The Playroom is a video game developed by Japan Studio‘s Team Asobi and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It is a collection of augmented reality mini-games meant to demonstrate the use of the PlayStation Camera and the DualShock 4 controller and comes preloaded with all PlayStation 4 consoles. The PlayStation Camera accessory is required to play The Playroom. If a camera is not present, a trailer for The Playroom will be displayed instead of the full game. Firesprite, a studio founded by former employees of Studio Liverpool, worked on the visuals of The Playroom. Downloadable content is free.
A virtual reality game, titled The Playroom VR, was released in October of 2016. It contains a series of asymmetrical multiplayer minigames to demonstrate the features of PlayStation VR (running on the PlayStation 4). It comes free with the VR headset and contains six minigames: Cat and Mouse, Monster Escape, Wanted, Toy Wars, Ghost House, and Robots Rescue. The Playroom VR received “generally favorable reviews” according to review aggregator Metacritic based on six critic reviews. Simon Fitzgerald of Push Square called it a “good collection of couch co-op mini-games that demonstrate the capabilities of the VR headset superbly. Although a few of the games you’ll play once and never touch again, Robots Rescue is a standout experience that you’ll wish was a fully-fledged game in itself.
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