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Critically Acclaimed City Builder ‘ISLANDERS’ Coming to VR Next Month

Image courtesy Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, Stage Clear Studios

The teams behind the popular island-themed city builder ISLANDERS (2019) announced they’re releasing a dedicated VR version next month. ISLANDERS: VR Edition, which is all about building cities on colorful islands, is being created by original developers Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, and Stage Clear Studios. The minimalist strategy game is also set to be published by Coatsink, the pioneering […]

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25. August 2023

‘No Man’s Sky’ Patch Brings Much Needed Foveated Rendering to PSVR 2 Version

Redemption arcs rarely last this long, but No Man’s Sky (2016) hasn’t given up on going above and beyond with its latest update, which finally fixes the visuals on PSVR 2. The game’s initial release on PSVR earlier this year 2 wasn’t great, with users noting that visual quality simply wasn’t up to snuff. Players and […]

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HTC Vive Pro 2 Hardware Bundle Now Includes Free Wireless Adapter

HTC Vive Pro 2 with Wireless Adapter | Image courtesy HTC

HTC is running a Vive Pro 2 bundle deal right now in the US that includes the Vive Wireless Adapter, which when purchased separately costs $350. The deal lasts from now until August 30th, bringing the full bundle price to $1,400. On its own, Vive Pro 2 costs $800, which doesn’t include controllers or tracking base […]

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XR Industry Giants Team up to Save Key Developer Tool

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to “guide the evolution” of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. MRTK was a Microsoft-driven project that provided a set of components and features used to accelerate cross-platform XR app development in the Unity game engine. The developing […]

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24. August 2023

‘Richie’s Plank’ Devs Are Creating a Spiritual Successor to ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ & ‘Lucky’s Tale’

Toast Interactive, the developer behind Richie’s Plank Experience (2017), revealed working on a new VR platformer that seems to be taking more than a few cues from Sony’s beloved Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) and Playful’s Lucky’s Tale (2016). Called Max Mustard, the VR platformer has been under development for three years now, with the team calling it […]

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New ‘Hellsweeper VR’ Trailer Shows off Co-op Carnage, Cross-play Confirmed

Publisher Vertigo Games and Mixed Realms, developer behind Sairento VR (2018), revealed a new trailer for their upcoming combat VR game Hellsweeper VR that shows off more of the game’s co-op action, which thankfully is confirmed to include cross-play on Quest, SteamVR, and PSVR 2. Hellsweeper VR is a follow-up to Sairento VR, this time letting two players join forces […]

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23. August 2023

Quest 3 Unboxing Reportedly Leaked Ahead of Fall Release, Video Here

Created via image courtesy 'VR Panda. Alex From CHN'

Meta’s upcoming Quest 3 headset is slated for a Fall 2023 launch, possibly even at the company’s Connect developer conference coming September 27th. It seems Meta has suffered yet another unauthorized pre-launch unboxing of their hardware, echoing the Quest Pro leak from last year. The video in question was posted to Reddit today, and subsequently […]

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Hands-on: ‘The 7th Guest’ Delivers Disney’s Haunted Mansion Vibes & Tons of Visual Flair

When the original The 7th Guest launched on CD-ROM in 1993, it was apparently a pretty big deal. The amount of pre-rendered 3D graphics spliced with live action video clips made it a standout title among all PC games at the time, making it and Myst basically the hottest PC games ever. Now, Vertigo Games is rebooting […]

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Fast Travel Games Teases Mysterious VR Multiplayer, Full Reveal Coming in September

Fast Travel Games teased a mysterious new multiplayer title today that the VR studio and publisher says we’re due to learn more about sometime next month. The studio tweeted out a short teaser with a cryptic message, which reads: “The [redacted] have frozen time. I don’t know how it’s even possible. We need to work […]

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22. August 2023