After Multiple Delays, ‘Budget Cuts’ Finally Arrives on PSVR

Budget Cuts (2018) was originally slated to arrive on PSVR back in May, and due to the global slowdown it also fell victim to another delay in June. Starting today though, PSVR users will finally be able to step into the stealth...

HP Reverb G2 Will Begin Shipping in November, New Orders in December

HP announced today that its upcoming Reverb G2 headset will begin shipping in "early November" to those who pre-ordered, and new pre-orders starting today will ship in December. Reverb G2 is HP's highly anticipated upcoming headset which brings a range...
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‘Solaris Offworld Combat’ Impressions – Virtual Laser Tag with Competitive Ambitions

Launching today, Solaris Offworld Combat is a team-based VR arena shooter from First Contact Entertainment, the studio behind the lauded Firewall: Zero Hour (2018). This time around, the studio wants to deliver a fast-paced experience that anyone can pick up...

Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’ Raises $650,000 From Oculus Founder & Others

SideQuest is an unofficial app store for Facebook's Oculus Quest headset which offers an avenue for developers to distribute apps without being subject to Oculus' approval process. The team behind the project has raised $650,000 in seed investment, including...

‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Review – A Beautiful World Hiding an Inscrutable Game

Four years after the release of a preview of the game, Gnomes & Goblins is finally here. Pitched as a "fantasy adventure VR simulation" with direction by film director Jon Favreau, Gnomes & Goblins delivers a beautiful appetizer with a...

Report: Facebook Acquires Varifocal Startup Lemnis Technologies

It's come to light that Lemnis Technologies, a startup creating varifocal optics for use in VR headsets, has reportedly been absorbed by Facebook in an 'acqui-hiring' move. Lemnis co-founder and CEO Pierre-Yves Laffont released a blog post in mid-August stating...

‘Minecraft’ Gets PSVR Support Starting Today in Free Update

The long wait is over. Starting today, Minecraft will now include support for PSVR, which arrives as a free update to the base game on PS4. Update (September 22nd, 2020): PlayStation sprung a surprise launch of the new Minecraft PSVR update today....

Oculus Quest 2 Already Backordered by a Month in Canada, Three Weeks in US

Oculus Quest 2 won't launch until October 13th, but the headset is already backordered in Canada by a month and by three weeks in the US. Most regions are set to ship the headset within its first week or...

Microsoft to Acquire Bethesda’s Parent Company ZeniMax for $7.5B

Microsoft today announced that it's entered into an agreement to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of game studio Bethesda Softworks. According to TechCrunch, the price was set at $7.5 billion. The acquisition is slated to include all of ZeniMax's properties...

Osso VR Secures $14M Investment to Further Develop VR Surgical Training Platform

Osso VR today announced it has raised $14 million in Series A funding to further develop its VR surgical training platform. The financing round was led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, with participation from SignalFire, GSR, Scrum Ventures, Leslie Ventures and OCA...