‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Reveals VR Concept Titles Amidst Studio Shutdown
Boss Key Productions, the North Carolina-based developer behind the unfortunately ill-received first-person shooters LawBreakers (2017) and Radical Heights (2018), is out of business. While both games failed to spark commercial interest, leading to the closure of Boss Key, the studio...
Oculus & ESL Partner on eSports VR League with $220,000 in Prizes, Including ‘Echo Combat’
After launching the VR 'VR Challenge League' last year, Oculus and ESL are partnering once again for what they're calling "Season 2" of their VR eSports initiative. Rebranded as 'VR League', the new season is offering $220,000 in prizes...
‘Sacralith’ Review – a Superb VR Bowshooter With High Action & Real Narrative
Moscow-based indie developer Odd Meter isn't a household name in VR development yet, but with their latest game Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), that may change somewhat. It's a surprisingly clever bow shooting game draped in impressively polished visuals...
HTC Says Watching ‘Ready Player One’ Boosts VR Purchase Intent in China
HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin tweeted recently that Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) is projected to have a "significantly positive impact" on VR adoption in China this year.
Graylin presented a few supporting slides this past week during a talk at...
Hands-on: VR Goes Skydiving at iFLY – The Ultimate Haptic Simulation
iFLY, a leading provider of indoor skydiving facilities, today launched their iFLY VR initiative which combines the company's indoor skydiving experience with immersive visuals powered by a Gear VR headset. I got to try to experience for myself at...
Merging RL with VR Events via SVVR’s Reality Portals & MULTIVERSE
Today is the five-year anniversary for Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup, and founder Karl Krantz is announcing a couple of new initiatives as SVVR reorganizes itself as a public-benefit corporation. They're going to be formally announcing their MULTIVERSE initiative...
Newly Revealed ‘Superhot Japan’ Isn’t Getting a VR Counterpart (for now)
SUPERHOT (2016), the massively successful slow-mo shooter for PC and console, already has a built-for-VR version for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PSVR—SUPERHOT VR (2017)—but now that the team has licensed the IP to Japanese developers GameTomo, you may...
Valve’s New Site Affirms Role of VR in Company’s Future, Teases “Top secret” Games
"We make games, Steam, and hardware. Join us," says the first line of Valve's newly redesigned website—in big bold red letters—bringing its look more in line with 2010's design language than the previous version that screamed 'late 2000's'. Along...
AntVR’s MIX AR Headset Kickstarter Blasts Past $50,000 Funding Goal in 8 Hours
AntVR, the Beijing-based headset company, has something worth celebrating within only a few hours of launching their AR headset MIX Kickstarter yesterday. After only eight hours on the crowdfunding site, the company has already reached their goal of $50,000, and...
