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.
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‘Elements Divided’ Launches Today on Quest & PC VR, Bringing ‘Last Airbender’ Inspired Fighting Action

Avatar: The Last Airbender doesn't have an official VR game, although you'd be forgiven for double-taking as you bend all four elements in the multiplayer action game Elements Divided, now available on Quest 2 and above and PC VR headsets. Developed by Loco...
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nDreams Announces VR Action-Adventure ‘Reach’, Packing in Cinematic Action & Parkour This Year

During the Future Games Show livestream today, nDreams Elevation unveiled Reach, a VR action-adventure promising full-body parkour, combat against giant baddies, and a surprisingly detailed world. Reach will be the debut title for nDreams Elevation, the company's internal studio formed in...

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Room-scale VR Fan Remake Puts You Face-to-face with Freddy Fazbear

Just in time for the spookiest time of year is a new VR fan remake of Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) that brings some of the horror of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza to room-scale VR. Although it only gives you two nights...

VR Physics Sandbox ‘Modbox’ to Become More “Unity-like” in March Update

Modbox (2016), the multiuser VR physics sandbox from indie studio Alientrap, is getting an update next month in hopes of making the app more of a "Unity-like experience - only simplified," says developer Lee Vermeulen. The update is said to include...
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Ubisoft’s ‘Space Junkies’ Beta Announced for Late June, Signups Open

Ubisoft has announced the closed beta dates for its upcoming zero-G multiplayer VR shooter, Space Junkies, which will be available from June 28th to July 2nd with signups open to all. First revealed at E3 2017, Space Junkies is Ubisoft's latest multiplayer VR...

Valve Updates ‘The Lab’ with Index Controller Support & Latest VR Tech Stack

Valve launched The Lab as an experimental VR playground way back in 2016. Today the company is updating the game to bring it up to speed with the company's latest VR tech stack, including Index controller support, overhauled physics, spatialized...

Spellcasting Sequel ‘The Wizards – Dark Times’ to Launch on PC VR Headsets in June

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018), today announced that their upcoming sequel to the spellcaster series, The Wizards – Dark Times​, is slated to arrive on PC VR headsets June 4th. Carbon initially planned for Dark Times to be a standalone...

‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel Adopts OpenXR to ‘Expand VR Feature Set’ and Support More Devices

Facepunch Studios announced that s&box, its upcoming physics sandbox and game development platform, is now using OpenXR, which will not only allow the studio to expand its VR feature set, but also the range of supported devices. VR support has been...

These Developers Hacked Knuckles & Vive Controllers to Play MIDI File Music

We're still holding our breath of the next wave of consumer VR headsets yet to come, namely Rift S, Quest, and Valve Index. None of them have official release dates yet, so some intrepid developers found a way to...

Hands-on: ‘The Talos Principle VR’ Feels Like It’s Come Home in Virtual Reality

The wildly popular puzzler The Talos Principle (2014) from Croteam is soon to be making its way to VR in a separate version, playable on SteamVR-compatible headsets; i.e. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Getting a chance to go head-first into...

‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ Review – A Delightful, But Brisk Encounter with Untapped Potential

A Fisherman's Tale puts you in the boots of a curios puppet-man named Bob who lives in a strange, recursive world centered around a dollhouse-sized lighthouse. Looking above, you see infinitely Big Bob. Looking below, infinitely Small Bob. It...

‘Project CARS 3’ Release Date Confirmed, PC VR Support Included at Launch

Project CARS 3, the upcoming sequel to the racing simulator franchise, is set to include VR support when it launches on PC this August. Update (June 24th, 2020): Slightly Mad Studios has confirmed that Project CARS 3 will be releasing on all...

Varjo is Leaning in on Training Sims & Bespoke Integration, ‘Aero’ Likely its First & Last...

Varjo, creator of high-end enterprise MR headsets, dipped its toes into the consumer VR market with the release of the Aero headset back in 2021. But now the company says its focus is narrowing on training sims and deeper...

Valve’s New Site Affirms Role of VR in Company’s Future, Teases “Top secret” Games

"We make games, Steam, and hardware. Join us," says the first line of Valve's newly redesigned website—in big bold red letters—bringing its look more in line with 2010's design language than the previous version that screamed 'late 2000's'. Along...

HTC Unveils PC VR Headset Vive Cosmos, Dev Kits Coming Early 2019

At a special CES event today, HTC unveiled their latest PC VR headset, Vive Cosmos. Unlike Vive Focus, the company's 6DOF standalone headset that launched first in China with a single 3DOF controller, Vive Cosmos is being advertised as a...
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