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.
Review: ‘Racket: NX’ Brings Addictive Gameplay & Polished Visuals to VR Twist on Classic Block-breaking
Racket: NX (2018), the VR racket sports game, is now out of Early Access. Offering a surprising level of polish, fluid gameplay, and both an engaging single player and competitive multiplayer mode, Racket: NX has taken a fairly simple concept and...
‘Blade & Sorcery’ Early Access Review – Bloody Sandbox Battles Aplenty
A storyline can be useful for its ability to frame the action; it gives you a reason to fight and fuels your hunger to reign victorious over the hordes of NPC baddies. But if you're easily urked by mediocre...
Varjo’s Enterprise Cloud XR Streaming Platform Now Supports Quest 3 and Quest Pro
Varjo announced it's now supporting Quest 3 and Quest Pro for its cloud XR streaming platform 'Reality Cloud', which lets professionals stream and share immersive 3D content rendered on cloud-based GPUs.
The Finland-based creator of high-end XR headsets is known...
Studio Behind ‘SUPERHOT’ Looking for More VR Developers
It's amazing how well SUPERHOT (2016), the unforgettably stylized action game, worked when translated to virtual reality. Now, the developers at SUPERHOT Team are looking to get more hands on deck as they dive deeper into the world of VR development.
Once the...
‘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...
PSVR Exclusive ‘Paper Beast’ is Coming to PC VR Next Week
Paper Beast, the surreal wildlife simulation first launched on PSVR, is slated to release on SteamVR headsets next week.
Update (July 15th, 2020): Pixel Reef today announced that Paper Beast is coming to PC VR headsets on July 24th, 2020. This will...
Asus Windows VR Headset Finally Launches, Priced at $430
Asus was among a handful of Microsoft partners who planned to launch a VR headset as part of Microsoft's "Mixed Reality" platform. While those other headsets became available late last year, Asus' own Windows VR headset is finally launching...
Lucy Liu Stars in VR Adventure ‘The Pirate Queen’, Now Available on Quest & SteamVR
The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend, the award-winning VR adventure starring Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill), launched today on Quest and SteamVR headsets.
Created by UK-based Singer Studios, VR narrative adventure takes inspiration from true events, following the titular 'Pirate Queen'...
There’s Now More VR Than Mac Players on Steam
The PC VR population has been growing ever so steadily over the last four years. Meanwhile, the MacOS population has shrunk and been overtaken by VR.
If you were just looking at the percent of the Steam population with monthly-connected...
Quest 2 Now the Most Used on Steam, Monthly-connected Headsets Hit Record High of 2.8 Million
Another month, another record high count for the VR usership on Steam. Quest 2, despite being a standalone headset, has helped to drive much of the growth thanks to its ability to connect to a PC to play PC...
Tundra Tracker Passes $1.1M in Funding with 1 Month Left in Kickstarter
Tundra Tracker, the SteamVR-based tracker in development by Tundra Labs, exploded past its Kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours, securing the company well beyond the $250,000 it initially hoped for back at its late-March launch. The company has...
10 Oculus Exclusives HTC Vive Owners Should Play Using Revive Hack
Thanks to ReVive, a hack that lets SteamVR-compatible headsets play Oculus Rift exclusives, anyone with an HTC Vive can enjoy a number of unofficially supported games from the Oculus Store. Here we take a look at 5 of the games...
Ubisoft’s Multiplayer Arcade Shooter ‘Space Junkies’ Is Heading into Closed Beta in Early 2018
Ubisoft today announced that Space Junkies, the multiplayer arcade VR shooter, is going into closed beta in early 2018. We got a chance to go hands-on with a more developed prototype of the game at this year's Oculus Connect, and while...
Hands-on: ‘Beat Saber’ is Every Bit as Fun as It Looks
At GDC this year, I had a chance to step into Beat Saber, an upcoming rhythm game from Czech Republic-based indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism that tasks you with slicing flying cubes with lightsabers to electronic dance music. If that sounds cool to...
‘Audica’ is an Inventive “VR Rhythm Shooter” From the Studio Behind ‘Rock Band’
Harmonix, the studio behind many rhythm game hits like Guitar Hero (2005) and Rock Band (2007), today announced what they're calling a "VR rhythm shooter" that looks—to be frank—pretty freaking awesome.
I guess there's just something about combining body movements...

















