Portal, Valve’s well-known puzzle platformer, has but to leap to VR headsets like Half-Life: Alyx did, however fortunately, Pixel Framers’ Warp Lab might be the following smartest thing. Arriving on Oculus Quest 2 (now Meta Quest 2) and PC VR in Spring 2023, Warp Lab gives a brand new twist on a well-known premise.
Supplying you with one other excuse to load up your finest VR headset, Warp Lab guarantees “immersive player-controlled portals throughout a various array of puzzle, fight, and sandbox ranges.” Set throughout ten marketing campaign ranges, it doesn’t copy Portal’s iconic orange and blue portals, however Pixel Framers is utilizing VR to offer a brand new spin on gameplay. For instance, now you can seize objects immediately by means of them or peek your head by means of to scout out enemies.
You may watch this above, however that’s not all. Warp Lab’s Steam web page outlines some extra modes, together with a physics sandbox mode designed for “limitless experimentation” and on-line leaderboards. Alongside an Area mode that “enables you to take full benefit of portals in fight conditions,” Android Central studies that multiplayer will arrive in a post-launch replace.
Past mods, Warp Lab is probably going the closest factor we’ll ever get to Portal in digital actuality. After Half-Life: Alyx launched in 2020, Valve’s Robin Walker beforehand informed IGN that Portal VR was thought-about however in the end turned down, citing the drastic gameplay adjustments wanted to make it work. Given Portal’s momentum-based required puzzles, that’s a wise name to stop nausea, and we already worry how that’ll play out in Warp Lab.