‘Skydance’s BEHEMOTH’ Adds Over 700 Fixes in Second Major Patch, Now Live on All Platforms

Skydance's Behemoth (2024) didn't launch without its fair share of issues late last year, something developer Skydance Games hopes to nail down in its latest patch, which is being addressed in over 700 community-sourced fixes. The latest update, released on February...

‘Superhot’ Spiritual Successor ‘Action Hero’ Gets New Horror Level & Arcade Mode in Latest Update

Fast Travel Games released an update today to its Superhot-inspired VR shooter, Action Hero (2024), which includes a spooky new level and an arcade game mode. The free update brings the new 'Cult of Darkness' level to all supported Quest...

Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access: an Important Tool for MR Devs

Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime...
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Claymation Adventure ‘The Midnight Walk’ Coming to PSVR 2 & PC VR in May, Gameplay Here

MoonHood's upcoming adventure game The Midnight Walk is officially headed to PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets on May 8th, 2025. The new release date trailer shows off some of the first extended gameplay we've seen of The Midnight Walk, including...

PSVR 2 Holiday Sales Volume Grew Massively Year-over-year on Amazon

A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset's holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year. PSVR 2's Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42%...

Oculus Founder’s Defense Company is Taking Over Microsoft’s Military AR Headset Project

Palmer Luckey's defense company Anduril is taking over Microsoft's beleaguered Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, which seeks to produce battlefield AR headsets for the United States Army. Although couched as a “partnership" of sorts, Anduril says the deal—still pending Department of Defense...

PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking

Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset's on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the...

John Carmack Pushed Microsoft to Make VR Fan Ports of ‘Quake’ & ‘DOOM’ Official, But Was...

Team Beef's unofficial VR ports of classic Id Software games are undoubtedly fan favorites, letting you go head-first into a rash of '90s retro titles like the original DOOM. Now, Id Software co-founder and former Oculus CTO John Carmack says...
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‘Civilization VII’ is Getting a Surprise VR Version for Quest 3 Soon

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is coming to PC and console on February 11th, but now developer Firaxis and publisher 2K Games say a version of the game is also releasing on Quest this Spring. The Quest exclusive game is said to...

Meta Eyes Free-to-Play Future as Quest Userbase Changes with Wave of New Owners

Meta’s metaverse ambitions are evolving rapidly, with younger users and mainstream consumers reshaping the Quest platform over the course of 2024, according to Samantha Ryan, VP of Metaverse Content, which could see free-to-play content flourish as a result. In a...