Software Reviews & Previews
Our reviews and previews of the latest XR games and software.
‘Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia’ Review – Cinematic Pretense & Little Substance
Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia is a VR adventure that promises to take you to a fantastical world filled with musical flora and fauna. Despite some earnest attempts at worldbuilding, the end result is a thin and superficial theme park...
‘Puzzling Places’ Review – Putting Conventional Jigsaw Puzzles to Shame
Puzzling Places takes jigsaw puzzles in a new and clever direction by offering up multiple difficulties of some highly textured and interesting 3D scenes, making for an experience that's better than either physical 2D or 3D puzzles in almost every...
‘I Expect You to Die 2’ Review – A Worthy Sequel to VR’s Deadliest Spy Puzzler
I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar is a single-player puzzle game that, true to its name, is a direct extension of the hit spy-flavored VR puzzler launched in 2016, tasking you again to foil the evil machinations of the shadowy...
Facebook Surprise-launches New VR Meeting App With Virtual Desktops and up to 50 People
Facebook today is surprise-launching a new app called Horizon Workrooms, a virtual collaboration space that connects both VR and video chat users. With the ability to bring a user's PC or Mac desktop into the virtual room, the app takes...
‘Fracked’ Review – Strong Fundamentals Missing Combat Evolution
Fracked is the latest VR title from veteran VR studio nDreams, and a PSVR exclusive at that. The game has a lot going for it—good looks, a unique cover system, and strong fundamentals—but its combat and doesn't evolve enough...
Impressions: ‘Pistol Whip – Smoke & Thunder’ Delivers a Fresh Dose of Gun-slinging Fun
Today Pistol Whip gets a major free update called 'Smoke & Thunder', bringing five new levels to the game tied together into a mini-campaign (similar to the prior '2089'), as well as a complete refresh of the game's modifier system,...
‘STRIDE’ for Quest Review – Not Exactly ‘Mirror’s Edge’ in VR and That’s Okay
STRIDE has been in early access for SteamVR headsets for nearly a year, but now Oculus Quest owners can take a crack at the free running action, which effectively replicates a few ideas from the parkour-style platformer Mirror's Edge (2009) and translates...
Preview: ‘Fracked’ is Shaping Up With a Great Art Style and Chunky, Satisfying Combat
Fracked, the upcoming PSVR exclusive from developer nDreams, is now due to launch next month, and today we got our first hands-on time with the game thanks to a new demo that's available today.
Fracked leans clearly into the shooter genre,...
‘YUKI’ Review – a Nostalgic Shot of VR Bullet Hell Madness
Much like the 'Xortex' mini-game in Valve's The Lab, ARVORE's latest roguelike shooter YUKI taps into a veritable reservoir of nostalgia as you guide a pint-size action figure by hand through a seemingly impenetrable miasma of laser particles and moving obstacles. YUKI captures that...
‘A Township Tale’ Quest Review – VR’s Most Immersive MMO-like Yet
MMO-like A Township Tale has been available on PC VR for a few years now, but today's launch on Quest opens the game up to a whole new audience. With support for up to eight simultaneous players and immersive...
‘Sniper Elite VR’ Review – Satisfying Sniping in Need of Some Backup
Sniper Elite VR is the first made-for-VR game in the long running franchise. True to its name, the game delivers satisfying sniper gameplay, including its signature x-ray kill cam. But beyond that, the war stories aren't worth writing home...
‘Larcenauts’ Review – The Hero Shooter Comes to VR, Sort of
Four years after its acclaimed title Farpoint, developer Impulse Gear is back with a new VR game, Larcenauts. This time around it's something very different: a multiplayer-only hero shooter with strong Overwatch vibes.
Larcenauts Details:
Available On: Oculus Quest & Rift...
Exclusive Preview – ‘A Township Tale’ is Bringing Deep Crafting to Quest
A Township Tale is an intriguing MMO-like VR game that's been in early access on PC since 2018 and is heading to Oculus Quest next month. We got an exclusive tour around the Quest version of the game by...
‘A Rogue Escape’ Review – A Successful Fusion of Escape Room and Videogame
Especially thanks to its hands-on nature, A Rogue Escape channels the feeling of an escape room while fusing it with videogame elements, ultimately pulling off an experience that simply wouldn't be feasible in the real world.
A Rogue Escape Details:
Available On: Oculus...
‘Puzzle Bobble VR’ Review – a Bright, Bubble-shaped Diamond in the Rough
Puzzle Bobble (1994), also known as Bust-a-Move in the West, pioneered the tile-matching puzzle genre, not only inspiring generations of mobile games like Candy Crush Saga, but also spawning uncountable clones throughout the decades. The 2D game is known for its simple but...



















