Tag Archives: VR

Peter Chou helped shift HTC's direction from smartphones towards the virtual reality space with great success, with the VIVE being one of the most popular headsets to date. He hasn't been at HTC for some time now, but he certainly isn't out of the VR industry. Today, Chou revealed his …

One of the most exciting VR games of 2020 is Marvel’s Iron Man VR. Developed by Camouflaj, this PSVR exclusive will let you take to the skies as Tony Stark in what has been described as a “full-length experience”. With the game finally releasing on the 3rd of July, fans …

Well before the game's release, Valve promised to release modding tools and add Steam Workshop support for Half-Life: Alyx. Those tools were being polished up shortly after the game shipped and over the weekend, they were officially released...

Marvel’s Iron Man VR has had a tumultuous release schedule. Originally set to release back in February, the game was delayed to the 15th of May. The PSVR exclusive later saw another delay, due to the effects of COVID-19. Alongside The Last of Us Part II, Iron Man VR was …

Virtual reality has allowed the gaming industry to offer wholly unique and new experiences for players to enjoy. Two of PC’s best VR titles include GORN, a goofy gladiatorial combat game, as well as The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – a free roaming survival horror adventure based in the …

 Valve has made efforts to support VR and PC gaming in general on macOS but the small number of users is beginning to push Valve into stepping back. At this point, Steam VR is no longer going to be supported on macOS. The post announcing this is very short, so …

Tetris is one of the most well known video games ever. Originally launched in 1984, the puzzler has since been released on dozens of platforms and seen countless variations created – all while keeping to the formula which made the original so addictive. One of the most recent iterations, Tetris …

Oculus has had a few major VR game exclusives over the years, but those deals usually come to an end at some point. That will be the case with Vader Immortal this year, with the former exclusive heading to PlayStation VR in a couple of months.  Vader Immortal is one …

Facebook has already had to make changes to one of its annual conferences due to COVID-19 and now, the company's October-bound Oculus Connect is also going to be impacted. Traditionally, Oculus Connect is an in-person event, consisting of a main press conference for hardware and game announcements, and a show …

Ever since Half-Life: Alyx was first announced as a VR-only title, long time fans of the series have been hoping that modders would add keyboard and mouse support to the game. Not only does at least one Valve programmer think that such a mod is inevitable, but support for keyboard …

Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for Valve and Half-Life fans alike, with Half-Life: Alyx officially releasing. Those who already have their VR gear ready and waiting can pre-load the game ahead of time, we also know exactly when the game unlocks on Steam across multiple regions.  The …

Though VR is still very much a niche product in its infancy, the platform has managed to produce a number of titles which have broken into the mainstream. One of the titles is Beat Saber – a rhythm game which sees players wielding two ‘sabers’ and slicing blocks to the …

Just as promised, yesterday the Valve Index returned to the Steam Store with new stock available, although it didn't take long for immediate availability to sell out. Around ten minutes after Valve began accepting orders again, the estimated shipping date began to slide.  If you were fortunate enough to get …

Last week, we learned that Valve would be ending its long-running drought of VR headset stock, with the Valve Index due to return to the Steam store in limited quantities. Valve has since confirmed exactly when its VR kit will be available to purchase.  In an email sent out to …

Ever since the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, the Valve Index VR headset and controllers have been pretty hard to get hold of, with stock swiftly running low. At the moment, the Index is still sold out, but Valve has been working to build up some inventory and apparently, that stock …

While Valve initially planned to show off official Half-Life: Alyx gameplay at The Game Awards all the way back in December, those plans were abruptly cancelled shortly before the event. Things were quiet for a while but just last month, Valve announced that Half-Life: Alyx would be releasing on the …

Following the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx last year, Valve quickly sold 100,000 Index VR headsets before the end of 2019 and was on track to keep selling at a high rate into early 2020. Unfortunately, stock shortages hit early and while Valve initially anticipated to get on top of the …

Virtual escape rooms for arcade locations aren't the only VR projects that Ubisoft is working on. After a break from ‘high budget' VR game development, Ubisoft is hiring as it begins work on an “unannounced AAA” VR game based on one of the publisher's “greatest IPs”.  Ubisoft has several standout …

Since announcing the game last year, Valve has remained committed to a March 2020 release window for Half-Life: Alyx. Now, we have a proper date to circle on our calendars, as Half-Life: Alyx is officially releasing on the 23rd of March- Valve has also released some new in-game screenshots to …

In July 2019, it was rumoured that Ubisoft was looking to create two new VR games based on the Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell franchises. It turns out that Ubisoft was actually working on a Prince of Persia VR experience, using the IP to create a virtual escape room.  Prince …

We've seen some excellent Humble Bundles over the years, with several major publishers contributing to some of the best. For this month, Humble Bundle is shining a spotlight on VR, with seven highly rated virtual reality games up for grabs, each with support for Oculus, Steam VR headsets and Windows …

A few months ago, head of Xbox Phil Spencer stated in an interview that VR wasn’t a focus for the console manufacturer, and that Xbox is “responding to what our customers are asking for and… nobody’s asking for VR”. Since then, Spencer has returned to clarify the situation, claiming that …

It would appear as though exclusive titles are no longer ever truly exclusive. The latest ‘exclusive’ game to go multi-platform is the charming PlayStation VR title ‘Ghost Giant’. Originally released in April 2019, the game has now been announced to be arriving on the Oculus Quest on the 20th of …

In an effort to “improve efficiency”, Sony has closed yet another first-party studio. SIE’s Manchester Studio was set up in 2015 with the goal of creating VR titles for the PlayStation VR platform. Yet, despite having not released a single game, the studio has now been closed. This closure follows …

Lenovo has been hovering around the Virtual Reality space for a few years now, having released headsets for the Google Daydream and Windows Mixed Reality platforms, while also licensing Sony's PSVR design and taking on manufacturing duties for the Oculus Rift S. This year, it looks like Lenovo will be …

With Half-Life: Alyx coming out this year, a lot of Valve fans are wondering what could be coming next. There have been plenty of leaks around another Left 4 Dead game dating back many years but rumours kicked up a notch yesterday when HTC China's president tweeted a presentation slide …

While the VR market may not be the largest segment of the video game industry, there is still plenty of room for the platform, and its games, to be a success. Making the official announcement recently, Job Simulator, the ‘tongue-in-cheek’ simulation title developed and published by Owlchemy Labs, has now …

CES will be full of innovative new PC hardware due to launch in 2020, one new product that looks particularly interesting is the VR haptic glove designed for devices such as Oculus, HTC, Microsoft and Varjo VR and mixed reality headsets from BeBop sensors. BeBop Sensors has announced it will …

There has been plenty of Oculus Quest headsets in stock to go around in the months following launch but that changed over the last few weeks. It would seem that the holiday season, combined with some big end-of-year VR game launches and announcements, has caused a stock shortage, with new …

Half-Life: Alyx may have skipped its planned showing at The Game Awards but Valve did have something else planned to make up for it. This week, the folks at Tested put up a half an hour video showcasing new gameplay and also talking about how the game works across a …