Looking for the new VR games July 2021 list? We’ve got you covered. Thought the first half of the year was a little slow for new VR games? You weren’t alone but, don’t worry, July seems to be where things pick up steam. We’ve got a huge number of games to cover this month, from...
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Walkabout Mini Golf: How One Of VR’s Best Multiplayer Experiences Started On iPhone
One of Oculus Quest’s best multiplayer games, Walkabout Mini Golf, launches on Steam this month with a final beta testing period underway ahead of its July 15th release. We interviewed the lead developer on the game, Lucas Martell, who revealed Walkabout actually started as a game for iPhone and Android where you swing your phone...
Fast Travel Games Made $2.4 Million In 2020, New Investment Announced
Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife and Apex Construct developer Fast Travel Games raised over $4 million in another round of investment. Brightly Ventures lead the latest round for the Stockholm-based studio, which was started by former members of studios like DICE and Rovio. Brightly joins previous investors Creades and Inbox Capital. As part of the...
Sniper Elite VR – Sniper Nest Immersive Gameplay
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LucasArts Throwback Secret Of Retropolis Hits Quest, PC VR In July
Gorgeous VR point-and-click adventure The Secret Of Retropolis will arrive on PC VR headsets and Oculus Quest via App Lab on July 21. The PC release date for the Peanut Button-developed game was already known, but the studio just confirmed the Quest release over on Reddit. The studio’s currently looking for beta testers for the...
Lego should snap up this rapid-fire brick-finding iOS app
Lego has worked extremely closely with Apple over the years, experimenting with unreleased iOS tech and demoing it onstage at launch events like WWDC; this has included some pretty heavy tinkering on the augmented reality ARKit platform that they’ve integrated several of their play sets with, adding digital experiences to the physical toys. But one...
Arcsmith Is A New Oculus Quest Title From Bithell Games
Arcsmith is the new Oculus Quest title from Bithell Games, the studio headed up by Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell, and it’s releasing next month. You can check out a trailer for the game below. There looks to be two sides to Arcsmith: story and puzzles. For the latter, the player solves engineering puzzles,...
Sniper Elite VR – 7 Minutes Of Snipers Nest Immersive Gameplay
We’re back with another look at next week’s big release, Sniper Elite VR. Today, we’re taking a look at one of the game’s sniper missions with some new options. In our last video we showed one of the game’s larger maps with full UI options, regular killcam and without the camera riding the bullet whenever the...
Peabody Awards Expands To Immersive, Interactive Media Including VR & AR
The Peabody Awards are expanding to include media that falls into immersive and interactive categories, such as video games and VR and AR experiences. These experiences will be recognized in their own distinctive category, decided by the newly-formed Peabody Interactive Board featuring 10 experts across interactive and immersive media industries. The first set of awards...
A Township Tale Quest Pre-Orders Go Live With Early Access
You can now pre-order A Township Tale on Oculus Quest, unlocking early access to the VR adventure. The Oculus Quest port — which we revealed during this month’s Upload VR Showcase — is now live on the Oculus Store for $9.99. The full game launches on July 15 but, by pre-ordering, you’ll get early access...