About this game

20018 WORLD TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

Choose from any of the 36 VR Nations and play through Football Nations unique tournament structure inspired by the World Cup; in Round One you can play any of 36 teams but only 16 teams remain, over half the teams are eliminated and the competition continues until the final where just two teams are left and we have an ultimate winner.

Round 1 - 36 teams
Lasts 3 weeks: 7th June - 28th June 2018

Round 2 (Knockout rounds) Top 16 Teams
1 week 28th June - 5th July

Quarter Finals - Top 8 teams
1 week 5th July - 12th July

Semi Finals - Top 4 teams
1 week 12th - 19th July

Final 2 teams
1 day 21st July 2019

Its not too late to join in before the Knockout rounds, play today in #FOOTBALLNATIONVR TOURNAMENT 2018.
Feel every goal in VR!

About the Game

Football Nation VR™, bringing virtual football to life. NEW 2018 Tournaments inspired by the World Cup. For the first time ever, you can physically feel the rush of playing in Football's biggest VR tournament as the vast stadium surrounds you; the virtual grass underfoot, the crowd cheering, the excitement and the undeniable patriotism for your country - a childhood dream come true.

Play solo against the A.I, join up to 16 player matches (8 Player online lobbies), or invite your friends into a private match for a little friendly competition. With a choice of pitches to play on, players can choose to play in the International league Stadium, or just have a Five A Side kick around with friends.

However you play, Football Nation VR™ brings to life the players, teams, and atmosphere of competitive football like no other game can; celebrate together as you and your team run, kick and tackle your way to the top spot on the global leaderboards.



PLAY FOOTBALL IN VR:
For the first time you can play a game of football in VR, against the AI or online with friends.

OFFLINE TRAINING CHALLENGES:
Play in a selection of offline challenges to help master your skills from dribbling, kicking, to striking to a variety of fun target practice challenges

WORLD TOURNAMENT MODE:
Play solo against the AI in 16 player matches; with 8 AI and 8 player lobbies you can choose to all be on one team or 4v4 (human) online matches with friends. This mode is inspired by the World Cup, 36 teams enter and only one can win. Choose your country you want to play for, and for every win your country gets 3 points, the teams with the highest points will avoid elimination, after each round the leaderboards are wiped and only the top teams go through. After each round half the teams are knocked out until only 2 remain. The world tournament mode includes professional rules and penalties!

5 ASIDE FOOTBALL MATCHES:
Play solo against the AI or 4v4 online matches with friends, 5 Aside is a fun take on Sunday league football, with matches lasting 5 minutes, and no strict rules this is a kick around game at its best

TEAMS: *COMING JULY 2018
Teams will be a permanent fixture in the game, giving players the ability to create, join and customise teams with their friends. It was such a great addition to the game that we couldn’t see it end once the tournament did so instead we expanded it further. Giving the players more flexibility to manage members and create their own teams.



Football Nation VR is the WORLDS FIRST first person football (soccer) game (fpf) played in VR from a first person perspective where you control the running, dribbling and kicking motions with the unique agile locomotion mechanic, giving you the abilty to play a a game of football in VR.

In Football Nation VR your hands control your feet, (no need for extra controllers or trackers!) with the increase in popularity of running games in VR this was a natural progression for us, to bring the worlds most loved sport into VR.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·25 Jul 2018Official

  Patch Notes - WC 23/7/2018

  Update Features: New game type: Striker Mode New Game type: Custom teams Easy, medium and hard AI Star moments - providing the player with those memorable footballing moments where you are immune from other players stealing the ball and your glory. You only get to use one per game so use it wisely! New face to ball/ goal button gives player goal orientation Updated controls to be easier to pick up and play Trophy for the winners of World Tournament , Congratulations Germany! The goal replay system has been updated and you now get to see the players in the replay as well as the ball! The movement controls have been tightened up to reduce the amount of accidental movement while moving your arms. General bug fixes and optimisations We have added so much stuff in this new update, based on community feedback and we received an awesome couple of suggestions, first was to have a ‘look at goal’ button it sounds simple but this button has become a vital tool especially for beginners pressing it while you have possession of the ball, will keep the ball at your feet and position you facing the goal ready to blur into the next addition ‘star moments’ this will give you footballing immunity, so run towards the goal and feel that star moment in all its glory A free demo will release in August for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive via steam and Oculus Home. Thank you again for all your feedback - please also join us on Discord.
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• Community & Events·25 Jul 2018Official

