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.
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Launches on PSVR, Quest Version Expected in Q4
Skydance Interactive's latest VR title, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, is available on PSVR as of today.
VR zombie survival game The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners launched on PC VR headsets in early 2020 and has garnered considerable praise, including...
Spellcasting Sequel ‘The Wizards – Dark Times’ to Launch on PC VR Headsets in June
Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018), today announced that their upcoming sequel to the spellcaster series, The Wizards – Dark Times, is slated to arrive on PC VR headsets June 4th.
Carbon initially planned for Dark Times to be a standalone...
Analysis: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Adds Nearly 1 Million VR Users to Steam in Record Gain
The launch of Half-Life: Alyx saw nearly 1 million additional monthly-connected headsets over the prior month, a leap that nearly tripled the previous largest monthly gain.
Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of...
Major ‘Espire 1: VR Operative’ Update to Add New Weapons, Challenges & More
Espire 1: VR Operative (2019) launched late last year on all major VR headsets, offering up some very Metal Gear Solid style stealth action to VR players. Now developers Digital Lode have announced a major update, called 'Assimilation', which...
‘Arizona Sunshine’ for Quest Gets Final DLC Drop with ‘The Damned DLC’
Vertigo Games has now released its final paid DLC for its co-op zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine (2017) on Oculus Quest.
First released on PSVR and PC headsets in October 2019, 'The Damned DLC' is now available on Oculus Quest, priced at $5.
This, the...
Why You Shouldn’t Play ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Without a VR Headset
Half-Life: Alyx (2020), Valve's made-for-VR entry into the fabled Half-Life series, launched late last month on SteamVR-compatible headsets to near-universal praise. If you don't own a VR headset but still want to play though, I'd caution you against playing it...
‘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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
‘Boneworks’ Update Adds New Weapon, Sandbox Maps, & “significant improvements” to Player Physics
A new Boneworks patch, Update 1.4, has been released with a handful of additions and tweaks.
Update (April 10th, 2020): The Boneworks update 1.4 is available now. Developer Stress Level Zero has detailed the new update in an official post.
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