm happy to announce that the upcoming week has a Weekly Challenge "Champions" with an `Oculus Quest 1` as a Grand Prize! The challenge is to get the most points as a champion. The Weekly Challenge rules: 1. Get the most points at the Challenge leaderboard (available in the game lobby) at the cut-off time (timer is in the lobby too) 2. The challenge starts on March 22nd, 2021 at 00:00:00 UTC and the cut-off time is March 29th, 2021 at 00:00:00 UTC (1 week) 3. Be a member of our Battle Arena VR Discord server 4. To get the prize, you must be located in the United States How to get points: You get points only for games you completed at a champion (1st place). For every game you finish as a champion you get 1 point. If the game has real players as opponents, you earn an extra 1 point for each opponent. Hint: play with real people to get more points. Good luck and tell a friend about the c…
- Strafe jumps, horizontal grapple velocity and tournament playground improvements - 19 March 2021
In the new release, you can learn the real power of grapple, the updated linker physics allows you to have grapple velocity in all directions including horizontal, and with stronger pull, you will feel like a superhero! And if you want to stay invisible but still move fast, we have added a strafe jump which allows you to add extra acceleration with a well-timed following jump. This update also includes tons of improvements: 1. Strafe jumps. If you want you to stay low and move fast, this new locomotion is for you, move your head left or right upon landing from the previous jump and hit the jump again to gain extra acceleration, every subsequent jump keeps the extra velocity from the previous so can be really fast! 2. Horizontal velocity grapple. Previously the linker was heavily limited for horizontal acceleration but with the updated physics you have no limits, it feels natural, you sw…
- New Loadout system and daily rewards - 11 March 2021
We've got a loadout system with the ability to unlock certain skins and items. Daily rewards will help you to earn additional GR. Full release notes are below: - Loadout system with game progression to unlock certain skins and items. Additional custom skins, weapons, items are coming with subsequent releases. - Claim the daily reward. Come daily to get your GR, it's as easy as press a button. - BAVR Medal to all tournament champions with a number of tournaments in their pocket. This badge is visible to everyone in a game, so if you see a player with #6 on that badge, you probably know what to expect. Join our weekly tournaments to get your own BAVR Medal, every Friday, 7 PM EST. - New ways to earn GR for playing games, more GR for the first place, more GR for winning real players. - Ray interaction for all devices, no need to come closer to the buttons to press them, just use the ray. J…
- New "Thebe" level and "Let's be friends" challenge - 26 February 2021
Battle Arena VR v2.15 has been just released with the whole new Thebe level. It's a large map for bigger parties, a water port with a marina, ships, a lighthouse and lots of places to hide or find someone! We have also added a new challenge and an ability to earn virtual currency. What's new: 1. New map - "Thebe", Pier 66, large level for bigger parties and also for the 1x1 tournament! 2. "Let's be friends" weekly challenge - friend a person to score a point, check the leaderboard for results 3. Virtual currency - Graviton (GR), now you can see how much did you earn for winning previous weekly challenges, the top 3 spots were always getting the reward. And the tournament winners are awarded as well. The next update comes with a loadout system where you will be able to spend earned Gravirons to customize your skin and weapons. 4. Updated notifications system - instead of showing info on…
- Updated Revolver and the fully recreated Tarvos map - 22 February 2021
Battle Arena VR v2.14 went live a few days ago with the updated Revolver and the fully recreated Tarvos map (Cube Maze). Most of you have probably got this version already and I'm posting the release notes just now: 1. Revolver improvements: - new sounds - recoil effect - muzzle flash - stronger impact but lower fire rate - ricochet 2. Tarvos map complete update 3. Improved weapon haptic to provide different feedback for different weapons. Stronger haptic for the revolver, continuous haptic for SMG (lighter), and Plasma (stronger) 4. Update sound propagation for projectile-based weapons to avoid weird wheezing sounds There is no separate demo for every feature but the previous tournament was already on v2.14 and here how it was, including the new Tarvos map: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/923413005
- Win a $30 Steam Game - Tournament #10 - 22 February 2021
Challenge yourself, challenge everyone in a multiplayer battle arena tournament. The winner will get a Steam game of their choice up to $30 value. This tournament is co-sponsored by our unbeatable double-champion Steelster. Participation Participation is easy and free, just join in the game lobby, there is a kiosk with a big Sign Up button. You need to come at a specified time to be shuffled into the 1st round matches. Once the tournament is started, the table will be rendered in the lobby and your match will be ready to join with the big sphere in front of you. Observers If you don't feel like a fight but want to spectate matches in real-time and in VR, we have this option for you now. Once the tournament is started, a separate holo table will be displayed in the lobby with all active matches, join any, follow the player or use the free camera mode to fly around. Use your trigger and g…
- Battle Arena VR - Win a Prize - Tournament #9 - 19 February 2021
Tournament? Challenge yourself, challenge everyone in a multiplayer battle arena tournament. The winner will get a Steam game of their choice up to $10 value. Participation Participation is easy and free, just join in the game lobby, there is a kiosk with a big Sign Up button. You need to come at a specified time to be shuffled into the 1st round matches. Once the tournament is started, the table will be rendered in the lobby and your match will be ready to join with the big sphere in front of you. Observers If you don't feel like a fight but want to spectate matches in real-time and in VR, we have this option for you now. Once the tournament is started, a separate holo table will be displayed in the lobby with all active matches, join any, follow the player or use the free camera mode to fly around. Use your trigger and grip buttons to change a player to follow and the rotation mode. U…
