The Vanishing of Ethan Carter's VR support vanishes, but could come back as paid DLC

It's been one step forwards and two steps back as The Astronauts, developer of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, added VR support to the games Unreal Engine 4 remake, before taking it away again in a patch.

In a blog post following the PS4 release of the redux in July 2015, creative director Adrian Chmielarz said "Ethan is a perfect game for VR, isn’t it? We are looking into it, and want to do this, and have some ideas on how to do this."

"It might mean a partial redesign and remake of the game in order to assure the best possible experience."

Understandably, when the PC version of the redux launched with VR support, many were excited to experience the game up close, Sadly, it appears this was a mistake.

"We know very well this decision will anger a few people. We have hired security experts and barricaded ourselves at an undisclosed location." explained Chmielarz regarding the removal of VR support in the games 1.01 patch. "We are indeed working on a proper VR version of the game."

Now the bad news. The Astronauts will likely charge for this VR functionality either as DLC or a seperate game.

The blog post states: "the reason to disable VR now was not because we want you to pay up first." but rather because the company would rather take the time to do it right, but it's bound to annoy some fans who were already enjoying the game in full VR.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR is planned for an early 2016 release hopefully just in time for the Oculus Rift's consumer release.