Back in October 2020, we reported on the release of a new mod for Half-Life: Alyx that brought the world of BioShock into the VR game. Now its developer has turned the experience into a full campaign that’s very much worth your time. Check out the full trailer right here. Return to Rapture from Wim...
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Nostos Shuts Down Less Than 2 Years After Launch
NetEase Games’ open-world multiplayer VR experience, Nostos, is shutting down less than two years after it first launched. Nostos turned heads when it was announced in 2018, showcasing gorgeous art and promising endless multiplayer adventures. It hit Steam in December 2019 with optional VR support, where it accumulated mixed reviews. Today, though, NetEase announced that...
3D Photogrammetry-Based VR Jigsaw Game Puzzling Places Coming To PSVR
Today in a slew of indie game-related announcements, Sony revealed that 3D jigsaw puzzle VR game, Puzzling Places from realities.io, is now coming to PSVR. Here’s the official PlayStation webpage. Puzzling Places is a laid-back puzzle game in which you manipulate real-life 3D objects and locations that have been exploded into dozens of pieces and...
Amazon’s Upload Season 2 In Production As Star Plays Quest 2
Amazon’s VR-centered show Upload is in production on season 2 but there’s no announced premiere date yet. The show’s star Robbie Amell posted to Instagram back in January that production was underway and, in recent days, he and his wife Italia Ricci have been posting videos sporting the Quest 2 at home. They appear to...
Pistol Whip Getting New Campaign Like 2089, But It ‘Revolves Around The Past’
Today during a GDC Showcase digital event talk, Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger revealed that Pistol Whip is getting a new story-based campaign similar to Pistol Whip 2089, except this time it will “revolve around the past” instead. New Pistol Whip Story Mode Unfortunately the talk is not publicly available yet, but if you have...
Astro Bot, Rez, Moss, And More All Free On PSVR For ‘Play At Home’ Campaign
Today Sony revealed the next iteration of its “Play at Home” campaign with a slew of free games for users to download and play starting on March 25 until April 22. Free ‘Play at Home’ PSVR Games Out of the nine games, five of them are either exclusive to PSVR or have optional VR support,...
After The Fall Gameplay Clips Show Wall-Crawling Zombies
Vertigo Games is slowly pulling back the curtain on its long-anticipated VR shooter, After The Fall, with new gameplay just shown. The team took to the VR subreddit to showcase to quick clips of the game in GIF form. One features the player on a zip line, barrelling into a crowd of zombies. Probably not...
Multiplayer VR Shooter Alvo Getting PSVR Release Date Soon, Quest/PC Later
We’ll soon learn the release date for the PSVR version of multiplayer VR shooter, Alvo, but there are other editions on the way too, including an Oculus Quest port. The game’s developer recently took to the PSVR subreddit to confirm that it will reveal a release date for the game’s initial launch very soon. PSVR...
HTC’s VR Facial Tracker Works On Quest & Index, With Some DIY
When HTC announced its VR Facial Tracker last week, the company said it was only compatible with the Vive Pro headsets. As others having been finding out, though, that’s not quite the case. Multiple reports from around the web show the Facial Tracker, which captures the movements of a user’s mouth and then mirrors them...
Xbox One Series X/S Message May Have Leaked VR Support – Report
An unexpected message appearing on the Xbox One Series X/S platform may allude to possible VR support for the consoles in the future. IGN Italy is reporting (and thanks to Ilja Z for point it out) that, when trying to install the new Xbox Wireless Headset on the platform, they were greeted with a message...