  GERMANY WINS THE VR WORLD TOURNAMENT

  MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE GERMAN TEAM!!! This week sees the end of the first VR World Tournament. England didn’t bring it home in Virtual Reality but CherryPop Games are bringing football fans loads of free content. In celebration of Germany winning the first VR World tournament and England proudly reaching the semi-finals, CherryPop Games is delighted to announce new game types , new AI difficulty levels, and the new further improved pick up and play controls. Our latest content update saw the end of the first 2018 VR World Tournament, to fill the undeniable void left by the World Cup we provided a new content update with further control improvements and we are also announcing a new free demo coming soon on Steam! New Game modes include; the all-new striker mode , allowing you to play in a penalty shoot out head-to-head online or against the AI to hit targets in an all-out shooting experience. The all new Custom teams, where you can create, join and customise your own football teams, play with friends online or just practice against the AI. The international tournament mode, perfect to fulfil that end of the World Cup itch, play as your favourite country and sample the delights of international football. For the first time ever, every PS VR owner worldwide can physically feel the rush of playing in World class arenas; as the vast stadium surrounds you, the virtual grass underfoot, the crowd cheering, the excitement and the undeniable patriotism for your country - a childhood dream come true. We have added so much stuff in this new update, based on community feedback and we received an awesome couple of suggestions, first was to have a ‘look at goal’ button it sounds simple but this button has become a vital tool especially for beginners, pressing it while you have possession of the ball, will keep the ball at your feet and position you facing the goal ready to blur into the next addition ‘star moments’ this will give you footballing immunity, so run towa...
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• Announcements·29 Jun 2018Official

  Loyalty discount for SportsBar VR owners!!!

  Own Sports Bar VR and get a loyalty discount of 15% off the newly rebranded Football Nation VR join the VR World Tournament inspired by the World Cup - enjoy the huge NEW update including new controls, new modes more people online and more... What's more there are future exciting free updates to come too so now is a better time than ever to grab it while it's in the summer sale and you can help lead your country to victory #footballnationvr
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• Announcements·12 Jun 2018Official

  VR WORLD CUP RANKINGS

  We're excited to update you on the tournament so far, In ROUND ONE England sat firmly in the lead for the first 3 days of the tournament, with Germany overtaking them on the 4th day and holding its position since. The global top 6 WORLD RANKINGS are currently 1. GERMANY 2. ENGLAND 3. BELGIUM 4. BRAZIL 5. AUSTRALIA 6. SPAIN Both England and Germany are showing they are strong contenders in the competition and Belgium are not shying away from trying to steal the cup. Sitting on the 6th spot in VR leagues is Spain, a good team who are playing together well. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32083605/a26356e38525f4bbf5e14cb45de02cbf6c7c4630.jpg Its not too late to join in, your country needs you, join us today in FOOTBALL NATION VR TOURNAMENT 2018 and rewrite football history!
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• Announcements·11 Jun 2018Official

  PLAY IN THE VR WORLD CUP...

  The WORLDS FIRST VR FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT INSPIRED BY THE WORLD CUP IS HERE on Steam and Oculus Home.... WEBSITE: www.footballnationvr.com https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32083605/29725a61cb9c2ab127f59cbb4a3f36c073a21d2c.png WORLD WIDE VR FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT LAUNCHING 7TH JUNE FOOTBALL NATION VR BRINGS A VR TOURNAMENT IN TIME FOR THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT CherryPop Games is excited to announce the launch of Football Nation VR™ 2018 coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive via Steam, on June 7th 2018 and it will include a free tournament content update inspired by the World Cup. Owners of VRFC will receive the upgrade for free. The World's First Virtual Reality football game now includes a load of super-cool new content. For the first time ever, you can physically feel the rush of playing in Football's biggest VR tournament; as the vast stadium surrounds you, the virtual grass underfoot, the crowd cheering, the excitement and the undeniable patriotism for your country - a childhood dream come true. Gemma Jessop, Cherry Pop Games commented: “We were so inspired by all the great feedback we had from the VR community about Football in VR, and to us it was impossible to ignore that 2018 is the year of the World Cup and we wanted to bring a little bit of that magic into Virtual Reality. When you step out onto that pitch, with the crowd roaring, the atmosphere is palpable, it really was a wow moment for me.” To Celebrate the launch with football’s biggest VR tournament the free content update contains new game mode allowing you to play through the tournament with your favourite country. Football Nation VR 2018 is the perfect way for every football fan to run on the pitch of the World’s most loved sport. Gemma Jessop added “We can’t wait to see which team wins the first 2018 Football Nation VR Tournament - See you on the pitch.” Tournament Features: Choose from any of the 36 VR Nations and play through Football Nations unique tournament s...
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