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.
Windows VR Headset Prices Hit Rock Bottom Over Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Now that turkey day has come and gone, holiday shopping season has arrived and we're tracking the best Windows Mixed Reality Black Friday 2018 deals on the Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Samsung Odyssey headsets. The headsets have...
Earthbending VR Adventure ‘Adepts Arena’ is Coming to Quest & SteamVR, Trailer Here
VR indie Giant Stride Games and publisher Creature announced Adepts Arena, an upcoming first-person adventure that's bringing a very Avatar-inspired earthbending ability to let you take on an army of sinister automatons.
The single-player game lets you master earthbending, including...
‘Moss’ DLC ‘Twilight Garden’ Arrives for Free on All Supported Headsets
Polyarc today announced their critically acclaimed VR adventure puzzler, Moss (2018), is getting some fresh content in the form of a new chapter. First made available on Oculus Quest, the update is now live on all supported platforms.
Update (June...
Inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’, ‘Stride’ Looks to Bring Smooth Parkour Action to VR
In development by studio Joy Way, Stride is a VR parkour action game built atop an impressively smooth and immersive locomotion system. With inspiration from Mirror's Edge (2008), Stride is an intriguing indie project due to launch this Summer.
Update (July 7th,...
Windows 11 No Longer Supports Microsoft’s Windows VR Headsets Following October Update
Microsoft revealed last year it had plans to pull the plug on support for its entire WMR platform on Windows. Now, with the launch of Windows 11 2024 Update yesterday, those VR headsets have essentially been bricked.
Initially kicked off in 2017, Microsoft...
Viveport Now Supports Valve Index, Owners Get 2 Free Months of Infinity
HTC today announced that Viveport, the company's digital distribution platform for VR games, now supports Valve Index. Much like their previous promotion for Oculus Rift users, Valve Index owners will be able redeem two free months of Viveport Infinity, the...
‘Minecraft’ is Also Now Dropping PC VR Support in 2025 in Addition to PSVR
Mojang announced last month it was dropping PSVR support for Minecraft in 2025, which was mostly understandable considering the headset is now eight years old. In the release notes of the latest Bedrock update though, the studio says PC...
HTC Teases Reveal of “game-changing VR headsets” at VIVECON
You can now register for HTC's upcoming VIVECON event. The free, online event will be held May 11th & 12th, and the company is promising to reveal "game-changing VR headsets," (yes that's plural headsets), alongside presentations from "industry experts,...
VR Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ is Getting Three New Scenes
Realities is a VR photogrammetry showcase featuring detailed photogramatic scans from a handful of interesting locations around the world. In collaboration with Canadian television channel TV5's documentary series Terre d’Exploration, the first of three new scenes from the Canadian wilderness is...
‘Beat Saber’ Sells 100K Units in First Month for $2 Million in Revenue
In its first month, Beat Saber has sold 100,000 copies across Steam and Oculus, generating $2 million in revenue—another big milestone of success for a game still in early access and made by a three-person indie studio.
Update (05/28/18): Hyperbolic...
MacGyver-inspired Puzzle Adventure ‘Fixer Undercover’ Comes to Quest & PC VR Next Year
Indie studio Creativity AR announced its MacGyver-inspired VR puzzle adventure Fixer Undercover is coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets next year.
The studio released a demo of Fixer Undercover on Quest last year via the now-defunct App Lab, offering up...
Rift & Rift S Now Account for Half of Headsets Used on Steam
With the Rift S launching just two and a half months ago, on Steam the headset has already nearly surpassed all Windows VR headsets in use on the platform. With the original Rift and Rift S, Oculus headsets now...
‘Metro Awakening’ Gameplay Shows Off Patently Tense Combat, Immersive VR Take on Familiar Mechanics
Leading up to its November 7th release, Vertigo Games detailed more about its upcoming standalone VR prequel to the Metro series, Metro Awakening, including some familiar survival mechanics at the heart of gameplay such as the gas mask, flashlight,...
Without Valve, ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Wouldn’t be Compatible with Rift or Quest
With the highly anticipated launch of Half-Life: Alyx just days away, it feels like an appropriate time to look at Valve's unique commitment to ensuring that SteamVR remains a hardware-agnostic platform for VR content, and how the company has...
‘Trover Saves the Universe’ to Get Free ‘Cosmic Jobs’ DLC in October
Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland loves VR, and his latest VR game, Trover Saves the Universe (2019), is getting its first DLC drop next month.
Called 'Trover's Important Cosmic Jobs', the free DLC is headed to all supported platforms...


















