Software Reviews & Previews

Our reviews and previews of the latest XR games and software.

Software Reviews & Previews

Our reviews and previews of the latest XR games and software.

‘Population: One’ Preview – A Competent Battle Royale Recipe Struggling With Its VR Ingredient 

Battle royale games are fun. VR is fun. Adding VR to battle royale should ideally result in a game that's even more fun than its non-VR counterpart. There have been several attempts to date, but so far none have...

‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ Review – The New Top Gun of VR Dogfighters

Star Wars: Squadrons is here, the space dogfighter from EA's Motive Studios. Although it was created primarily for console and PC, the game also includes a VR mode for SteamVR headsets and PSVR which allows you to play both...

‘Until You Fall’ Quest Review – Hack & Slash Satisfaction with Strategic Choices

Until You Fall brings a refreshingly unique approach to VR sword fighting which combines the satisfaction of a hack & slash game with the depth of RPG combat, all wrapped up in a VR-native design. The game's Quest port...

‘The Walking Dead Onslaught’ Review – Run, Gun, Scrounge & Grind

The Walking Dead Onslaught is this year's second Walking Dead franchise game for VR, following the release of the The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) in January. Unlike its scrappy RPG-style older sibling, Onslaught does away with dark and gloomy trepidation...
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‘Solaris Offworld Combat’ Impressions – Virtual Laser Tag with Competitive Ambitions

Launching today, Solaris Offworld Combat is a team-based VR arena shooter from First Contact Entertainment, the studio behind the lauded Firewall: Zero Hour (2018). This time around, the studio wants to deliver a fast-paced experience that anyone can pick up...

‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Review – A Beautiful World Hiding an Inscrutable Game

Four years after the release of a preview of the game, Gnomes & Goblins is finally here. Pitched as a "fantasy adventure VR simulation" with direction by film director Jon Favreau, Gnomes & Goblins delivers a beautiful appetizer with a...

Hands-on: ‘Eye of the Temple’ is a Clever Room-scale Puzzler That Lets You Become Indiana Jones

Eye of the Temple is an upcoming VR game that takes full advantage of the room-scale abilities of your VR headset, letting you walk, dodge, and duck your way through a vast temple complex. You use your own two...

Preview: Facebook ‘Horizon’ Aims for a Sweet Spot Between ‘Rec Room’ & ‘VRChat’

Facebook is soon to launch the invite-only beta of Horizon, on Quest and Rift, the company's latest attempt at creating a first-party social VR experience. We previewed the beta and got to see several user-created mini-games and explored the built-in...

‘Onward’ for Quest Early Access Review – Lower Friction, Lower Res, Same Great Core Gameplay

Onward has come a long way since it first launched into Early Access on Steam back in 2016. While we're still waiting for a 'full release' of the game four years later, indie studio Downpour Interactive has managed to...

‘In Death: Unchained’ Review – A Fine Roguelike Bow-shooter for Quest

With a few caveats, In Death: Unchained is basically the same experience you can have on SteamVR headsets and PSVR with its forebear In Death (2018), which we gave a respectable  for the PC VR platform. Two years have passed...

‘Vertigo Remastered’ Review – a Pioneering VR Shooter Revitalized for 2020

Vertigo (2016) proved to be an ambitious room-scale VR title that pioneered the medium alongside the best of them back in 2016. Now ostensibly overhauled completely, Vertigo Remastered (2020) refreshes the VR shooter's threadbare low-poly aesthetic with a richer, more immersive...

‘Iron Man VR’ Review – VR Gets Its First Great Superhero Game

Iron Man VR is far from the first VR superhero game out there—in fact, it isn't even the first Marvel VR game—but with unique mechanics, strong storytelling, and a full course of content, it's the first great VR superhero game. Iron...

‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Review – Stealth on the Waterways

Phantom: Covert Ops is a rather unique take on a stealth action game, and one that's clearly been designed with virtual reality in mind. With paddle in hand, you'll find yourself sleuthing through sluices in a tactical kayak. But...

‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Preview – A Compelling Take on VR Stealth, but Comfort Challenges Could Muddy...

The premise of Phantom: Covert Ops almost sounds ridiculous at first blush: you're a special forces dude in a tactical kayak who is slinking around the waterways of an old Russian base. But don't let the silinees of a...

‘Supernatural’ Review – Fun Gameplay, Breathtaking Visuals, But Hefty Entry Price

There's no better moment than now to find a reason to get up and moving, which is probably why acclaimed AR/VR studio Within launched its at-home VR fitness app Supernatural (2020). The gameified fitness app will get your heart...
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