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.
Valve’s Lighthouse Base Station in Action, Inner Workings Explained
Some of the inner workings of Valve's Lighthouse base station, an infrared laser-emitting device used for 'room scale' positional tracking, were revealed today by Valve developer Joe Ludwig.
Ludwig's SVVR Conference talk entitled "OpenVR and You" addressed a number of issues dealing...
‘PokerStars VR’ Brings Multiplayer Freeplay Poker to Rift & Vive
PokerStars, the online gambling site, today released a social VR app that lets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive users play poker for free.
Dubbed PokerStars VR, the online multiplayer game is free and now available in Early Access on Steam,...
‘EVE: Valkyrie’ to Receive Carrier Assault Mode with Star Wars-style Trench-run
A new objective-based game mode was today announced for EVE: Valkyrie at Fanfest 2016, CCP's annual gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland. Called 'Carrier Assault', it promises to offers what lead designer Andrew Willans calls an "influence from a certain '70s sci-fi classic moment."...
12 Indie VR Gems You Should Absolutely Consider Playing & Supporting
VR games are difficult to market, especially when they don't fit obviously into existing genres. Here's 12 gems you may have overlooked but are well worth your consideration.
Updated – August 21st, 2020
The Paradox of VR Game Development
There exists a...
DiRT Rally Devs Say Lack of Vive Support Not Due to Oculus Exclusivity Deal
Codemasters have responded officially to Road to VR on why DiRT Rally, which recently received Oculus Rift VR support, lacks support for the rival SteamVR based HTC Vive system.
DiRT Rally received its first VR update this week for the...
New VorpX Feature Makes non-VR Games Look and Play Better in VR
VorpX is a 3D driver which allows users to play their non-VR game library immersively through an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset. Version 17.3.0 brings a new 'Direct VR Settings Optimizer' feature which automatically tweaks many titles for optimal...
‘Serious Sam VR’ Coming to Steam Early Access This Summer
Serious Sam is going virtual in their newly announced VR game, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, a gore-filled VR shooter targeting both Steam VR and Oculus Rift.
Croteam, the studio behind the Serious Sam franchise, is touting Serious Sam VR as a "full-fledged VR title," which...
The 10 ‘Must-Have’ Oculus Rift Apps and Games of 2014
Any way you slice it, 2014 has been an incredible year for VR. So, as we rapidly approach the close of the best year consumer VR has ever known, we attempt the impossible and pick our 10 games or...
New ‘Arizona Sunshine 2’ Gameplay Video Shows off Campaign, Co-op & More
Vertigo Games showed off more of its upcoming zombie-slaying adventure Arizona Sunshine 2 in a new Gameplay Showcase today, featuring an extended look at the single-player campaign, co-op mode, and a first look at some new gameplay mechanics.
Update (11AM ET): In...
Steam VR GDC Content Partner VR Headset “V minus-1” Revealed
Valve is revealing the evolutionary steps its developer edition Steam VR headset the HTC Vive took before reaching GDC 2015.
As part of their Steam VR mini-museum, they've shown the headset that content partners demonstrating applications and software at GDC 2015...
‘The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone’ is Out Now on Vive & Rift, Catch the Launch...
The Gallery – Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone is the anticipated followup to one of VR's first room-scale experiences, Episode 1: Call of the Starseed, and promises to be considerably larger than its predecessor. Heart of the Emberstone today launched...
‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Winter Update Adds Custom Matches, Spectator Mode & New Map
CCP may have shuttered their VR game-producing branches, but EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the studio's multiplayer arcade dogfighter set in the EVE universe, lives on with the addition of support for traditional monitors. Launched today across all platforms including PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive comes...
‘Mario Kart VR’ Comes to the US Today in Bandai Namco’s Newest VR Arcade
For the first time, BANDAI NAMCO is bringing to the United States a number of popular VR experiences once only available in Japan and UK-based VR ZONE arcades. Included in the line-up is the much-awaited Mario Kart Arcade GP...
Despite Parent Company’s Legal Trouble with Oculus, Bethesda says: “We plan on supporting as many platforms...
Bethesda recently announced that Fallout 4 (2015) is coming to HTC Vive this October, and Skyrim (2011) is soon to follow sometime in late 2017 on PlayStation VR. Amidst talk of platform exclusivity, the company took to twitter to quell some fears in the...
‘Voxelus’ Aims to Let Everyone to Build Their Own VR Content
With the huge success of Minecraft, a generation of gamers have grown up expecting to build and create in, as well as 'merely' play their games. Voxelus aims to tap into that creative spark with it's new Voxelus Creator...




















