Strap Into Virtual Reality and Experience World War II Like Never Before With Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on December 11
September 16 2020 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
The Medal of Honor Franchise Goes Back to its
Roots with a Deep Single Player Campaign, Stories from Survivors,
Multiplayer and More
The Game Will Be Available on the Oculus Store
for Oculus Rift and also Steam with OpenVR Support
Respawn™ Entertainment, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc.
(NASDAQ:EA), and Oculus from Facebook today announced during
Facebook Connect that the highly-anticipated upcoming Virtual
Reality (VR) title, Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond will release
on December 11, 2020, worldwide. This new innovative and immersive
title blends films and games into one, and will be available on the
Oculus Store for Oculus Rift and Steam with OpenVR support and
cross-platform play.
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MEDAL OF HONOR: ABOVE AND BEYOND
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“The Medal of Honor franchise has always been a powerful series
that tells the untold stories of war heroes, and from the beginning
of this series in 1999, our goal has been to create grounded and
emotionally authentic games that are true to the experiences of
people that fought and lived through it,” said Peter Hirschmann,
Director, Respawn Entertainment. “We’re honored to share these
moving first-hand stories from survivors and veterans of WWII and
deliver an immersive VR gameplay experience that provides
high-flying action and emotional, intimate storytelling in equal
measure.”
Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond returns to the series’ roots,
transporting players to a boots-on-the-ground World War II setting
that spans the earth, sea and sky, with players jumping from
planes, skiing down mountainsides and sabotaging Nazi bases.
Aspiring soldiers won’t be going it alone, however: a veteran
sergeant and young British medic will serve as companions
throughout the single-player campaign, and the game will feature
appearances from other Medal of Honor legends, including Manon
Batiste and Dr. Gronek.
The single player campaign also aims to tell one of the most
immersive World War II stories yet in a robust and
emotionally-driven first-person experience. The team at Respawn has
spent the past four years and hundreds of hours interviewing
veterans of the war, and traveled to the places where history
happened, in order to get the emotional tone of the game right. The
team also captured more than 120 pages of stunning performance
capture - an entire movie’s worth of narrative performance - to
supplement the moving tale of heroism and sacrifice.
Additionally, Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond will feature a
variety of multiplayer modes, some of which are only possible in VR
and with the addition of Steam support, players will benefit from
cross-platform play across multiple different devices. Keep an eye
out for more information on these modes in the months ahead.
For more on the upcoming title, the development team’s latest
blog post can be found here:
https://www.oculus.com/medal-of-honor/the-sounds-of-war/.
Stay tuned for more details on the coming leading up to launch,
including more details on Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond
multiplayer features, new modes and more. For more information on
the game, follow the Medal of Honor channels on Twitter.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital
interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games,
content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile
devices and personal computers.
In fiscal year 2020, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $5.5 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a
portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA
SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, Madden NFL,
Need for Speed™, Titanfall™ and Plants vs. Zombies™. More
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are the property of their respective owners and used with
permission.
About Oculus
The Oculus team at Facebook Reality Labs lets people defy
distance—connecting with each other and the world—through
world-class VR hardware and software. The Oculus content team,
including Oculus Studios, pursues the creation of best-in-class
games, narrative experiences, and new VR use-cases like fitness,
productivity, and travel. Oculus joins other teams at FRL dedicated
to cutting-edge research, computer vision, haptics, social
interaction, and more. Facebook Reality Labs is committed to
driving the state of the art forward through relentless
innovation.
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