Onward, the tactical multiplayer shooter for Vive and Rift, is getting another free weekend – this time for Rift players on Oculus Home.

The free weekend begins January 25th at 1:00 PM ET and goes
until the 29th at 3:00 AM ET (your time here). Check out Onward on Oculus Home here.

Created by Downpour InteractiveOnward offers 5v5 online multiplayer, as well as solo/coop vs AI mode, and objective-based gameplay. With 30 different weapons at your disposal, all of which are modeled after real-world military weaponry, the focus of Onward is decidedly on creating realistic battles. Fans craving the usual assortment of heads-up displays or cross-hairs seen in other shooters need not apply.

Normally priced at $25, the free weekend should give you a chance to see if the mil sim-paced game is right for you. At this point in Early Access, there isn’t a ranking system in place, so expect to meet all levels of skill when you first start playing. This can be daunting, considering how much of a hardcore player base the game has garnered in the year and half since it launched into Early Access, but the free weekend should level the playing field somewhat as a glut of new players enter the game.

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  • oompah

    25$ to learn to kill people?
    me dont wannabe dracula
    nor a vampire

    • chop suey

      become the “punisher” instead…

    • Donna

      Gℴℴgle is offereing to each its worker 98 US dollars every hour to do some small tasks off a home computer .. Easily do work only for just few peroid of time daily & live happy more time with your loved ones … You can also have this online service…on Friday I bought a gorgeous Citroën DS after I been earnin $14625 this-past/five weeks .no doubt it is the best job however you can now not forgive yourself if you don’t test it.!ve732z:=>=>=> http://GoogleDailyConsumerAppleTechJobsOpportunities/easy/jobs ♥♥♥k♥♥♥l♥♥e♥♥♥a♥f♥c♥♥t♥♥w♥♥♥g♥♥d♥♥g♥♥e♥♥b♥♥♥d♥♥♥n♥♥♥k♥y♥♥♥x♥♥♥y♥l♥♥g♥v♥♥q♥♥t♥♥j:::::!bw992i:chgwj

    • Luke

      is 25$ is too much what is it the right price to learn how to kill “people”?

  • NooYawker

    I have Pavolv, and as a seasoned Counter Strike player.. I am too slow for VR MP shooters. Moving, reloading, changing guns.. all on a controller is nuts.

    • steviewade

      Pavlov is definitely clunky. I’m pretty seasoned with most things VR and I cant figure out how to reload/cock half of the weapons.