One of the Best VR Games is Free on Epic Games Store Right Now
The gift giving season has started early this year, it seems. Star Wars: Squadrons (2020), the highly-rated space dogfighter from EA’s Motive Studios, is free to claim on Epic Games Store from now until December 1st. Star Wars: Squadrons was primarily created for console and PC, although its VR implementation was right at home in the game’s […]

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25. November 2022
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Meta Resumes Quest Sales in Germany Following 2-year Antitrust Case
Over the past two years Meta hasn’t sold its VR headsets in Germany due to an ongoing antitrust suit in that country that alleges the forced linkage between its virtual reality products and Facebook was an anticompetitive practice. Now it seems that’s about to change, as regulators have intimated that Meta may be free and […]

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23. November 2022
‘Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom’ to Release on Quest 2 and Pico 4 in March 2023
Maze Theory today announced that its long-awaited Peaky Blinders VR game is officially set to launch on March 9th, 2023. Called Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom, the dark action-adventure game is set to release on Meta Quest 2 and Pico 4. The studio is also slated to release the game on SteamVR headsets, however the studio hasn’t […]

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‘Batman VR’ App Allegedly in the Works for Quest, FTC Filing Claims
Among documents released by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this week is a claim that Meta’s VR studio Camouflaj, the developers behind Marvel’s Ironman VR, have also planned a Batman VR app for release on Quest. The apparent leak was found by Janko Roettgers, formerly of Protocol and Variety. The document in whole can be viewed […]

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‘Swords of Gargantua’ Studio Thirdverse Secures $15M, Aims to Bring Latest Titles to PSVR 2
Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it’s raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles. In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed on as the lead investor, bringing the company’s overall outside funding to $33 million. As […]

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22. November 2022
FTC: Meta Wanted to Expand ‘Beat Saber’ to Fitness Before Controversial Within Acquistion
During investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into Meta’s acquisition of VR fitness game devs Within, a filing revealed that the company was initially looking to expand popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber into a dedicated fitness app. It’s been a little over a year since Meta announced its intention to acquire […]

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‘WHAT THE BAT?’ Replaces Your Hands with Baseball Bats for Slapstick Fun, Now on Quest 2 & PC VR
What would happen if you had baseball bats instead hands? Triband, the indie studio behind madcap golfing game WHAT THE GOLF? (2020), have released a new VR game that conveniently answers that eternal question. Called WHAT THE BAT?, the built-for-VR game gets you swinging through a series of increasingly silly minigames that Triband says is […]

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21. November 2022
Meta to Host a “hyper-realistic” Version of Notorious B.I.G. in VR Concert Next Month
In honor of The Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday, Meta is hosting a VR concert experience next month that aims to bring together a host of musical guests alongside a realistic avatar of the Brooklyn-born rapper, who left this mortal coil back in 1997. The Notorious B.I.G. Sky’s The Limit: A VR Concert Experience is set […]

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‘Broken Edge’ Review – A Capable Sword Fighting Game Aiming for a Hardcore Niche
Broken Edge is a sword fighting simulator that throws you into an arena and pits you against either an AI or online competitor for some mano a mano dueling action. Distinct classes make for awesome vehicles for roleplay, as they force you to use specific fighting styles, although the sword-swinging experience can feel somewhat transient since […]

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18. November 2022
Report: Apparent HTC Leak Reveals Slim & Modular VR Standalone
HTC has been teasing its next VR headset over the last few weeks, showing off bits of the device at a time which the company promises will be “something big… we mean small.” Now it appears the design and some of the specs have been leaked, with the details gathered courtesy of VR analyst and […]

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15. November 2022