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‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Review – So Close to Stealing My Heart

Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow does a respectable job of bringing the storied series to VR for the first time, all the while offering up one of the best stealth games currently in the medium. Some stumbling blocks keep...

‘Deadpool VR’ Review – Hilarious, High-Energy, Sometimes Repetitive: But Always Deadpool

Marvel's Deadpool VR serves up a boat load of quippy banter and on-brand humor from everyone's favorite 'merc with a mouth', truly bringing the soul and wit of the character to virtual reality. While combat can feel repetitive at...

‘Reach’ VR Review – Platforming Perfected, Better Pacing Preferred

Reach is a VR action-platformer from nDreams that aims to let players run, jump, and slide in a way that most VR games intentionally avoid. Does the game's movement gel well with combat and puzzles? Read our full review...

‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’ Review – Podracing Comes to Quest, But Loses Speed in Mixed Reality

Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset feels like a pretty clear directive to make a high quality MR game that showcases Quest 3's passthrough capabilities. In that respect, it's a partial success, as the MR/VR hybrid...

‘Titan Isles’ Review – A Good Bullet Hell Shooter Missing The Magic of ‘Windlands’

You'd be forgiven for thinking Titan Isles was some sort of prequel to the Windlands series. While it does have a lot in common with Psytec's combat-flavored adventure platformer Windlands 2 (2018), Titan Isles is an entirely new game that marks a clear...

‘Zombie Army VR’ Review – Arcade Zombie-Slaying Done Right(ish)

Zombie Army VR is serving up its iconic arcade-style shooting on all major VR headsets. Like the flatscreen games, it's all about blasting every make and model of Nazi zombie, upgrading some cool WWII-era guns, and experiencing the game's...

‘The Midnight Walk’ Review – An Artfully Grotesque and Occasionally Beautiful Walking Simulator

The Midnight Walk is like taking a stroll through Tim Burton's mind. As a game, its visuals are absolutely unique and darkly beautiful, but is there enough to do along your walk to warrant putting on the headset? Read on...

‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Review – A Thrilling but Repetitive Fight Through Xenomorph Hordes

Alien: Rogue Incursion is the first full-blown VR-native in the storied franchise, serving up hordes of Xenomorphs in an authentically 'Aliens' universe. Developed by VR veteran studio Survios (Creed: Rise to Glory, The Walking Dead: Onslaught), Rogue Incursion presents a veritable balancing...

‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Review – A Colossal Step Forward in VR Action-Adventure Gaming

Skydance's Behemoth showcases a lot of hard-won lessons in VR design, which is mostly thanks to the studio's pioneering work on its most successful VR game to date: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020). As an original IP in the action-adventure...

‘Wall Town Wonders’ Review – Maybe a Little Too Casual for Today’s Mixed Reality

Wall Town Wonders feels like a casual game from the future, when all-day AR glasses are the norm, and you can manage your growing town of tiny Sim-like inhabitants as they fly around your room in hot air balloons and...

‘Metro Awakening’ Review – Atmospheric, Claustrophobic, and Eventually Monotonic

Metro Awakening brings the post-apocalyptic tunnel-dwelling franchise to VR for the first time, but is it a good fit? Read on to find out in our full review. Metro Awakening Details: Publisher: Vertigo Games Available On: Quest, PC VR, PSVR 2 Reviewed On: Quest 3 Release Date: November...

‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Review – Arkham Comes to VR in (almost) All the Right Ways

Batman: Arkham Shadow stays true to the series formula, but did developer Camouflaj manage to make the game feel truly at home in VR? Read our full review to find out. Batman: Arkham Shadow Details: Publisher: Oculus Studios Developer: Camouflaj Available On: Meta Horizon (exclusive to...

‘Starship Home’ Review – Gardening Across the Universe in Quest’s Most Compelling Mixed Reality Game

Starship Home isn't just a clever and infectiously cute sci-fi gardening game with casual ship management stuff. It's probably one of the best cases right now for how mixed reality developers can break away from the usual gimmicks on Quest...

‘Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded’ for Quest 3 – A Visual & Mechanical Mess

A rebuilt-for-Quest version of the celebrated stealth-action title Hitman 3 seemed almost too good to be true when we first heard about it earlier this summer. While that version technically exists now with the release of Hitman 3 VR:...

‘RIVEN’ Review – An Okay VR Port of an Awesome Game Still Worth Playing

RIVEN (1997), the sequel to iconic point-and-click puzzle-adventure MYST (1993), just got the VR treatment in its new remake. Unlike Myst, which felt a little too game-y and obtuse at times, Riven plays a lot more like a modern title, which thanks to Quest and...
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