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.
‘Heart of the Emberstone: Coliseum’ Demo Offers a Free Taste of the Game’s Telekinetic Powers
Cloudhead Games, the studio known for pioneering several locomotion schemes during the creation of their well-received VR adventure series The Gallery, have just released a fresh demo for their latest game, The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone (2017). The demo is a sandbox version of the...
‘Doctor Who: The Edge of Time’ to Land on VR Headsets in November
Initially targeting launch in September, upcoming VR game Doctor Who: The Edge of Time finally has a firm release date.
Update (October 25th, 2019): Maze Theory has released word that the Quest version of Doctor Who: The Edge of Time will actually be...
Index Will Return to Stock Ahead of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’, but “far fewer units” Due to Coronavirus
Valve today confirmed that the Coronavirus outbreak has impacted production of the Index VR headset and other hardware. While the company tells us it still expects that new stock will be available ahead of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx on...
Microsoft Releases ‘Maquette’ on Steam, a VR Tool for Spatial Ideation and Design
Microsoft Maquette is a VR tool from Microsoft which is all about prototyping spatial designs. First teased in October 2018, the company has now released Maquette for free on Steam.
Update (January 16th, 2019): Microsoft has released Maquette for free on Steam supporting...
‘Blocked In’ Creator Daniël Ernst on the Art of the Virtual Reality Diorama
Daniël Ernst is the founder and sole member of The Shoebox Diorama, a production company dedicated to exploring the brand new artistic possibilities of a new genre, the virtual reality diorama.
Ernst has thus far eschewed VR's early rush for cheap thrills...
Leaked ‘Half-Life VR’ Code Could Offer Clues for Valve’s Upcoming VR Game
As 2019 steadily draws to a close, eyes are increasingly turning toward Valve, which said it will release its first "flagship" VR game this year. Though there's just two and a half months before the end of the year,...
New SteamVR Tracking Dev Kit Aims to Make VR Controllers Cheaper, Easier to Design
Tundra Labs is releasing a new SteamVR Tracking hardware development kit. Featuring a tiny new module which condenses the necessary control, processing, and communication components into a mere 16mm × 10mm, the hardware development kit is smaller and cheaper,...
Update to SteamVR Suggests Valve is Still Working on a Standalone Headset
Valve is a notorious black box when it comes to basically everything. A recent update to Steam client for VR though suggests the company is still working behind the scenes on what appears to be its long-awaited standalone VR...
New Job Simulator Trailer Reveals Final Job: The Automotive Mechanic
Owlchemy Labs' Job Simulator is coming to the Oculus Rift with Oculus Touch support this year and launches alongside (and indeed in the box) with the HTC Vive. This latest trailer for the game reveals the fourth and final...
$50,000 Up for Grabs in Viveport Developer Awards, Submissions Now Open
Last year marked HTC's very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, submissions for this year's VDAs are open, spanning more categories than last year, including...
Oculus Exclusive ‘The Mage’s Tale’ Comes to Vive March 23rd, in Development for PSVR
RPG dungeon crawler The Mage's Tale, a former Oculus exclusive, is set to launch on Steam for the HTC Vive on March 23rd. Developer inXile Entertainment has also confirmed that the title is in development for PSVR.
The Mage's Tale, a...
HTC Vive Pro to Arrive With Redesigned Link Box Featuring DisplayPort and Power Button
HTC Vive Pro, the company's higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers, isn't on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn't a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins...
Preview: Visually Dazzling VR RPG ‘The SoulKeeper VR’ Plans For a Full Story With Deep Lore
VR gamers have longed heavily for deeper titles that go beyond the surface-level experiences that make up a large portion of today's VR content. They’ve longed for games with depth and complexity; developer HELM Systems plan to offer exactly...
‘Electronauts’ Update Adds 39 New Songs to Tear Apart and Remix
Initially arriving last August as VR’s premiere live-remixing rhythm game, Survios’ Electronauts lets players fiddle with the individual tracks and pieces of popular songs, mixing loose effects and loops together with vocal and instrumental stems at their own leisure...
Play Team Shooter ‘Contractors’ for Free This Weekend on Steam
Contractors (2018), the team-based competitive multiplayer shooter, is running a free weekend on Steam starting today.
Contractors will be free-to-play until Monday, July 20th. You can download it now on Steam, which supports your standard range of SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Oculus...



















