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With Quest 2 Widely Sold Out, Meta Aims to Make Quest 3 Price More Palatable with 0% Financing

We’re in a bit of a gulf now that Quest 2 is sold out and Meta is likely preparing to drop a new, cheaper device pretty soon to fill its shoes. To keep the headset sales chugging though, Meta announced it’s offering 0% financing on Quest 3. Meta says eligible people in the US can […]

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Epic CEO Says “no plans currently” for ‘Fortnite’ on Quest, But Doesn’t Rule It Out Entirely

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed the hit battle royale shooter Fortnite has “no plans currently” to come to Quest, although he hasn’t ruled it out entirely. Here’s what Sweeney said in response to X user ‘TheoryDecrypt’: No plans currently. For it to be successful we’d need a lot of players across all platforms spending […]

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‘Attack on Titan VR’ Releases in Early Access July 23rd, and It Looks… Rough

Japanese studio UNIVRS announced Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable in late 2022, making for the hit anime’s first official VR game. Now the studio says it’s releasing the game in early access on Quest next month, giving us our first look at gameplay. And it looks pretty rough. The studio today announced that Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is […]

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Deleted Meta Comment Speaks Volumes About the Fate of ‘GTA: San Andreas’ for Quest

Meta announced in 2021 its was working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to Quest. While a recent comment made by the company over the weekend sparked renewed hope the iconic open world game was still in development, Meta was quick to delete the comment with no further explanation, which isn’t exactly confidence […]

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Meta is Pulling the Plug on Quest 1 Security Patches Next Month

  Meta announced that security patches for Quest 1 are officially coming to an end next month, marking the final phase-out of the now five-year-old headset. Meta sent an email to Quest 1 owners on Friday stating the 2019-era Quest will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes starting August 31st, 2024. While […]

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App Lab Sleeper Hit ‘Yeeps: Hide and Seek’ Evolves the ‘Gorilla Tag’ Formula

Yeeps: Hide and Seek has just launched on the main Quest store. But, even before that, the game racked up some 20,000 reviews on App Lab in just a few months. More than a clone, Yeeps understands what’s special about Gorilla Tag and how to add meaningfully new elements to the experience. There are those who have […]

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Preview: ‘Metal: Hellsinger VR’ is Just a Few Notes Shy of a Perfect Arrangement

Metal: Hellsinger VR is a very unique flatscreen game, and also has the potential to be a very unique VR game. But it’s going to take a little tuning up before launch to really make it sing. If you’ve never played the flatscreen version of Metal: Hellsinger, it’s probably unlike anything you’ve played before. It’s a […]

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Quest 2 Goes out of Stock at Meta Store as Rumors Point to Next Headset

Availability of Quest 2 direct from Meta seems to have dried up, as the company’s last-gen headset is now showing out of stock in nearly all regions—likely making way for what’s next. Although you can probably find new Quest 2 headsets from the usual online retailers and stores, when Meta pulls the plug on direct […]

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New Evidence Suggests Meta is Still Working on PC VR Cloud Game Streaming for Quest

It was first discovered years ago that Meta has been testing cloud game streaming to bring PC VR games to Quest, but the feature has yet to see the light of day (or even an official announcement). New evidence suggests the feature, codenamed Avalanche, is still in active development and may support specific games from […]

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Meta Ditches Its Own Tools in Favor of LIV Partnership for Mixed Reality Capture on Quest

There are a few great ways to market VR games, but there’s arguably none better than by showing real people immersed in virtual environments thanks to mixed reality capture. While Meta has its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC), the company is taking a step back from development by adopting third-party app LIV as its official solution. […]

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