VR Adventure ‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ Gets January Launch Date, New 360° Trailer Here
Vertigo Games, Innerspace and ARTE today announced that their upcoming VR puzzle adventure A Fisherman’s Tale is headed to all major VR headsets next month.
Viveport Holiday Sale Offers Big Savings on Select Games, Subscribers Get Up to 40% Off Everything
Looking to gift yourself something special this holiday season? Viveport just opened its Winter Sale, and the storefront is offering up to 95% off on select games and apps to anyone with an account. Viveport subscribers can get an addition 10% – 40% off everything on Viveport depending on how long they’ve been members.
IMAX to Close Down All Remaining IMAX VR Centres Soon
IMAX shut down a number of its out-of-home VR Experience Centres a few months ago with the proviso that the company wouldn’t be making further investment into VR during 2019. What wasn’t certain at the time was the fate of the rest of its VR Centres. According to a recent Imax report filed with the SEC, the company is officially stepping away from VR with the closure of its three remaining locations.
AMD ‘Radeon ReLive for VR’ Streams SteamVR Games to Standalone Headsets
AMD today launched an updated version of their AMD Radeon Software suite which now includes the ability to stream SteamVR games to standalone and smartphone-based headsets, assuming you have a compatible AMD GPU. But until mobile headsets support the full head/hand 6DOF input that PC VR apps expect, it’s potential is quite niche.
‘Borderlands 2 VR’ Review – An Ok Version of a Good Game
Borderlands 2 VR is a PSVR exclusive port of the popular 2012 title. The core tenants of the franchise has always been: 1) shoot stuff, 2) loot stuff, but now the big question is whether or not VR adds to the experience.
Facebook & ZeniMax Settle Major Legal Dispute Over VR Intellectual Property
Facebook and ZeniMax Media have officially settled the long-running lawsuit that alleged Oculus stole intellectual property developed by the company’s current CTO John Carmack back when he was employed by ZeniMax’ child company id Software.
‘Elite Dangerous: Beyond’ Chapter 4 Update Available Now
Elite Dangerous (2014), the popular (and VR supported) sci-fi space-faring simulator, this week saw the launch of the Elite Dangerous: Beyond – Chapter 4 update, the final chapter of the game’s third season of DLC.
Oculus’ 12 Days of Rift Sweepstakes Could Win You a New Rift
Oculus today announced a new sweepstakes that could nab you a free Oculus Rift + Touch bundle.
‘ViewR’ Lets You Watch a VR Session in Action From the Comfort of Your Phone
Beat Games: First Song Pack for ‘Beat Saber’ Could Arrive on PSVR This Month
Beat Games co-founder and CEO Jaroslav Beck tweeted today that the PSVR version of hit rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) could be getting its first song pack sometime this month.
Russian Startup DEUS Reveals OpenVR-compatible Headset ‘Odin Pre’
‘Blade & Sorcery’ Early Access Review – Bloody Sandbox Battles Aplenty
A storyline can be useful for its ability to frame the action; it gives you a reason to fight and fuels your hunger to reign victorious over the hordes of NPC baddies. But if you’re easily urked by mediocre stabs at the hero’s journey monomyth and just want to cut to the bloody chase, then Blade & Sorcery might scratch that itch thanks to its combat-centric sandbox and stab-happy rag doll enemies.
Survios Shares Momentum & Learnings in Location-based VR Business
Survios, a veteran VR game developer, shared fresh insights into the health of the company’s out-of-home business activities, a sector of the VR industry which has been increasingly heating up in the last 18 months.
VRgineers Reveals Improved ‘XTAL’ Professional Headset with Wider FOV
VRgineers, a Czech Republic-based startup building enterprise VR headsets, today announced a more advanced version of their wide field of view (FOV) professional headset XTAL. The new version, which features a wider FOV thanks to a new pair of non-Fresnel lenses, will be making its debut at CES 2019.
