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.
‘Pistol Whip’ VR Tournament Kicking Off in March with $10,000 Prize Pool
SpringboardVR, the content distribution platform for VR arcades, has partnered with Cloudhead Games and eSports organizers The Virtual Athletics League (VAL) to bring a Pistol Whip (2019) tournament next month to more than 500 arcade locations as well as...
‘Boneworks’ Update Adds Checkpoint System, New Content, Climbing Improvements & More
After its launch in December, one common Boneworks gripe was the lack of any mid-level checkpoints, which meant players had to complete entire levels in a single play session otherwise they would lose their progress and be forced to restart the...
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Among Steam’s 20 Top-selling Games Released in January
The Walking Deal: Saints & Sinners (2020), a VR game based on The Walking Dead comic book series, had its fair share of success when it launched on PC VR headsets late last month. Now, it appears Skydance Interactive's zombie-slaying thriller...
Acer: ‘We’re continuing to explore & invest in XR’
Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it's still in the XR game.
Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset; it had been 10 months since...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches Next Month But Index is Still Sold Out Across the Globe
Valve's first flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx, is now set to launch on March 23rd but unfortunately the company's Index VR headset is still just about impossible to buy direct. In the meantime, the shortage has seen secondary markets selling the...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Release Date Set for March 23rd, New Screenshots Revealed
Half-Life: Alyx finally has a release date and it's March 23rd. The most anticipated VR game to date is now just one month and ten days away, and Valve has released some new screenshots to whet your appetite.
Half-Life: Alyx...
Diorama-based VR Puzzler ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ Coming in March, Gameplay Trailer Here
Cortopia Studios, the Stockholm-based team behind spellcasting combat game Wands (2016), is set to release its upcoming puzzler Down the Rabbit Hole next month.
The game, which was originally slated to arrive in December 2019, is now set to arrive on all...
Humble VR Bundle Offers Up ‘Superhot’, ‘Space Pirate Trainer’, ‘Moss’ and More for $15
Recently picked up a PC VR headset and looking to add a handful of top rated VR games to your library? Between now and February 25th a special Humble VR Bundle is offering up Cosmic Trip, Smashbox Arena, Gorn, Budget...
‘Space Channel 5 VR’ Headed to PSVR This Month, PC VR & Quest Versions TBA
Space Channel 5 (1999) first launched on Dreamcast and PS2 over two decades ago, and now the long-dormant franchise is ready to reemerge on PSVR headsets this month with Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash!
Originally slated to launch...
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,...
Valve Plans to Release “SteamVR 2.0” This Year
Heading toward the release of Half-Life: Alyx in March, Valve has been steadily improving its SteamVR software to be more stable and easier to use. Now the company is teasing the forthcoming release of "SteamVR 2.0" sometime this year.
While...
‘Ven VR Adventure’ is an Adorable Platformer Coming to SteamVR, Rift & PSVR
Ven VR Adventure is an upcoming title from Poland-based indie studio Monologic Games. Built from the ground-up for VR, the plucky little platformer seems to be channeling some of its contemporaries such as Lucky's Tale (2016), Moss (2018), and Astro Bot Rescue...
‘Crunch Element’ Inches Past Crowdfunding Goal with Less Than a Week to Spare
Crunch Element is an upcoming VR game that challenges you to breech heavily-guarded compounds with physics-based explosive charges, guns, and your wits.
Update (January 30th, 2020): Crunch Element has done it with only five days left to go. At the...
Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Reach Record High of 1.3 Million
Valve’s monthly Steam Survey has long offered useful insight into the share of VR headsets in use on Steam. But the figures provided are relative to the non-static Steam population, which obfuscates the actual adoption trend of VR headsets...
‘Beat Saber’ Gets 3 New Free Songs from Japanese EDM Artist Camellia
The block-slashing rhythm game is at it again: Beat Saber (2019) just got three new songs from Japanese electronic dance music artist Camellia, available today on all supported platforms.
Although the studio has been mostly cutting deals to secure paid content...


















