NFL VR video game launches on Quest, PlayStation this fall

The National Football League has reintroduced first-person football.

18 years later NFL 2K5 The league and StatusPro, the developer of the idea, have been toying with it. NFL Pro EraVirtual reality headsets are the new home for the original American football game, called. This fall’s launch NFL Pro Era PlayStation VR and Meta Quest will also be offered.

A video announcing the game at Wednesday’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase gave viewers a sense of what to expect. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens’s quarterback, led the players into the huddle. Then, they moved to the line-of-scrimmage where they called the play and made adjustments in the first person. After looking downfield the user passes the primary receiver an arcing, high pass that lands in the back of their end zone.

first person view of a play in NFL Pro Era; the viewer is the quarterback for Baltimore, the defending team is Cincinnati

A news release from StatusPro said game modes will let players “lead your team to a Super Bowl, improve your QB skills by participating in drills, or play catch virtually with your friends in your favorite NFL stadium.” NFL Pro Era The game appears to only be played at the quarterback position. All rosters are guaranteed to be authenticated by both the NFL Players Association and league licensing.

“Utilizing player data was a must-have to create a truly authentic NFL player experience,” Troy Jones, StatusPro’s chief executive, said in a statement. StatusPro was established in 2020 by Jones (an NCAA Division I quarterback at Western Kentucky, Akron), and Andrew Hawkins (6-year NFL wide receiver) who received an MBA from Indiana University.

“The experience is so realistic that fans will be blown away by the play action and truly feel like a professional athlete,” Hawkins said.

NFL Pro Era This will be the first licensed NFL videogame on consoles, not published by Electronic Arts since 2004. EA Sports’ Madden NFL series has held an exclusive license to “realistic action simulation” NFL video games on consoles or PC since then. As NFL Pro Era As the above example shows, virtual reality football is not a problem on any console. EA and the NFL renewed their deal (reported to be $1.5 billion) in 2020, on terms that still allowed for 2K Sports to announce multiple “non-simulation football game experiences,” such as arcade-style games similar to NFL BlitzEA’s trademark