‘Moss’ Breaks into February’s Top 10 PSVR Downloads After Only 2 Days on Store
Moss (2018), a puzzle platformer for PSVR that follows the ridiculously cute mouse Quill, has broken through to the top 10 most-downloaded PSVR games last month.
Oculus to Send 6 VR Projects to Tribeca Film Festival 2018
The Tribeca Film Festival starts next month, an annual screening of everything from indie documentaries to family-friendly films. Coming to the festival’s Immersive program, which showcases works by artists who are pushing boundaries and using cutting-edge technology, are six Oculus-funded projects.
15 Games to Spend That Free $15 Oculus Store Credit On
If you haven’t heard, Oculus screwed up pretty badly yesterday when they let a software certification expire, leaving Rift owners without access to any of their games for a full day. Thankfully, there’s a fix now, but the company is still trying to smooth things over by throwing $15 Oculus Store credit (or local equivalent) to Rifters.
8 Official ‘Ready Play One’ VR Experiences to Debut at SXSW, Soon Available for Home Download
HTC today announced it’s bringing 8 VR experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player One to its official South by Southwest (SXSW) event. If you’re not going to be able to make it to Austin this week, you’ll be able to download all of these experiences at home for free before the film’s March 29th release.
Update: Oculus Publishes Repair Tool to Patch Debilitating Rift Error, Offers $15 Store Credit
Widespread reports of an error preventing users from launching the Oculus software that powers the headset began appearing earlier yesterday. The company has today released a repair tool that patches the error in lieu of an automatic update.
Windows VR Headsets Soon to Get Improved SteamVR Performance, New Home Environment
This Spring, Microsoft is planning to roll out an update to Windows which will bring a number of improvements to Windows VR headsets, including better performance when used to play SteamVR content and during typical use, and a new environment for users to choose as their home space.
Magic Leap Raises $461M in New Funding Led by Saudi Arabia’s Investment Arm
Magic Leap, the augmented reality headset manufacturer, has added another couple hundred million dollars to its Series D investment round, this time $461 million led by The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm, Tech Crunch reports.
Bandai Namco’s VR Zone Arcade Lowers Age Restriction to 7 Years Old
Starting this month, Bandai Namco is lowering its age restriction for its VR Zone Arcade in Shinjuku to 7 years old on many of its VR games. The information was released late last month in a press blurb on Bandai Namco’s website (Japanese). Before the change, all activities using a VR headset were restricted to 13 years or older.
Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Humanity Bureau’ VR Experience is Another Strike Against VR Film Promos
As spring arrives and the swallows come back to Capistrano, so too is it time to endure another annual low-budget film featuring Nicolas Cage. This time, the crew behind Cage’s latest film The Humanity Bureau (2018) have thrown a 360 camera in the mix in an attempt to generate a VR app that launched on nearly every VR platform prior to the film’s April 6th theatrical release.
‘Golem’ Gets Delayed (Again) Indefinitely, But Developers Say it Won’t Be Long
Golem, a forthcoming PSVR title that’s been in the works since 2015, resurfaced in late 2017 at Sony’s PSX event after staying out of the spotlight for some time. At the time the studio revealed that the game would ship on March 13th (having been delayed once prior). Now the studio has announced another delay as they put the finishing touches on the PSVR exclusive.
African Folklore-inspired VR Puzzler ‘Rangi’ Hits PSVR Today
Based in an African mystical universe, Rangi (2017) today comes to PSVR. The game, which features a large space with puzzles, previously launched on Gear VR, Cardboard, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
HTC Announces 2018 Viveport Developer Awards Nominees, $50K First Prize up for Grabs
Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year’s VDAs who will be in competition to win $50,000 in first place prize money.
Play Magic Dueler ‘The Unspoken’ for Free on Rift This Weekend
Oculus has been hosting free access weekends for some time now, including Onward (2017), SPARC (2017), and From Other Suns (2017). Now, Oculus is tossing out free access to Insomniac Games‘ magic dueler The Unspoken (2016) this weekend for Rift players on Oculus Home.
‘Budget Cuts’ to Reemerge From the Shadows at GDC, On Track for 2018 Launch
It’s been more than a year and a half since I first stepped into Budget Cuts, an instantly promising VR title from indie developer Neat Corporation with a novel and efficient locomotion system that blends perfectly with the game’s throwing-knife stealth action gameplay. Though the studio has been largely silent since then, they’ve assured me that the game is being actively developed (“like, a lot”) and headed toward an early 2018 launch.
