Experience World War II Like Never Before in Immersive VR Today in Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) and Respawn Entertainment, in collaboration with the Oculus Studios team at Facebook Reality Labs, released the highly-anticipated VR title, Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is an authentic and period-accurate experience which sheds light on the history of World War II blending film and games in a revolutionary take on interactive entertainment. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’s single-player campaign is an innovative and immersive VR experience that transports players into the boots of a soldier during some of the most pivotal moments of World War II. As a recruit for the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the CIA, the player will be immersed in a powerful story where they embark on missions that take them from Tunisia to across Europe to participate in some of the biggest moments of the war. Innovative twists to virtual reality have been added to the modes Blast Radius, an explosive take on King of the Hill, and Mad Bomber, where players will place bombs anywhere they can physically reach, or search for them using their eyes as well as their ears using 3D positional sound to hone in on their locations and defuse them before they go off.