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‘Dreams’ PSVR Expansion Now in Final Development Stage, Suggesting Nearby Launch

Dreams (2020) launched out of Early Access on PS4 earlier this year, and while PSVR users have been patiently awaiting any news of the promised VR support, Media Molecule has stayed fairly mum on the subject. Now the studio's creative...
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Oculus’ Multiplayer Shooter ‘Dead and Buried II’ Just Got a Huge Update on Quest & Rift

Oculus just dropped a surprise update to Dead and Buried II and they even saw fit to give its own subtitle: Reloaded. The free update brings new modes, maps, weapons, and characters. Dead and Buried II is Oculus' first-party multiplayer shooter...
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Subscription-based VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’ Coming to Quest Today

Within, the immersive studio known for some of VR's highest quality experiences, unveiled a new fitness app for Oculus Quest earlier this month that aims to give you a fun, fast, and intuitive cardio workout in VR. Starting today...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Was Among the Best Selling Steam Games Released in March

Valve today announced the top 20 best selling games on Steam released in March. And coming as little surprise to anyone, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) has made it on the list. In its monthly top sales list, Valve is accounting for...

XRHealth Secures $7M Investment to Expand Its AR/VR Telehealth Platform

XRHealth, a Boston-based medical company, today announced that it's raised $7 million in funding to expand its telehealth platform targeted at VR headset users. The company announced the funding via a press statement today, stating that the new funding round was led by...

Train Driving Simulator ‘Derail Valley’ to Get Major Overhaul in May

Derail Valley, the train simulator for VR and PC, launched into Early Access last year, giving locomotive fans their very own trains to drive through a vast, open world. Now indie studio Altfuture says one of its biggest updates is coming...

Social VR App ‘VRChat’ is Seeing Record Usage Amidst the Pandemic

Social VR app VRChat is seeing a surge of users thanks to a well timed update and people around the world looking to connect with others while being asked to stay at home. VRChat is a social VR app which lets...

‘Pixel Ripped 1995’ Review – An Expertly Measured Dose of ’90s Gaming Nostalgia

Pixel Ripped 1995 is a retro-inspired VR game which, as you would imagine, follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, Pixel Ripped 1989 (2018). It's an absolute nostalgia trip that revisits the series' unique 'game within a game' storytelling...

SteamVR 1.11 Update Brings New Dashboard Audio Features, Performance Improvements

Valve released an updated SteamVR today, version 1.11, which is the culmination of the last several weeks of smaller updates to the beta branch. The company calls this a "Spring cleaning" update in that it focuses on tweaks to the new...

Waveguide Maker DigiLens Secures Additional Investment by Samsung Ventures

DigiLens, the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung's venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company. At the time of this writing, neither firm has detailed the extent of the investment, stating simply that...

‘Pistol Whip’ Gets Dieselpunk-inspired Level in New ‘Dark Skies’ Update

Pistol Whip (2019), the VR rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a new dielselpunk-inspired update, available now on Oculus Quest and SteamVR-compatible headsets. Called 'Dark Skies', the update includes a new level set on Zeppelin, replete with hanger bay and...

Comic Book-inspired Horror Survival ‘Lies Beneath’ Now Available on Rift

Lies Beneath (2020), the Oculus-exclusive survival horror VR game from Gunheart (2018) creators Drifter Entertainment, launched late last month on Oculus Quest. Now Rift users can get into the fun too, if you can call being slightly traumatized "fun". We generally liked Lies Beneath...

Mind-bending VR Adventure ‘The Under Presents’ Coming to Steam This Week

The Under Presents (2019), the multiplayer theatrical adventure originally built for Quest and Rift, is heading to Steam on April 16th, which includes support for all standard SteamVR-compatible headsets. Created by indie studio Tender Claws, known for its breakout hit VR experience Virtual...

Valve Explains the Deceptively Simple Design Process That Made ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Excellent

The secret to Half-Life: Alyx's near-universal acclaim is... well, not as secret as you might think. Yes, the game surely had a budget much larger than any other VR game to date, but it's far more than money that makes a...

Etee SteamVR Controller Creators Share ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Gameplay and Q&A

Etee, the finger-tracking VR controller with SteamVR Tracking, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal with plenty of time to spare. Though the controller is designed to be free of buttons, sticks, and triggers (relying instead on finger tracking), its...
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