‘Red Matter 2’ Review – An Immersive Answer to Quest’s Arcade Offerings
Red Matter 2 has arrived on Quest 2 and stands out as an immersive single-player adventure against a backdrop of Quest’s arcade-focused library. But does the gameplay of this sci-fi puzzler match its stand-out graphics? Read our full review of Red Matter 2 to find out. Red Matter 2 Details: Available On: Quest 2, SteamVR Release Date: August 18th, […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

18. August 2022
‘Rec Room’ Launches Western-style Shooter Today with ‘Showdown’, Releases Weapon Maker Tools
Rec Room today announced the launch of a new game coming to the popular social VR platform that lets you suit up for a PvP western-style shootout with your squad. Called ‘The Showdown’, the mini-game releases today in early access, and will see a wider global launch across PC VR, Quest, iOS, Android, PlayStation, and Xbox […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

11. August 2022
‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”
Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games—Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has “exciting things on the horizon” and remains “all-in on VR.” Iron Man VR was a PSVR exclusive released by Camouflaj in 2020 which won the studio multiple VR game […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

10. August 2022
App Lab Gem ‘Dead Second’ Update Adding Manual Reload, Dual Wield, & New Levels
App Lab shooter gem Dead Second is getting a big update this Friday ahead of a price increase; the update gives players many more ways to play, extra levels, and more polish. In a sea of many experimental App Lab apps, Dead Second stands out as a highly optimized (120Hz) and polished Time Crisis-esque VR cover shooter designed […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

Preview: ‘Red Matter 2’ is Raising the Bar on Quest 2 Graphics & Doubling Down on Interactivity
Due out in just two weeks, Red Matter 2 is promising to up the ante over its already well regarded predecessor, this time being built from the ground up to look as good as possible on Quest 2. We got to sample the game to see how it’s shaping up ahead of release. Developer Vertical […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

5. August 2022
Quest’s Most Popular Basketball Game on App Lab ‘Gym Class’ Secures $8M
IRL Studios announced that Gym Class, its popular VR basketball game on Meta Quest App Lab, has raised $8 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Y Combinator. Other participants include Founders Inc., Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund, Balaji Srinivasan, Zaza Pachulia, and a number of other angel investors. Named […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

4. August 2022
CCP is Finally Pulling the Plug on VR Pioneers ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ & ‘Sparc’
EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the sci-fi dogfighter from CCP Games, used to be one of most talked about titles in VR thanks to its cross-platform multiplayer, high visual polish, and position as one of the first games on Oculus Rift and PSVR. Starting August 5th, CCP is shutting down its servers for both EVE: Valkyrie and and […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

2. August 2022
‘COMPOUND’ Review – A Retro Roguelite Shooter That’s An Instant Classic
COMPOUND is a roguelite shooter fresh out of Steam Early Access that unabashedly owes a lot of its DNA to classic first-person shooters like Wolfenstein 3D (1992) and Doom (1993). Far from being just a version of those old school games translated to VR, Compound brings its own stylish take to the genre and integrates VR-native mechanics at its core, which […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

28. Juli 2022
Community Contempt for ‘VRChat’ Update Leads Developer to ‘reprioritize internal roadmap’
VRChat, one of VR’s most popular social games, released an update this week has struck a nerve with its community. The long-running social VR application, VRChat has cultivated a large community of dedicated players since its release in 2017. And while the studio behind the project has largely made steady and welcomed improvements to the […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

27. Juli 2022
‘The Twilight Zone VR’ Review – Fun Psychological Horror Marred by Crappy Combat
The Twilight Zone is an anthology franchise that’s spawned multiple TV shows throughout the decades following the iconic 1959 series. While the VR game stays mostly true to its roots, tossing out sci-fi horror themes and narrative twists aplenty, its inclusion of a finicky shooter-based combat system pitted against paper-thin enemies is a sore spot that […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

25. Juli 2022