PlayStation VR Aim is a new Move-like gun peripheral employed by the newly announced PSVR title Farpoint. Sony quietly revealed the PSVR Aim controller during their E3 2016 PlayStation VR event. We went hands-on with both the game and the controller.
Sony had a handful of VR surprises for us at their Pre-E3 event last night and one of them will be very welcome to survival horror fans. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is coming to PlayStation VR this year and will be fully playable inside the VR headset from beginning to end.
PlayStation’s pre-E3 event teased a number of PSVR games from well-known names out there, including Batman: Arkham VR, Star Wars: X-Wing VR Missions, and Final Fantasy XV, but it looks like some original IP has made its way into the event’s rapid fire trailer releases as well. And horror game Here They Lie certainly is original, we’ll give them that.
Sony’s pre-E3 press conference saw the announcement of a number of high-profile games headed for PSVR after the headset’s October 13th launch, and to wit, we’re currently perusing over 20 PSVR games right now in the post-press mop up.
A Star Wars: Battlefront game was teased for PlayStation VR back during GDC last March, and we also caught a glimpse during the E3 keynote address, but we’ve today learned the name of PSVR’s Star Wars game to come, and it’s all about X-Wings.
The PlayStation pre-E3 event revealed a number of upcoming PSVR titles, and among the group of was a new sci-fi space adventure called Farpoint.
A new Batman experience is on its way exclusively to PlayStation VR, as announced on stage at Sony’s pre-E3 PlayStation event, it’s called Batman: Arkham VR and it’s developed by franchise veterans Rocksteady Studios.
Sony has announced the U.S. release date of the PlayStation VR headset as October 13th, 2016.
Sony takes centre stage in LA as the pre-E3 press conferences come to a close. We’re hoping for a barrage of new PlayStation VR games, and more information on the now confirmed upgraded PS4 ‘NEO’ console.
Serious Sam is going virtual in their newly announced VR game, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, a gore-filled VR shooter targeting both Steam VR and Oculus Rift.
Ubisoft published, Red Storm developed virtual reality VR game Star Trek: Bridge Crew has become one of the most anticipated VR titles at E3 since details of it leaked a few days ago. Ubisoft have now released a trailer featuring stars from different Star Trek franchises Karl Urban, Jeri Ryan and LeVar Burton trying out a mission from the new game, apparently, loving every minute.
Bethesda surprised everyone at this year’s pre-E3 press conference when they announced to the crowd that VR demos of Fallout 4 (coming to HTC Vive in 2017), and what’s shaping up to be a VR tech demo of Doom, would be available afterwards for press to try out. While we weren’t in attendance at Bethesda’s event, some of our journo compadres were, and first impressions of Bethesda’s VR offerings are decidedly mixed.
Microsoft tonight dropped the bomb that it was indeed joining the VR race and it was developing the console hardware to power it’s offering, Xbox Scorpio. So what’s heading to Scorpio in terms of content? Fallout 4 VR according to Bethesda Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard.
