If the virtual reality remake of arcade classic Battlezone doesn’t interest then Rebellion has just announced plans to remaster the 1998 release from Activision, which blends first-person shooter and real-time strategy.
This early tank simulator will be back in all its glory for PC but the studio isn’t ready to show anything yet. The VR project is ”very much a reboot” of Atari’s original Battlezone, which has little resemblance.
The announcement of a remaster was made in an open letter to Battlezone fans.
”As our teaser trailer revealed, our VR version of Battlezone is very much a reboot of Atari’s 1980 arcade classic, a game we’re very fond of at Rebellion. However, we also know that a number of you are fans of the 1998 and 1999 Battlezone games released by Activision that re-imagined the franchise as a groundbreaking hybrid of FPS and RTS gameplay.”
”We’re very pleased to reveal that we’re also working on a remaster of the 1998 Battlezone for PC,” it read on the official Rebellion website.
”It’s still early days but when we’re ready to show you more you’ll be the first to know. All we can say for now is that whichever vision of Battlezone you love, you’ve not been forgotten!”
