Tennis, one of the most popular sports in the world, is sorely underrepresented in the video game space. While there were a flurry of titles on the PlayStation 3, games based upon the popular pastime have dried up harder than Grand Slam trophies in Rafa Nadal's cabinet. But rejoice: the PlayStation 4's finally about to get a tennis title on the end of its racket.
VR Tennis Online has been confirmed for the console courtesy of a PlayStation VR trailer in Japan. The game adopts a more cartoon take on the sport, with a vibrant cast of characters and super moves – but it's sure better than nothing. This one's already available for competing headsets and has drawn solid if unspectacular reviews. We'll take it, ta.
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Mmmm not quite the tennis game I was hoping for. Sure it will be cool for VR though
We need a new Everybody's Tennis ASAP.
Everybody's Tennis or Virtua Tennis...
@ShogunRok I second that!
Top Spin 5, pls.
@get2sammyb
I bet you've made space in the diary for this review
Yes a tennis game!
But the shot selection in the video is terrible, as if you wouldn't smash those high looping lobs.
um, wouldn't it make sense for a VR tennis game to be in first person view? Not that I like FP at all in any game, but if I were going to play a tennis game in VR I'd expect it to make me feel like I was in the game playing. I spent the first few seconds of the video thinking that was my partner and we were playing doubles and I kept waiting for him to let me hit the ball.
Damn, I miss Virtua Tennis. Would happily take an HD update of the original with new character models.
Harsh words about Nadal there. Too soon. You could have gone with 'the no. of tennis titles have receded quicker than Federer's hairline'.
@Rudy_Manchego 👏👏👏 👍
A new tennis game was announced just last week by the creators of TopSpin - finally! Great news for tennis fans on and offline. To celebrate this, we have created Tennis World Tour Net - a free online competitive gaming community for TWT players (both PS and XBOX) to meet online and play competitive matches, report their scores and discuss tennis and much more! Register your email on http://tennisworldtour.net/ to be notified when the site goes live.
@mrobinson91 A new tennis game was announced just last week by the creators of TopSpin - finally! Great news for tennis fans on and offline. To celebrate this, we have created Tennis World Tour Net - a free UNOFFICIAL online competitive gaming community for TWT players (both PS and XBOX) to meet online and play competitive matches, report their scores and discuss tennis and much more! Register your email on http://tennisworldtour.net/ to be notified when the site goes live. Note: This fansite is in no way associated with Big Ben Interactive or any creator of the Tennis World Tour console game.
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