Software Reviews & Previews
Our reviews and previews of the latest XR games and software.
Preview: ‘The Caretaker’ Recreates the Atmospheric Insanity of ‘The Shining’
Franbo VR, an indie studio based out of Bristol, UK, has created some iconic interiors inspired by The Shining (1980) in a short VR experience called The Caretaker. Distilling some of the film's atmospheric insanity, the experience lets you walk the halls of the isolated Overlook Hotel.
In...
Preview: ‘Arnswalde VR’ is a Memorial to Life as it Was Before WW2
It's nothing short of amazing when you can take a tour of a town that doesn't exist anymore, and Arnswalde VR takes you back to the once-West Pomeranian city to see just what it was like before the turbidity of WW2.
Arnswalde,...
Inside ‘Ixian Gate’ – An Otherworldly, Surrealist Dream Come to Life
Ixian Gate is a beautiful, infectiously weird VR demo created by Jess Johnson, a New Zealand-born artist based in Melbourne. Johnson takes a measure of inspiration from Frank Herbert's iconic sci-fi tome Dune (1965) to produce an otherworldly experience that is an enigmatic trip through tessellating shapes and bodies...
Preview: ‘Meso VR’ Transports You to 900AD to Visit Mayan Temples
Meso VR, an educational project created by Dallas based studio Eightfold VR, introduces you to the world of the Maya by taking you back to 900AD to see one of the ruins brought to life.
Meso VR first presents you with a quick history lesson...
Review: ‘EVE: Gunjack’ Sets the Bar for Gear VR Turret Shooters
EVE: Gunjack, The mobile counterpart of the hugely anticipated VR multiplayer space shooter EVE:Valkyrie, is released tomorrow on Samsung Gear VR. We go hands-on with the consumer release and find out that CCP Games have succeeded in setting a...
Preview: ‘Korix’ is a Deceptively Simple Cross Between RTS and Tower Defense
The blocky architecture of Korix may look simple, but in this real time strategy-meets-tower defense, appearances can be deceiving. Warning: you may be overwhelmed with the sudden urge to flip over the virtual game board.
Korix is a retro-style real time strategy...
First Look: Inside Oculus ‘Arcade’ Beta – New Tech Brings Back Games of a Bygone Era
Oculus has today released their much awaited Arcade app, which lets you play a number of original classic arcade titles from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. While you won't need virtual quarters to try out the games for a limited time,...
Review: ‘Dead Secret’ is one of the Early Great Successes in VR Thrillers
Relying on jumpscares in VR to make a game frightening is fundamentally lazy. There's no finesse, no building terror that creeps inside you, just the looming possibility that a ghoul can flash in front of your face, thereby activating whatever...
‘7 Nanocycles’ is an Addictive Flyer that Blasts You Through a Geometric Futurescape
7 Nanocycles is a demo made by Sweden-based indie developer Nicklas Nygren (aka 'Nifflas'), and is a deceptively addictive game concept that lobs you in your tiny spaceship through a world of floating geometric shapes.
7 Nanocycles is about keeping momentum while inside the...
Preview: ‘Machine VR’ is an Awe-inspiring Trip Through a Crystalline Fractal Universe
Produced by Dutch visual effects artist Julius Horsthuis, Machine VR is the newest installment of a line of contemplative fractal 360 videos—this time taking you into an infinite world of crenelated metallic structures that is sure to ignite the imagination.
The human mind...
Preview: ‘Smash Hit’ for Gear VR is a Futuristic, Glass-breaking Gaze Shooter
Smash Hit is a gaze-based shooter from Mediocre Games that has you breaking glass barriers in a futuristic, but deceptively simple environment. Use your glass-smashing metal orbs wisely, because when you run out, that's the end of your forward journey through the...
Preview: ‘Late Night Shop’ is a Nightmare Where Mannequins Come to Life
Late Night Shop is a first person 'mannequin evader' built by Plymouth, England based studio Total Monkery. The game, which is currently in pre-alpha, is excruciatingly close to a personal nightmare of store mannequins come to life.
Much like the...
Review: ‘InCell’ is a VR Racer That Puts You Inside the Microscopic World of a Cell
InCell is VR racing game that shrinks you down to play among the micro structures of a human cell. Visuals, gameplay, and the feel of the game are all on point, but some of the educational material seems a little whitewashed...
Hands On: ‘Pollen’ is Still a Sci-fi Mystery Waiting to Unfold
Pollen is an upcoming first-person sci-fi puzzle exploration game produced by Finland based Mindfield Games. Taking you to the far-off research station on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, you follow an ominous quest to explore a mysterious time-bending phenomenon that has taken hold of the...
Preview: ‘Null of Hope’ Brings the Retro Adventure RPG to VR
Null of Hope, a retro first-person adventure RPG produced by Wade Arcade, gives a new twist to the genre and puts you in the game like never before. A 'list and click' variant of the popular 'point and click' games of the...




















