SWORDS of GARGANTUA VR Game to Offer Global Open Beta from May 15-21

Leaderboard challenge and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card prize offered to the player who ranks highest at the end of the open beta period.

TOKYO – May 8, 2019 – gumi Inc. and Yomuneco Inc. today announced that its upcoming VR action title, SWORDS of GARGANTUA, will offer a globally-accessible open beta through Steam and the Oculus store. From Wednesday, May 15, until Tuesday, May 21 (Pacific Daylight Time), players can test their sword-wielding skills against the mighty Gargantua’s minions.

Players can join the SWORDS of GARGANTUA Discord to register for the open beta and follow the instructions in the #open-beta-apply channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/d4UZR6B

During the open beta, players will have the chance to win an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ventus 8G OC graphics card. Players will compete in the multiplayer beginner quest, and the individual player with the highest score on the multiplayer leaderboard at the end of the open beta, wins!

Key Features in SWORDS of GARGANTUA:

• Hyper-Realistic VR Swordsmanship: We’ve taken great care to ensure that each battle feels great through heavy refinement of our battle system and accurate haptic feedback.
• Cross-Platform 4 Player Co-Op: With native voice chat, develop strategies, revive downed friendlies, and battle hordes of enemies in order to protect your mana station, and penultimately fight an enormous foe.
• Grand in Size: 100 single player missions, 30 weapons to unlock, and a multiplayer mode rarely seen in VR melee action games.
• Gargantuan in Scale: Embrace destiny and take on the mighty titan, Gargantua. Larger and more challenging than anything players have faced in Swords of Gargantua before!

SWORDS of GARGANTUA

Discord: https://discord.gg/d4UZR6B
Official Website: http://www.gargantuavr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GargantuaVR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gargantuavr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GargantuaVR/

About Yomuneco Inc.
Yomuneco Inc. is a Virtual Reality game development company based out of Tokyo, Japan. Headed by industry veteran Kiyoshi Shin, Yomuneco is dedicated to the creation of high-quality multiplayer experiences in Virtual Reality. For more information about Yomuneco, please check out our official website: http://www.yomune.co/

About gumi Inc.
Founded in 2007, gumi Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3903) is a leading global mobile game publisher and developer headquartered in Japan, with overseas operations in France, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. The company has proven success in launching titles worldwide, such as the widely popular role-playing games Brave Frontier and THE ALCHEMIST CODE. In 2016, gumi established a Silicon Valley-based investment group with partners, called The Venture Reality Fund, which focuses on seed and early stage augmented reality and virtual reality startups. Its VR incubation subsidiaries have expanded globally, including Tokyo XR Startups, Seoul XR Startups, and Nordic XR Startups. In 2018, the company launched gumi Cryptos, an investment arm in blockchain technology and funds. With ongoing publishing and development projects on a wide array of mobile, AR and VR platforms, gumi aims to change the world through innovative entertainment products and services, including both original content and collaborations with popular IP. For more information, please visit http://www.gu3.co.jp/en/.