World's first VR football game set for release this month

Video games have long let you step into the shoes of your favourite footballers with the likes of FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. Figuratively speaking, at least.

But Virtual Reality Football Club - or VRFC - allows you to get even closer to the action as you don a VR headset and partake in a match.

From developers Cherry Pop Games - who previously made Sports Bar VR and Pool Nation - the world's first virtual reality football game comes to PlayStation VR later this month.

It allows you to dribble, tackle, pass, cross, head and shoot, all in virtual reality, and all from an immersive, first-person perspective.

Playing the field

The game purports to use an "Agile Locomotion" system to allow players natural movement across a virtual field.

With two PlayStation Move controllers acting as your feet, natural arm motions provide the running and kicking, while basic button presses control more precise movements.