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12 hours on from launch, Impulse Gear released an update to Larcenauts with a fix for the games’ sprinting options, and there are fixes to SteamVR to come. The base version of Larcenauts features a sprint with a forced animation. You click in your analog stick to start running, but then your gun disappears from...
Impulse Gear’s new hero shooter has the potential to be huge, but it still has some quirks to iron out. More in our Larcenauts review-in-progress. Note: We’ve only had limited time with Larcenauts in controlled, pre-launch conditions and with bots so far. As such, we’re posting an unscored review-in-progress of the game that we’ll turn...
A new post on the PlayStation blog has confirmed details for the upcoming Tetris Effect: Connected expansion, which adds multiplayer game modes and will be available as a free update for all owners of the base game. More importantly, a PlayStation beta will run next week, with the full launch set for late July. As...
Kopin revealed the first all-plastic pancake lenses, which it says can enable much more compact VR headset designs. “This major breakthrough represents a foundational milestone for the emerging VR markets. Bulky, heavy headsets have been a major barrier to faster consumer adoption for many years,” said Kopin’s CEO and founder John C C Fan. Kopin...
Facebook is rolling out the v30 update for Oculus Quest owners bringing with it some major updates to how voice chat is handled and adding multitasking with 2D apps in Oculus Home. Once v30 is available to everyone (the roll out typically takes a few weeks) Facebook will enable a toggle that will allow players...
Onward’s latest big update is here, and it includes huge updates to the game’s audio quality. Update 1.8.8 includes two major additions. The first is overhauled audio – developer Downpour Interactive has gone back to rebalance volumes and make sound from a distance more authentic. More importantly, though, it’s added a wide range of more...
Looking for a new multiplayer VR shooter? Well good news, Larcenauts releases tomorrow for both Oculus Quest and PC VR via Steam. The game was set for a summer release, so technically it’s actually releasing a few days ahead of schedule. Developer Impulse Gear surprise announced the release date on its Twitter account. LarcenautsComing June...
As a sideline appreciator if not regular player of Beat Saber and Pistol Whip, Against gave me a glimpse of what I was missing out on. Turns out all I needed was a pair of brass knuckles, buckets of blood, and the ability to chop enemies in two. Who knew? Against is another instantly arresting...
Truth be told, I’d hoped we’d see more VR apps try to swipe Boneworks’ crown by now. After the dizzying three-hit combo it delivered alongside Alyx and Saints & Sinners a year ago, VR seemed ready to embrace a new wave of physics-driven action games. That hasn’t quite happened. At least not yet. Fortunately for...
Mobile-turned-VR stealth game Republique is soon to drop on PSVR. Developer Camouflaj recently announced Republique: Anniversary Edition, which will be dropping soon on Switch and PS4, with VR support for the latter platform. No other details have been confirmed just yet, save for the fact Limited Run Games will be doing a physical edition of...
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