The American Dream VR Gets Insane 4th of July Update

Samurai Punk has released a free update for The American Dream in honor of the US Independence Day holiday. The update, according to a press release from the developer, will let players “to show their pride while they play on this historic day and enjoy all things American like guns, flags, eagles and more guns.” The announcement came alongside a trailer for the update, which is completely bonkers, that can be seen below.

The American Dream officially launched in Spring of 2018, releasing digitally for Oculus Touch, HTC Vive and PSVR on March 14th, and released physical editions in Europe on April 6th. According to one of the developers, in a darkly ironic twist, physical copies never released in the United States because the US distributor partnered with Perpetual Games “pulled out last minute as they got gunshy about the game due to the mass shootings.” No word on whether or not we’ll see physical copies in the future, though it’s unlikely unless they find another distributor.

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