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.

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.

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Patch Adds Continuous Turning, WMR Tweaks, and Crash Fixes

A small patch to Half-Life: Alyx has added continuous turning, made adjustments to a key gesture for Windows VR users, and squashed a few bugs. While continuous turning is never a default in VR games because it makes many people dizzy,...

Unexpected Update Brings New Content to SteamVR Home

Valve released an update to SteamVR this week that unexpectedly added new content to SteamVR Home. Valve has long been making small but helpful updates to SteamVR, but especially in the last year there hasn't been a particularly clear signal...

‘Job Simulator’ Surpasses $3 Million in Sales, Becoming “most popular VR title to date”

Owlchemy Labs today announced that its tongue-in-cheek simulator game, Job Simulator (2016), has earned over $3 million in sales since its launch last April. According to Owlchemy Labs, this combined with the fact that Job Simulator has generated over 250...

‘Onward’ for Quest Confirmed to Feature Cross-play with PC VR

Onward, the first-person mil-sim shooter for PC VR, is heading to Quest at some point—that's what Downpour Interactive founder Dante Buckley announced back at the ESL VR League Season three championship earlier this month. Now, Buckley says the studio is...

SteamVR 1.15 Update Fixes ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Controller Issue on Reverb G2, Adds Index Mic Feedback

Valve released an update to SteamVR today, version 1.15, which is the culmination of the last several weeks of smaller beta updates. The update fixes a controller binding issue with Half-Life: Alyx when played with Reverb G2, adds mic feedback to Valve...

Heartwarming VR Puzzler ‘The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets’ to Launch in November

Fast Travel Games, the studio behind VR bow-shooting adventure Apex Construct (2018), announced their narrative-based puzzle game The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets is officially due out in November, coming to PSVR, PC VR headsets, and Oculus Quest. Update (October 23rd,...
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Owlchemy Labs Shows Off New Convenience Store Level in ‘Job Simulator’

Owlchemy Labs's Job Simulator has become a staple demo in the HTC Vive demo reel thanks to its fun and intuitive room-scale interactions with everyday kitchen items. The studio has just revealed a teaser of another job that will...

E3 2017 ‘Day 5’ Roundup: Phil Spencer on Xbox VR, ‘Space Junkies’ Hands-On, Android GameFace Adds...

As E3 2017 draws to a close, here’s our final roundup of news. Phil Spencer gives an enlightening interview with Giant Bomb, we go hands-on with Ubisoft’s new VR shooter Space Junkies, and try out the latest standalone VR...

Backrooms-style Adventure ‘POOLS’ is Getting PC VR Support Next Month, PSVR 2 Support Later This Year

POOLS (2024) developer Tensori announced last year it was developing VR support for its Backrooms Internet lore-inspired game. Mark your calendars, because on May 30th, you'll be able to jump into the deep end on PC VR headsets. Unlike other...

PSVR 2 Team Shooter ‘Firewall Ultra’ Gets Update to Attract Newcomers After Year-long Abandonment

Firewall Ultra (2023), the tactical team shooter, hasn't seen an update since developer First Contact Entertainment shut down in late 2023, or just four months after the game's release on PSVR 2. Now, Sony has dropped a patch out of...

‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel to Receive Virtual Reality Support

Rust developer Facepunch Studios, founded by developer Garry Newman, has confirmed that its founding game Garry's Mod will receive virtual reality support - just don't call it 'Garry's Mod 2'. In an interview with PCGamesN, the founder of Facepunch studios...

‘Payday 2’ VR Beta Now Available, Supporting Cross-play with Desktop Players

Payday 2 (2013), the popular FPS with four-player co-op, has now updated to include access to the VR beta for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The beta is free, and will see updates in discrete phases, the first of which is now...

‘Arizona Sunshine 2’ Review – Head-popping Fun With Friends

Seven years after its predecessor, Arizona Sunshine 2 is back to bring you more head-popping fun, and thanks to its co-op capability and wide release on all major VR platforms, you'll be able to have a friend join you for this...
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‘Memoreum’ is Bringing ‘Dead Space’ Vibes to Quest Later This Year, New Trailer Here

During the VR Games Showcase today, Patient 8 Games announced it's bringing its long-awaited sci-fi action horror game Memoreum to Quest in September. Patient 8 Games is best known for its hit Half Life: Alyx mod, 'Return to Rapture', which mashed up Bioshock...

‘Chiaro and the Elixir of Life’ Review: a Thin Slice of Ghibli With a Side Order...

Chiaro and the Elixir of Life (2018) is a single-player, story-driven adventure game with emphasis on puzzle-solving and some light platforming. Accompanied by your penguin robot pal Boka, you go out in search of the Elixir of Life, a special...
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