Gamers who order an Oculus Rift are in for a treat: everyone who orders the VR kit gets a free copy of Lucky's Tale, a platform adventure game about a wily fox in a bright, colorful world.
Lucky's Tale will show off a different kind of VR gaming experience. In that title, players take on the role of a fox, Lucky, who runs, jumps, climbs and spins his way through various colorful levels.
"Built from the ground up for virtual reality, the game invites you to step inside a vibrant, living world like never before," writes Lucky's Tale developer Playful on its website. "Whether you're racing with Lucky through lush trees, dodging swamp pits, battling menacing bosses, or mastering mini-games, you'll feel like you're really there thanks to the magic of VR."
The news about Lucky's Tale being included with all orders is a follow up to another game previously announced that will ship for free with the headset: EVE: Valkyrie, a game by the developer behind the popular space MMO EVE: Online. That VR title will let players get behind the controls of their own spaceships and dogfight with other like-minded players. Valkyrie also stars Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff.
The Oculus Rift team plans on opening up preorders next month, with the device coming to market in early 2016, making it the first major virtual reality headset for the PC to become available.
Just a few days ago, Oculus VR's founder, Palmer Luckey, announced that preorders would arrive shortly after the New Year.
@PalmerLuckey Preorders are coming soon after new year. Enjoy a stress-free holiday, we won't launch preorders without warning!
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) December 22, 2015
Of course, the Oculus Rift probably won't be sold for less than $500, at least if recent tweets and Reddit posts made by Luckey are any indication. However, Oculus' founder believes that the price of the unit is fair.
"People who think we are going to come out ahead on hardware don't understand that our goal is to make the VR market as large as possible so developers (and Oculus) have a large enough addressable market to make VR content financially viable and self-sustaining," said Luckey in a Reddit post.
