‘Beat Saber’ Gets Metallica Music Pack, Its Biggest (and most expensive) Paid DLC to Date
Beat Saber (2018) just dropped a massive Metallica music pack, bringing some of the band’s greatest hits to VR’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game.
‘Path of Fury’ Brings ’80s-style Kung Fu Action to Quest Early Next Year
Indie developer Leonard Menchiari and publisher Abonico Game Works announced Path of Fury: Episode I – Tetsuo’s Tower, an upcoming on-rails VR action game inspired by ’80s Kung Fu flicks.
PSVR 2 Sale is Still Going Strong After 20x Spike in Black Friday Sales Volume
Black Friday brought the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen yet, and even though Black Friday is gone, Sony has kept the sale rolling. You can still get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a 42% discount over the usual price.
Meta Quest 3S (256GB) Gets Early Holiday Sale After Being Left Out on Black Friday
For some reason the 256GB model of Quest 3S didn’t get a Black Friday deal like its smaller-capacity sibling or the higher-end Quest 3. But it’s the first Meta headset to see a holiday sale that runs through December 24th.
This Modder Hopes to Bring VR Support to Massive ‘Fallout: London’ DLC
Fallout: London is a total conversion mod based on Bethesda’s popular Fallout 4 (2015) for PC. While the team behind the mod hasn’t mentioned whether potential VR support is in the works, an intrepid modder is taking things into their own hands.
Latest Quest Update Brings Big Improvements to Virtual Desktop and Hand-tracking
Meta’s final Quest update of the year is bringing some big improvements to hand-tracking and using the headset as a virtual desktop with Windows computers. But it might be some time before the features reach everyone.
How ‘Gorilla Tag’ Became a $100 Million VR Success on Quest
1 in 3 Quest owners have downloaded Gorilla Tag, making it the most successful game ever on standalone VR. Gorilla Tag, created by studio Another Axiom, has emerged as a standout success in the virtual reality gaming space, not just as a game but as a cultural phenomenon. Launched in 2021, it has quickly amassed over 12 million users and generated more than $100 million in revenue.
‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Patches Coming This Week to All Major VR Headsets
Skydance’s Behemoth (2024) launched last week across all major VR headsets with the proviso from the studio was planning patches to address a variety of performance and gameplay issues.
Roto VR Raises $3M to Broaden Market Reach of Rotating VR Chair Accessory
Meta Announces Multi-year Exclusive Agreement for Spatial Content with James Cameron’s 3D Studio
Meta announced it’s partnering with Lightstorm Vision, James Cameron’s 3D film studio, to produce spatial content across multiple genres, including live events and full-length entertainment.
Meta Pushes Back on Reported Outsourcing of XR Headset Designs
A recent report from The Information maintains Meta has started outsourcing some design for upcoming headsets amid a shift to move part of its production out of China. Now, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth refutes those specific design claims, saying headsets will continue to be designed “in house.”
‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Review – A Colossal Step Forward in VR Action-Adventure Gaming
Skydance’s Behemoth showcases a lot of hard-won lessons in VR design, which is mostly thanks to the studio’s pioneering work on its most successful VR game to date: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020). As an original IP in the action-adventure genre, Behemoth goes in a pretty familiar direction when it comes to the game’s narrative, which would otherwise make it difficult to stand out in the crowd were it a standard video game. In VR though, there are precious few that provide such a monster-sized offering, and do it in a way that feels oh-so-satisfying.
Quest Black Friday Sales Volume on Amazon May Have Fallen Short of 2023
Data from Amazon US suggests that Quest headsets didn’t sell as well over Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2024 as compared to 2023.
‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Won’t Miss Dec 5 Launch Despite Technical Setbacks, Week-1 Patches Announced
Skydance’s Behemoth is coming in hot, although it may be coming in hotter than expected. Developer Skydance Games tells Road to VR it’s already planning post-launch patches for its first week on Quest and PSVR 2.
