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Ghost in the Shell Arise: Stealth Hounds

Game

Ghost in the Shell Arise: Stealth Hounds is a 2017 location-based VR shooter built by Bandai Namco for its VR Zone Shinjuku arcade in Tokyo. Eight players in full-body tracking gear fight four-on-four battles inspired by the Arise film continuity.

Genre: Location-based VR multiplayer shooter
Platform: Arcade (VR)
Developer: Bandai Namco
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Release Year: 2017
Japan Release Date: 2017-12-09
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Gameplay

Each of eight participants wears a modified HTC Vive headset, an MSI VR One backpack PC, and motion markers on the wrists, ankles and hips, letting an optical tracking system read their full-body movement across a twenty by twelve meter arena. Players run, duck and dodge through the space while firing arcade guns and using Ghost in the Shell abilities like optical camouflage and cyberbrain hacking against the opposing team.
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Premise

Participants take on the role of a rookie joining Major Kusanagi's strike force, sent into the arena to eliminate enemy combatants in a scenario built around the Arise continuity's technology and tone.
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Release

Bandai Namco opened Stealth Hounds at VR Zone Shinjuku on December 9, 2017, after pushing the debut back several months during development. It was covered in gaming and VR press as one of the more ambitious location-based attractions of its time, pairing full-body optical tracking with a major anime license.
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