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‘Rust’-like Shooter ‘Silent North’ Launches in Early Access on Quest & PC VR Headsets, Trailer Here

Silent North, the sandbox survival shooter from Ghosts of Tabor studio Combat Waffle, is now available in early access on Quest and PC VR headsets. Like Face Punch Studio's iconic PvPvE game Rust (2013), Silent North is an open-ended survival game that offers up...

Melee Combat Game ‘GORN 2’ Coming to Quest & PC VR Next Week, PSVR 2 This...

Free Lives announced the comically violent combat sim GORN (2019) is getting its long-awaited sequel next week on Quest and SteamVR headsets, bringing even more bloody melee mayhem. Developed by Free Lives and Cortopia, and published by Devolver Digital, GORN 2 is all...

‘FastHands’ Brings Parkour Action to Quest in May, Aiming to Level-up Hand-Tracked Locomotion

Indie studio X82 announced it's releasing a parkour game next month that's throwing in a veritable buffet of unique locomotion styles, hoping to put Quest's hand-tracking on par with controller-based movement. Called FastHands, the multiplayer game offers up endless procedurally...

Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR

Efficient text entry without an actual keyboard remains an industry-wide challenge for unlocking productivity use-cases in XR headsets. Researchers have created a comprehensive catalog of existing text entry techniques to codify different methods and analyze their pros and cons....

‘Dimensional Double Shift’ Moves to Early Access on Quest, Releases First Paid DLC

Owlchemy Labs announced its free-to-play social game Dimensional Double Shift is leaving open beta and getting its first paid DLC, bringing a new Texas-inspired dimension to the game. Now in early access on Quest, Dimensional Double Shift is a lot like...
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Hit Physics Sandbox ‘Besiege’ is Coming to Quest in May, Trailer Here

Ready the siege engines and charge the catapults (or trebuchets), because hit physics sandbox Besiege (2020) is coming to Quest next month. Developed by Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022) studio 3R Games in partnership with original developer Spiderling Studios, Besiege...

Meta to Bring Quest 3 In-flight Entertainment to More Airlines After Successful Lufthansa Program

Meta announced last year it was partnering with German airline Lufthansa to bring Quest 3 headsets to passengers. Now, after its apparent success, the company hopes to expand in-flight XR entertainment programs to even more airlines. Meta first released its...

‘The Midnight Walk’ Hands-on Reveals Artfully Twisted Horrors, Coming to PSVR 2 & PC VR in...

The Midnight Walk is coming to PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets on May 8th, offering up a twisted adventure featuring a massive number of models built out of clay, scanned and rendered in the game's environment. MoonHood, the Sweden-based studio...

Meta’s Latest Quest Store Revenue Figure Signals a Steady but Stagnant Marketplace

Last month at the annual Game Developers Conference, Meta offered an update to the state of the Quest marketplace. Included in that update was mention that content on the Quest store has earned "over $2 billion." If that figure...

‘Township Tale’ Studio Shows Off Latest Work on Upcoming Dungeon-crawler ‘REAVE’

Alta, the studio behind A Township Tale (2021), showed off the latest work on its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction game REAVE, revealing more about its various systems in addition to a new dungeon and enemy—all of it very much still a work-in-progress. The...

‘Civilization VII’ VR Version Coming Exclusively to Quest 3 Next Week, Gameplay Trailer Here

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is getting a special VR version soon, coming exclusively to Quest 3 and 3S next week. Developed by Playside Studios in partnership with Meta, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - VR is coming to Quest on April 10th, bringing...

Meta and UFC Sign Deal to Tighten Partnership Across All Meta Platforms, Including Quest & Smart...

Meta has signed a multiyear deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to become its 'Official Fan Technology Partner', which means we could see even tighter integration of the organization's mixed martial arts matches across Quest and the companies...

VR Therapy for Seniors Rolls Out to 150 Living Communities Across the US

Mynd Immersive, the immersive healthcare provider, announced its expanding its XR services to an additional 150 senior living communities across the United States. The company says its recent milestone represents the largest deployment of XR therapies in senior care history,...

Nintendo Switch 2 Won’t Support the Original ‘Labo VR’ Kit

Despite wide-ranging backwards compatibility with Nintendo's previous consoles, we can't say we had high hopes for this one. As we suspected, Nintendo has now confirmed that its Labo VR Kit won't work on the newly unveiled Nintendo Switch 2. Released...

‘Animal Company’ Tops 100K Reviews on Quest, Striving to Beat ‘Gorilla Tag’ as Most Popular Game

Animal Company, the free-to-play early access game on Quest, has been at the top of the platform's highest-earning games multiple weeks in a row own, with long-time favorite Gorilla Tag sitting right behind it. And the Lethal Company-inspired game isn't showing any signs of waning...
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