Valve revealed its monthly Top Releases list for March today, and Half-Life: Alyx made the cut as one of the top 20 titles. Steam’s Top Releases list doesn’t rank games in order, so all we know is that it’s in the top 20, not where it landed specifically. After a long wait and a huge...
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Magic Leap Cites COVID-19 In Layoff Notice After Report Of Slow Sales
AR headset maker Magic Leap is laying off “a number of employees” in what it says is a response to the difficulties raised by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A blog post from company founder Rony Abovitz today stated that “recent changes to the economic environment have decreased availability of captial”, which has led the company...
SoundSelf Is The Closest You’ll Get To A VR Acid Trip
I’m sure SoundSelf’s transfixing brand of synthy visuals is based on very, very thorough research from a lifetime of meditation and self-discovery. I am sure it is profound and learned in a way that many VR meditation apps may not be. And that is why it is my great shame to say that, to me,...
Pixel Ripped 1995 Review: Leveling Up Your Gaming Nostalgia
Pixel Ripped 1995 takes everything that made its predecessor, Pixel Ripped 1989, and cranks the nostalgia up to 11 without missing a beat. Read our full review for more details! When Pixel Ripped 1989 released back in 2018, I deeply enjoyed the obvious and gratuitous amount of pure nostalgia baiting. Everything from Mega Man to...
VR Ears Doubles Kickstarter Funding Goal In Less Than 24 Hours
And just like that, Rebuff Reality’s VR Ears peripheral is funded on Kickstarter. Twice over, even. Yesterday we reported on the launch of the crowdfunding campaign for this VR audio upgrade peripheral. Rebuff was looking to raise $30,000 by May 21. At the time of writing, the campaign has doubled that total, reaching over $60,000...
Half-Life: Alyx SteamVR Home Environments Now Available To All Users
Valve launched a new ‘Spring Cleaning’ update for SteamVR today, version 1.11.11, featuring some new upgrades and bug fixes. The update also opens up access to the Half-Life: Alyx SteamVR Home environments which are now available to all users, after a period of exclusivity for Valve Index owners only. Before Half-Life: Alyx launched last month,...
Breath Of The Witch Is A Gothic New Metroidvania VR Game
Metroidvania games are surprisingly lacking in VR. There aren’t many entries in the genre, which is a shame given its focus on place and exploration. Breath of the Witch is looking to change that. This new game from Italian developers Marco Mazzei and Andrea Mazzei is in early development but already looks pretty interesting. Players...
Oculus Quest Store 2020 Stats: 170+ Apps And Strong Cross-Buy Support
Almost a year after launch, the Oculus Quest’s store features 170 apps/games, 82 of which support cross-buy between Quest and the Rift platform. The Oculus Quest, Facebook’s standalone all-in-one VR headset, launched in May 2019 and has proven to be popular with developers and consumers alike. There were more than 50 apps or games in...
Sun Shard Developer Showcases Impressive Oculus Quest Physics In Zombie VR Game
Games like Boneworks and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners have made impressive strides for PC VR gaming in the past few months with physics-driven combat that’s truly unique to the platform. But we all want to see these intricate systems realized on the standalone Oculus Quest. That’s where Soaring Roc Studio’s Dawn comes in....
VR Ears PC VR, PSVR + Quest Audio Upgrade Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Rebuff Reality launched its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its PC VR, PSVR and Oculus Quest audio upgrade peripheral, VR Ears. The VR Ears essentially take the design of the Valve Index audio solution and brings it to other headsets. It’s a pair of off-ear speakers that are meant to attach to the side of a...
