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Facebook Acquires ‘Beat Saber’ Studio Beat Games

Facebook today announced it has acquired Beat Games, the studio behind the hit VR rhythm game Beat Saber (2018). Beat Games is joining Oculus Studios as an independently operated team based out of Prague. Facebook didn't release any further info in regards to...

‘Boneworks’ Brings Zombie Warehouse Arena & New Board Gun in 1.5 Update

Boneworks (2019), the physics-based shooter from Stress Level Zero, just got its 1.5 update, bringing along with it a new arena-style map inspired by the Nazi Zombies game mode in the Call of Duty franchise and a few other goodies too. Called 'Zombie Warehouse',...

Quest 3 Finally Replaced Index as My Main PC VR Headset, and I Have Valve to...

After nearly five years, I've finally moved on from Index as my main PC VR headset, and Valve is the one that made me do it. Index is a great headset. Between it's tracking, ergonomics, field-of-view, crisp display, and still...

Beat Games CEO Steps Down to Focus on ‘Beat Saber’ Music

Beat Games, the studio behind Beat Saber (2018), announced that company CEO Jaroslav Beck will be stepping down from his position to further pursue music deals for the studio's block-slashing rhythm game. Beat Games says in a multi-part tweet that Vladimir...

VR Design Tool ‘Gravity Sketch’ Raises $1.7 Million With Participation from Wacom

Gravity Sketch, a concepting & design tool made for VR, has raised $1.7 million in venture capital. Gravity Sketch, which allows VR users to quickly and easily sketch out 3D industrial design concepts, today announced that the company has raised a $1.7...

‘Ghosts of Tabor’ Earned $10M Before Even Reaching the Main Quest Store

Ghosts of Tabor, the VR extraction shooter in early access, is coming to the main Quest Store next month. It's been such a hit that it's managed to amass over $10 million during its time on Quest App Lab and...

‘Horizon Forbidden West’ Gets Unofficial VR Support from ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Modder

Luke Ross, the modder dedicated to bringing unofficial VR support to flatscreen games, released a new VR mod for the PC version of Horizon Forbidden West. Only released on PC on March 21st, Horizon Forbidden West again follows series protagonist Aloy as she braves...
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New Lady Gaga Track is ‘Beat Saber’s Latest Surprise Release

Everyone's favorite block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber just got a new track from none other than Lady Gaga, released as a paid single. Available today across all supported platforms, Beat Saber players can now slash it to the beat to Lady Gaga's...

Meta Reportedly Working on a High-end Quest Pro Successor Alongside Quest 4

Meta Quest Pro wasn't really the prosumer hit it was chalked up to be, leading the company to discontinue its first mixed reality headset a little over two years after release. Now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Meta is not...

Meta Raises Quest 2 Price to Stave off Growing Costs

Meta announced today something that we haven't previously seen happen in the middle of a VR headset's lifecycle—a price increase for Quest 2. To soften the blow, the company says it will include a free copy of the headset's...

Exclusive: Designing ‘Lone Echo’ & ‘Echo Arena’s’ Virtual Touchscreen Interfaces

Lone Echo nabbed our 2017 Oculus Rift Game of the Year Award for many reasons—amazing visuals, intuitive locomotion, and a strong story, to name a few—but one of the game's unsung innovations is its virtual touchscreen interfaces. While many...

Vision Pro Games Are Starting to Blend 3D with Flatscreen-native Gameplay

Apple announced that Vision Pro-native versions of two popular iOS games are coming to Apple Arcade next month, Crossy Road Castle and Solitaire Stories, both of which put an immersive spin on inherently flatscreen gameplay. Coming to Vision Pro on...

Virtuix Omni One VR Treadmill Nabs Support for Some Big VR Games

Virtuix, the creator of the Omni One VR treadmill, announced it now has a lineup of 35 games ready for the device's broader launch later this year, including some big ones. Omni One was originally pitched in a crowd-based investment...

‘Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin’ for PC Review – a Veritable Saturday-morning Cartoon in VR

Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin takes place between the events of Psychonauts (2005) and the upcoming Psychonauts 2 due out later this year. Exclusively available in VR, In the Rhombus of Ruin strays from the 3D platformer genre of its flatscreen...

‘Naau: The Lost Eye’ is an Intriguing PC VR Action-Adventure Coming in February

It's been a while since we heard about Studio Gamebit's upcoming VR action-adventure game Naau: The Lost Eye, which the Turkey-based studio first teased back in September 2019. The studio now says its debut PC VR title is launching into Early Access...
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