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‘Swords of Gargantua’ Creators Thirdverse Secures $8.5M Funding for More VR Games
Thirdverse, the Tokyo-based VR game studio behind Swords of Gargantua (2019) and upcoming shooter Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, announced that it's secured $8.5 million in funding, something the company says will allow them to grow and make more VR games.
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‘Population: One’ Preview – A Competent Battle Royale Recipe Struggling With Its VR Ingredient
Battle royale games are fun. VR is fun. Adding VR to battle royale should ideally result in a game that's even more fun than its non-VR counterpart. There have been several attempts to date, but so far none have...
‘Blair Witch’ is Coming to Quest Just in Time for Halloween, Trailer Here
Blair Witch (2019), the psychological horror game, has been available on console and PC for over a year now, however today developers Bloober Team and Lionsgate say they're bringing a special edition of the game to Oculus Quest this...
The Void Co-founder Unveils VR Skydiving Attraction ‘JUMP’, Locations Coming 2021
James Jensen, co-founder and creator of VR attraction The Void, recently unveiled his next VR startup which aims to bring the thrills of wingsuit skydiving to people particularly averse to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
The company, called...
‘The Walking Dead: Onslaught’ Developers Survios Secures $16.7M Funding
Survios, the studio behind VR titles The Walking Dead: Onslaught (2020), Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), and Raw Data (2017), has secured another round of financing to the tune of $16.7 million. The news was first reported by Venture Beat.
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‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ Review – The New Top Gun of VR Dogfighters
Star Wars: Squadrons is here, the space dogfighter from EA's Motive Studios. Although it was created primarily for console and PC, the game also includes a VR mode for SteamVR headsets and PSVR which allows you to play both...
‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ VR FAQ – Supported Headsets, Comfort Settings, Min Specs & More
Star Wars: Squadrons is almost here and will bring with it optional support for a wide range of VR headsets. This article brings together many of the VR specific details about the game, like which headsets are supported, what...
Hands-on: Team Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds’ Open Beta
Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds is inXile Entertainment and Thirdverse's upcoming team shooter, and although it was supposed to launch into open beta for everyone on Monday, kicking off a three-week period of free 10v10 team shooting action, it's now officially live,...
HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots
The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to...
‘Ilysia VR’ MMO Kickstarter Doubles Funding Goal with a Few Days Left
Ilysia is an upcoming VR MMO that hit Kickstarter earlier this month with a modest budget of $60,000. It seems developers Team 21 Studio have struck a chord with the VR community, as the Sword Art Online-style MMORPG has recently doubled its...
‘Star Wars Lightsaber Dojo’ VR Arcade Experience Coming to Locations Worldwide
ILMxLAB is again teaming up with VR arcade company Nomadic to bring a new version of the 'Lightsaber Dojo' from Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series to locations worldwide.
With the help of Nomadic, Lucasfilms' immersive entertainment studio ILMxLAB...
‘Until You Fall’ Quest Review – Hack & Slash Satisfaction with Strategic Choices
Until You Fall brings a refreshingly unique approach to VR sword fighting which combines the satisfaction of a hack & slash game with the depth of RPG combat, all wrapped up in a VR-native design. The game's Quest port...
‘The Walking Dead Onslaught’ Review – Run, Gun, Scrounge & Grind
The Walking Dead Onslaught is this year's second Walking Dead franchise game for VR, following the release of the The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) in January. Unlike its scrappy RPG-style older sibling, Onslaught does away with dark and gloomy trepidation...
Team Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR’ Open Beta Starts Today with “Play to Own” Offer
Thirdverse and inXile Entertainment announced last week that Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, the upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter, is going into open beta starting today. You could also get it for free when it launches.
Update (September 28th, 2020): The open...
Sony Patent Reveals VR Controller Design Seemingly Inspired by Valve Index
Sony Interactive Entertainment recently published a patent for a VR motion controller that look suspiciously similar to Valve's Index controllers, aka 'Knuckles. The news was first reported by LetsGoDigital (Dutch).
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