2023 Sections
Meta Reality Labs Saw Record Quarterly Revenue in Q4 2024, But Also Record Costs
In its quarterly financial results today, Meta revealed that its Reality Lab division saw its best ever Q4 revenue but, as before, this coincides with equally growing costs.
Meta's Reality Labs division houses its metaverse and XR groups, and some...
‘Demeo’ Studio Announces Official Dungeons & Dragons Version of Hit VR Tabletop Strategy Game
Resolution Games, the studio behind XR fantasy board game Demeo (2021), announced they're releasing a Dungeons & Dragons game in the same vein, called DEMEO X DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: BATTLEMARKED.
Demeo was already pretty D&D-esque when it launched on VR headsets...
VR Veteran Fast Travel Games Announces Layoffs, Citing Lower Than Expected Sales in 2024
Fast Travel Games, the Stockholm-based developer and publisher behind a host of VR titles, announced they're laying off 30 employees, which the VR veteran studio says is a direct result of lower-than-expected sales in 2024.
The studio says affected include...
VR Publisher VRAL Acquires 30% Stake in Studio Behind VR Shooter ‘EXOSHOCK’
Miami-based VR publisher VRAL Games announced it's acquired a 30% stake in PolarityOne, a Seattle-based indie studio developing the upcoming co-op VR shooter EXOSHOCK.
The studios say the investment aligns with VRAL Games’ strategy to expand its presence in immersive gaming, leaving...
‘Path of Fury’ Preview – A VR Beat-’Em-Up That Packs a Nostalgic Punch
Path of Fury - Episode I: Tetsuo's Tower is an upcoming combat sim that's all about punching your way through gangsters while making a one-way trip through the '80s-inspired underworld. We went hands-on with the first two levels ahead...
Upcoming VR Flight Combat Sim ‘Aces of Thunder’ Expected to Launch This Year
Gaijin Entertainment, the studio behind War Thunder (2013), announced that its upcoming aerial VR combat game Aces of Thunder is headed to PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets sometime this year.
Announced in 2023, Aces of Thunder was originally supposed to launch in...
‘Superhot VR’ Spiritual Successor ‘COLD VR’ Gets New February Launch Date
COLD VR was supposed to launch on January 21st, but was delayed last minute by developer ALLWARE and publisher Perp Games, which maintained it still needed a little more polish. Now the studios have announced the game's new, definitive launch date:...
Pioneering VRMMO ‘OrbusVR’ is Shutting Down in April, Removed from Stores Next Month
OrbusVR (2019), the MMORPG for VR headsets, is shutting down, with creator Orbus Online stating it will stop sales on all platforms starting next month and shut down servers completely in April.
The studio released the news in a community...
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 is Experimenting with a Home Theater Environment for Quest’s Horizon OS
Meta already has a way to watch your own content on Quest, although browsing through a file system and viewing on a windowed panel is decidedly less immersive than a proper home theater. Now the company says it's experimenting with...
Sony Shares PSVR 2’s Most Downloaded Games of 2024
Sony released its annual wrap-up of top downloads across its various PlayStation platforms for 2024. And while there hasn't been a lot of movement in comparison to PSVR 2's first year, we can't really say we're particularly surprised at...
Google Acquires Vive Engineering Talent for $250M, Raising Questions About HTC’s Next Move
Google has acquired a number of HTC's XR engineers for $250 million, something the company says will "accelerate the development of the Android XR platform across the headsets and glasses ecosystem."
Google’s announcement of Android XR last month represents a critical shift...
Snap Makes Spectacles AR Glasses More Affordable for Students & Teachers
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is making its latest Spectacles AR Glasses more affordable to students and teachers with a new educational discount that cuts the $1,200 launch price in half.
Initially released in September 2024, the company's fifth-gen Spectacles...
Samsung Shows First Glimpse of Near-final Android XR Headset, But No Controllers Yet
Samsung Unpacked didn't have any big XR revelations this year, although the South Korean tech giant has finally shown off the near-final version of its Android XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan.
We went hands-on with Moohan at the headset's unveiling last...
‘Fitness Fables’ is a Heart-pumping Workout & Fantasy Action Mash-up, Coming to Quest This Month
Poland-based indie Immersion Games are getting ready to launch their next title later this month, which puts a fantasy gameplay twist on some tried and true VR fitness mechanics.
Called Fitness Fables, the game promises a host of features you'd expect to...




















