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Title: VR bop Thrasher is heading to PC and Steam Deck

Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 20:07:54 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/vr-bop-thr...

Thrasher is coming to flat screens, with a launch on Steam and Steam Deck
scheduled for later in 2025. The new platform releases follow the VR game's
debut last summer on the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro. Devs Brian Gibson
and Mike Mandel, collaborating under the moniker Puddle, announced the new
hardware additions in a fittingly surreal trailer today.

Both Gibson and Mandel have a history making music- and audio-driven
interactive experiences. Mandel worked on Fuser, Rock Band VR and Fantasia:
Music Evolved. Gibson's previous project was the VR title Thumper, which
bills itself with the tagline "a rhythm violence game." (Imagine Tetris
Effect if it was filled with aggression rather than transcendent joy. But in
a really, really good way.)

Thrasher follows their existing legacy of immersive and unsettling games with
its strange concept of a cosmic eel doing battle against a space baby, all
set to a throbbing soundtrack. The addition of a non-virtual reality option
is an exciting development for fans of the title, and it should be
interesting to see how well the pair adapts their VR control scheme to
gamepads and mouse/keyboard setups.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/vr-bop-thr...
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