Battlezone is a bold homage to Atari's classic 1980 arcade game, widely regarded as the forefather of virtual reality gaming with its distinctive periscope display.

Designed for the next wave of virtual reality devices, Battlezone gives you unrivalled battlefield awareness, a monumental sense of scale and breathless combat intensity. You are in the cockpit of a super weapon. Your instincts and senses respond to every threat on the battlefield as enemy swarms loom over you and super-heated projectiles whistle past your ears.

At the time of its reveal, Rebellion couldn’t confirm support for VR on PC, but now fans and backers of Oculus Rift know they can look forward to a seminal gaming experience on the platform, just as Rebellion’s co-founders Jason and Chris Kingsley did in 1980 with the Battlezone arcade machine: 

“The Battlezone arcade machine was an inspiration not just for my brother and me, but for a whole generation of developers. When Facebook kicked off their VR segment of the F8 conference, the original 1980 Battlezone was the game they opened with – it’s that important in gaming history.”

“We’ve come a huge way since then, but the development community needs to work together to help make VR a success, and Oculus are definitely playing their part. The technology, the hardware, it’s finally all there – and make no mistake it’s game experiences that are going to take VR headsets to the mainstream, not film or TV.”

The Rotberg Corporation: A glistening industrial complex dominating all that remains of the neon wastelands of Earth.

Humanity: Enslaved, exiled and on the edge of extinction.

You: Mankind’s last hero. The planet’s only hope.

Take control of The Cobra – the most powerful vehicle ever built – and experience the future of virtual reality combat.

You’ve seen war. Now feel it.

Load the Cobra with a wide range of devastating weapons and awesome combat utilities. Outflank and outwit the enemy, cut through its legions of ground and airborne troops and blast your way to a final confrontation with the metal mind of the Rotberg Corp.