‘Fracked’ Releases Exclusively on PSVR August 20th, Free Demo Now Available
Fracked, the upcoming shooter from Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) developer nDreams, is officially set to release on August 20th, arriving exclusively on PSVR. Can’t wait to strap on those skis and jump in? Well, there’s a free demo is now available on the PlayStation Store. The Fracked demo is said to contain over 30 minutes of gameplay which lets […]

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Report: Oculus Quest 2 with 128GB Storage May Soon Replace 64GB Base Model
Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset launched in October 2020 in two flavors: 64GB and 256GB. Now images have surfaced via French online retailers LDLC and its subsidiary Top Achat suggesting the existence of an upcoming 128GB version of Quest 2. Notably, LDCL is an official partner retailer of Oculus, which may lend credence to the report. French […]

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‘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 child-like fun I first rekindled in ‘Xortex’, but ignites it on a much grander scale. It’s […]

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‘Racket: Nx’ Wants to Become an Olympic Sport and It Just Took an Important Step Closer
Racket: Nx (2018), the VR racket sport game from One Hamsa, took a big step towards becoming a potential Olympic sport recently. The team revealed it’s been endorsed by the International Racquetball Federation (IRF)—an important step on its way to becoming a candidate for the Olympic Games. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and recognized by the International […]

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‘Racket: Nx’ Wants to Become an Olympic Sport and It Just Took an Important Step Closer
Racket: Nx (2018), the VR racket sport game from One Hamsa, took a big step towards becoming a potential Olympic sport recently. The team revealed it’s been endorsed by the International Racquetball Federation (IRF)—an important step on its way to becoming a candidate for the Olympic Games. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and recognized by the International […]

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Facebook Head of AR/VR Content Mike Verdu to Lead Netflix’s Push into Gaming
A report from The Information back in May maintained that video streaming giant Netflix was getting ready to push beyond TV and film, and was actively approaching candidates to oversee its expansion into gaming. As first reported by Bloomberg, that position is falling to Mike Verdu, former head of AR/VR content at Facebook Reality Labs and […]

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VR Content Revenue Grew by 30% in 2020, Becoming Media’s Fastest-growing Market
Virtual reality gained impressive ground in 2020, a recent PwC study finds. Global VR content revenues reportedly increased by around 30% year-over-year, beating out film, traditional video games, and music. As reported by Protocol, VR’s global content revenue is estimated to be around $1.8 billion, or 31.7% more than in 2019—making it the fastest-growing media […]

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Resolution Games Secures $25M Series C Funding, ‘Demeo’ Surpasses “multi-million dollars” in Revenue
Resolution Games, the studio behind popular multiplayer VR titles Demeo (2021) and Blaston (2020), today announced it has secured a Series C funding round of $25 million. The Stockholm-based company says the investment will be used to bring “proper live games to the industry and expand their ability to innovate across both VR and AR […]

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‘Rec Room’ Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes
Ever since the social VR platform Rec Room launched in 2016, its avatar system has notably lacked full-body inverse kinematics like you see in its contemporary VRChat, which essentially leaves users with a stylized appearance lacking arms and legs. Now the studio says it’s releasing an update that will allow you to buy more articulated avatar […]

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‘RUNNER’ to Bring ’80s-inspired Run & Gun Action to Quest 2 in October
RUNNER is an upcoming racing game from indie studio Truant Pixel, promising to bring some very ’80s-inspired run-and-gun action to Quest 2 next month. Update (September 28th, 2022): Truant Pixel announced that RUNNER is headed to the official Quest Store for Quest 2 on October 6th, 2022. The studio says its previously mentioned release on SteamVR headsets is […]

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