GORN 2 News

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Thank you to all those who’ve been playing GORN 2 so far! We’re excited to unleash the Bekivu update today!

BEKIVU mode is a variant of endless - here, you never regain health after taking damage. It's hard. Good luck.

We've added random bonus objectives in endless to help deal with the new challenge

• In Custom Mode, you can change settings via the menu IN THE ARENA, and can also SPAWN ANY WEAPON you have unlocked
  
• There are 5 new gold weapons to unlock by reaching certain kill count milestones in BEKIVU mode
  

Also in this patch:

• Increased maximum number of enemies in Custom
  
• Increased maximum number of enemies in Endless
  
• Reduced number of shield-wielding enemies in Endless
  
• Added the tougher glasses-wearing enemies to Endless
  
• Fixed and improved mosquito spawning in Blood Endless
  
• Added more weapon type variety to Flesh, Blood, and Bone Endless,
  
• Improved Endless banner and UI readability
  
• Made arrow damage to the player more fair
  
• Added delays between enemy's Nail Gun fire
  
• Made enemy's Nail Gun aim more accurate so you can block it more reliably
  
• Made slicing even easier
  
• Give you 1 second of invulnerability after a successful parry
  
• You can toggle your grip on and off instead of having to hold down the button
  
• As an EXTRA BONUS the game now runs on 90 Hz on Quest 3
  

So you think our game is too easy? Well taste Bekivu. Satisfaction unguaranteed.
/Love Cortopia

Thanks to everyone who's hopped into GORN 2 so far, we appreciate every one of you for all your support!

Patch 1.0.2 is now up on Steam. We've got quite a few improvements which are all listed below:

• Slightly Increased KO duration
  
• Reduced force required to stun
  
• Increased stunned duration
  
• Reduced stunned stamina
  
• Increased parry VFX size
  
• Increased parried time
  
• Increased parried stamina reduction
  
• Gave Guts 02 enemies easier-to-parry weapons during bonus round
  
• Reduced time required to hypnotize with Hypno Wheel
  
• Increased how long a Rokibe stays hypnotized
  
• Significantly reduced player punch thresholds
  
• Added collision to Spring Board
  
• Made Spring Board trigger bigger
  
• Made Juicer in 04-03 automatically go up and down instead of waiting for trigger
  
• Reduced Juicer bonus round requirement from 5 to 4
  
• Reduced slice thresholds for most weapons
  
• Made some slicing weapons less floppy/twisty
  
• Increased force-add on several blunt weapons
  
• Reduced parry threshold for all weapons
  
• Made sword a little bigger for easier slicing
  
• Made mini axe a little smaller for better control
  
• Made white slice line VFX longer
  
• Made some weapons stickier on slash
  
• Increased thrown weapon speed
  
• Made Morning Star hits feel heavier
  
• Made bruises from Morning Star more severe
  
• Changed fist arrow collider for fewer sideways pushes
  
• Made Rokibe floppier after taking impact damage
  
• Increased Gold Lance speed boost
  
• Reduced force-add on KO blow
  
• Increased punch damage
  
• Increased rock damage
  
• Improved controller angle on Steam
  

Sharpen your swords and get ready to ruin your enemies in gloriously stupid fashion, because GORN 2 is out now.

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The ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator from our new partners at Cortopia, working alongside original series creators Free Lives, returns with even more absurdity, letting you smash, stab, decapitate, and generally dismember your way through the celestial afterlife where the souls of all the gladiators you slaughtered in the first game now dwell—and kill them again.

Discover new weapons, new arenas, new traps, new enemies, and new bosses as you raise Hell in the heavens and prove your battle prowess before an army of terrifying foes.

Back in 2019, virtual reality was in a very different place. The original Oculus Quest had just launched, bringing untethered VR gaming to the masses, while Valve had entered the hardware space with the high-end Index. It was a breakthrough moment for VR—one that felt like the first true consumer boom for the platform. Alongside hardware innovations came a wave of standout games: Half-Life: Alyx, Blood & Truth, and nestled among them, GORN—a wild, over-the-top, physics-driven gladiator brawler from indie developer Free Lives. With its cartoonishly violent combat, flailing limbs, and a complete disregard for realism, GORN quickly became a fan favourite and even a system seller.

But that was six years ago. In the years since, the landscape of VR has changed significantly. Meta has released the Quest 2 and 3, pushing for better performance, wireless play, and comfort. Sony has doubled down with PSVR2, and the games themselves have become more ambitious and immersive. As someone... Read more

That's right, GORN 2 is really happening!

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Many of us at Cortopia were big fans of GORN, so we reached out to Devolver and Free Lives with a pitch for a sequel. Not only were they gracious enough to hear us out, but they ended up publishing the game and helping us with development, and it’s been a pleasure working with them.

Our goal with GORN 2 was simple: focus on maximizing fun. We amplified all the things that made GORN great, removed some of the annoyances, built five unique worlds, added actual boss fights, and implemented modern VR conveniences. But most importantly, we made a ton of unique traps, weapons, hazards, creatures, and contraptions to provide endless opportunities for creativity and chaos. The result is an immersive escape from reality, where you’re guaranteed to feel like a badass and have a lot of good laughs.

Inspired by the modern VR combat games out there, we wanted to take all of the over-the-top destruction, humor and general absurdity that makes GORN so unique and charming, crank that up to eleven and match it with really tight combat, weapons, hazards and powerups, all at your disposal to live out your best destructive gladiator fantasy.

Oh, and did we mention our crowds of up to over 800 rokibe? All excitedly watching, waiting to see you fall... OR see you become the champion of the arena!

If it’s as much fun to play as it was to make, you’ll have a fantastic time.