PC VR News & Reviews

The latest PC VR news. In this section you'll find SteamVR reviews, games, and news on Valve's latest moves in XR and spatial computing.

PC VR News & Reviews

The latest PC VR news. In this section you'll find SteamVR reviews, games, and news on Valve's latest moves in XR and spatial computing.

Hands-on: Upcoming VR Shooter ‘Telefrag’ Boasts Impossible, Escher-style Arenas

Anshar Studios, the developers behind Detached (2017), showed off a new arena shooter at Gamescom this year. Dubbed Telefrag VR, the game (still in pre-alpha) pits you against another player in a futuristic, gladiatorial-style battle taking place in impossible spaces. Set...
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Madcap Social VR Party Game ‘RADtv’ Resurfaces with August Launch Date

Ruffian Games, a Dundee, Scotland-based game studio, recently announced their long-awaited hot-seat multiplayer VR party game, RADtv, finally has a release date. Update (July 4th, 2019): It's been a while since we last reported on RADtv, and while we thought the innovative...

The Best HTC Vive Deal Yet: $100 Discount + $100 Gift Card + Free Shipping

Microsoft's after-holiday sale has one of the best HTC Vive deals we've seen yet, offering $100 off of the headset's original price along with an additional $100 gift card to the Microsoft Store. Various stores have been offering $100 off...

Microsoft Store to Lead Industry in Revenue Share to non-Game VR App Devs

Later this year, Microsoft is increasing the cut developers earn when publishing on the Microsoft Store. The raise in revenue share is slated to affect developers of non-gaming apps, amounting to between 85-95 % of revenue going to the...

Valve Releases ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Steam Workshop Tools for Making & Downloading Mods

Valve today launched new Half-Life: Alyx modding tools which will allow developers and tinkerers to make and publish mods and user-generated content via the Steam Workshop system. Valve says the tools will allow for the creation of new levels, models, textures,...

HTC Vive and Steam VR has Google, HBO and Lionsgate as Content Developers

Yesterday, Valve and HTC revealed the 'Vive' VR headset, and there's some pretty big names already working on content for the headset. According to the Vive website, Google, HBO, and Lionsgate are already working to create content for the new headset...

Valve Releases ‘The Lab’ Unity Renderer for Free

Valve have released the Unity based renderer for its superb VR experience collection The Lab in an effort to encourage adoption of what it sees as optimal rendering techniques for VR experiences. Although many probably assumed that Valve's collection of VR experiences,...

Rift and Windows VR Squeeze Marketshare from Vive in Latest Steam Survey

In the latest set of data from Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the Oculus Rift and Windows VR headsets posted gains in marketshare at the expense of the HTC Vive. Each month, Valve runs a survey among Steam users to...

VR Rhythm Game ‘Maestro’ is Getting a ‘Star Wars’ Music Pack Next Month, PSVR 2 Launch...

Maestro (2024), the VR rhythm game that lets you conduct an orchestra, is getting an official Star Wars DLC next month, which includes an epic track from Star Wars: Episode 1 (1999) as well as your very own Yoda-sized lightsaber baton. Previously...
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Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Debuts Virtual Reality Pictionary Segment with ‘Tilt Brush’

NBC's popular late night talk show The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon has debuted a new segment called Virtual Reality Pictionary which uses the HTC Vive and Google's Tilt Brush VR paint app. Jimmy Fallon is no stranger to VR. As far back...

Pimax Updates Prices in Response to US-China Trade War, Using Software Subscription to Absorb Costs

China-based PC VR headset creator Pimax has issued a statement addressing the impact of the recent US–China trade war on its operations, particularly concerning its Crystal Super VR headset. It's going to be slightly more expensive for US-based customers,...

Crytek Adds HTC Vive & Oculus Touch Support to ‘Robinson: The Journey’

Originally launched in November last year as a PSVR exclusive, Crytek’s Robinson: The Journey (2016) made its way early this year to Oculus Rift via Oculus Home and also eventually Steam too. Critically missing however was official support for HTC Vive and any support for motion controllers. Now,...

HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600

Hot on the heels of the $400 Summer Rift sale, HTC is doing some of its own price slashing, bringing the complete Vive system down by $200 to a new permanently lowered price of $600. VR's momentum continues as the...
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Ambitious Tactical Shooter ‘Falcon Fall’ Aims for AAA Quality, Coming to PC VR in Late 2026

Falcon Fall is an upcoming co-op tactical shooter from new indie studio Infinit Entertainment, which says it's aiming to deliver "AAA quality in VR—with a focus on visuals, immersion, authenticity, and next-generation presence." Developed in Unreal Engine 5 by a...

‘Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot’ Review – a Nazi-Killing Mech Game Cut Short

As a storied franchise, Wolfenstein games serve as undeniable vehicles for kicking Nazi butt, the most recent of which have taken on alternate history narratives that place resistance fighters in the heart of a prolonged Nazi occupation. And while Wolfenstein:...
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