Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M to Expand Its Immersive VR Work Training Tech
Moth+Flame, a creator of VR training software, today announced it’s garnered $2.5 million in seed funding to expand the scale of its workplace VR training technology.
Quest Exclusive ‘Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing’ Releasing on PC VR & PSVR July 15th
Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing (2020), the Oculus Quest racing game based on the popular anime series, is finally leaving Quest exclusivity next month, with a SteamVR, Rift and PSVR release headed for July 15th.
‘Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!’ Releasing on Quest July 8th
Sam & Max is getting ready to make the big leap to VR this summer in its first original game in over a decade. Developer HappyGiant and publisher Big Sugar announced the action-adventure game is coming to Oculus Quest on July 8th.
Varjo Teases Its “biggest announcement ever” Coming Later This Week
Varjo, the Finland-based company making enterprise headsets with industry-leading specs, is getting ready to reveal something big on June 24th.
‘Blaston’ Reverses Course on Testing In-game Facebook Ads After Community Backlash
Blaston, the VR dueling shooter from Resolution Games, was the subject of a controversy within in the VR community after agreeing to test a new in-game ad system from Facebook. The company says it has decided not to go forward with testing ads in Blaston, but may do so with its free VR fishing game, Bait! (2016), in the future.
‘Blaston’ Gets Single-player Campaign & Social Features in New ‘Crackdown’ Update
Blaston (2020), the online duel-shooter from Resolution Games, released an update today called ‘Crackdown’ which brings a host of new content and social features to the game, which includes a single-player campaign.
‘Steel Crew’ Puts 3 Players in a Tank for Realistic Co-op Combat, Releasing on Steam in 2021
Steel Crew is an upcoming VR-compatible PC game that puts up to three players in a tank and tasks them with out-maneuvering and firing the realistic vehicle for some explosive tank vs. tank online combat.
‘Larcenauts’ Review – The Hero Shooter Comes to VR, Sort of
Four years after its acclaimed title Farpoint, developer Impulse Gear is back with a new VR game, Larcenauts. This time around it’s something very different: a multiplayer-only hero shooter with strong Overwatch vibes.
‘Racket: Nx’ Update Brings New Level Editor, Now Live on Quest & PC VR
[Update] Quest 2 Sale by Target Could Point to $250 Seasonal Price
Launched back in October 2020, Oculus Quest 2 effectively set the bar for standalone VR headsets by delivering a high-quality experience at a relatively low price. Yesterday, and for some time this morning, Target was selling the 64GB version of Quest 2 for $50 off, bringing it to just $250.
Report: Sony Targeting Holiday 2022 Launch for Next-gen PSVR with OLED Display
A report from Bloomberg citing unnamed sources points to a Holiday 2022 launch of Sony’s next-gen PSVR headset. The report says that PSVR 2 may be the only next-gen VR headset to use OLED displays rather than LCD.
Quest v30 Update Bringing Multitasking & Mic Switching, Air Link to Original Quest
Today Oculus is starting to roll out the v30 update to Quest headsets, which brings multitasking, mic switching, and new accessibility options. The update also adds the wireless PC VR streaming feature, Air Link, to the original Quest.
‘Tetris Effect’ Multiplayer Mode is Coming to All Platforms With Cross-play & New Features
Tetris Effect (2018), the VR-compatible reinvention of the iconic ’80s stacker puzzle, is getting a host of fresh features soon that will bring some new online multiplayer modes, and cross-play to all supported platforms.
Facebook to Begin Testing Ads Inside Paid VR Games
Facebook has made no secret of the fact that ads are coming to its Oculus VR platform in some capacity. As a part of its v29 software update for Oculus Quest last month, the company said it would begin testing ads for content within the Oculus App, although it wasn’t clear to what extent it would touch games. Now Facebook says it’s beginning to experiment with ads in paid games too, with popular 1v1 shooter Blaston (2020) from Resolution Games and “a couple other developers” signing onto a beta to test in-game ads.
