‘Unplugged’ Review – Rock Star Ambitions Stifled by Quest’s Hand-tracking
Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. It’s a fun idea that can work really well at moments, however the headset’s optical hand-tracking still isn’t super reliable, which adds a layer of frustration […]

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21. Oktober 2021
‘Unplugged’ Review – Rock Star Ambitions Stifled by Quest’s Hand-tracking
Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. It’s a fun idea that can work really well at moments, however the headset’s optical hand-tracking still isn’t super reliable, which adds a layer of frustration […]

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‘Resident Evil 4’ for Quest 2 Review – Reanimating a Piece of Gaming History
Resident Evil 4 for Oculus Quest 2 definitely shows its age—it would be impossible not to given its lineage as a groundbreaking survival horror game initially launched on GameCube in 2005. Despite leaning on what have now become well-worn gaming tropes, RE4 for Quest proves to be an expert VR port that still manages to deliver a […]

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20. Oktober 2021
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Pint-sized City Simulator ‘Little Cities’ Delayed to May 12th
Original Article (October 19th, 2021): Little Cities is currently under development by UK-based studio Purple Yonder, and is the first game published by nDreams’ recently announced third-party publishing arm. In it, Purple Yonder says you’ll be able to build cities in the classic fashion, albeit by hand via Touch controllers; start by building simple roads and […]

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19. Oktober 2021
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‘Beat Saber’ Multiplayer is Finally Available on PSVR
Block-slashing VR rhythm game Beat Saber launched a multiplayer update one year ago which made its way to every supported platform but PSVR. Although Facebook-owned developers Beat Games remained mum on exactly why multiplayer for the PSVR version was so behind, the studio has finally released multiplayer support on PSVR. Update (October 25th, 2021): If you own […]

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13. Oktober 2021
Physics-based Combat Sim ‘Swordsman’ Coming to Oculus Quest Next Year
Swordsman (2020), the physics-based combat sim for PSVR and PC VR headsets, is bringing its bloody sandbox battles to Oculus Quest at some point next year. Developers Sinn Studio announced in a recent tweet that Swordsman is slated to arrive on Oculus App Lab in early 2022. The team says they’re were in discussions with Facebook […]

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8. Oktober 2021
Ultra Configurable Sci-fi Flight Sim ‘Tinker Pilot’ Now Available in Alpha
Tinker Pilot has been in the works for a few years now, aiming to deliver a PC VR simulator experience that lets players build their own sci-fi cockpit and outfit it with 1:1 digital counterparts of things like HOTAS flight sticks, pedals, joysticks and more. Now you can get a taste of the highly configurable flight […]

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‘Lone Echo II’ Launch Trailer Debuts Ahead of Next Week’s Release
It’s been more than four years since the release of the lauded Lone Echo, but its sequel is finally just around the corner. Ahead of Lone Echo II’s release date on October 12th, Facebook’s VR studio Ready at Dawn has revealed a launch trailer teasing some of the action players can expect from the game. Lone Echo II is […]

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7. Oktober 2021
‘Song in the Smoke’ Review – Thrilling Primeval Danger & Satisfying Crafting
Song in the Smoke is a prehistoric-flavored survival game that puts a clever, but not incredibly deep crafting system at its core. Far from damning, this introduces the sort of gameplay friction that will always leave you with just enough useable resources to move forward, but never enough to be comfortable as you explore the game’s […]

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‘Waltz of the Wizard: Natural Magic’ Gets Massive ‘Powers’ Update, Bringing New Magic, Weapons & More
Waltz of the Wizard is a spell-casting VR experience that got much deeper with the entrance of the ‘Natural Magic’ expansion on Quest and SteamVR headsets in July, which fundamentally changed the game by bringing a new magic-based combat system and a massive dungeon to fight through. Now Iceland-based studio Aldin Dynamics has pushed out the game’s first big […]

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1. Oktober 2021