Xbox boss Phil Spencer has once again shot down any hopes for an Xbox VR headset in the near future, but hasn’t ruled out Xbox software appearing on other headsets. Appearing on the latest episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Spencer said that Microsoft didn’t really have any plans for “bespoke accessories” like VR or...
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A Township Tale: Quick Tips To Get You Started
A Township Tale is a deeply ambitious VR game, but your first few hours will likely be incredibly intimidating. The town building sim arrives on Oculus Quest tomorrow, but it’s still very much an early access title, and the tutorials on offer right now are pretty meagre. Without a little help, it’ll be easy to...
Demeo Dev Resolution Raises $25M Investment
Demeo and Blaston developer Resolution Games closed its Series C funding round with $25 million, which it says will allow for new titles, continued game updates and studio growth. This brings the studio’s total funding to $38.5 million. The Series C round was led by Qualcomm Ventures LCC and BITKRAFT Ventures, along with Knutsson Holdings...
Key Google AR/VR Director Heads To Facebook Reality Labs
Google continues to bleed experts in AR and VR technology as Facebook Reality Labs staffs up for a bigger push into hardware. The latest move to Facebook is Joshua To, a key Google director who led “a large team of product designers, artists, writers and researchers focused on supporting our wearables and hardware efforts,” according...
Music By Calvin Harris, Tiesto & More Comes To FitXR With New Label Partnerships
A bunch of new music is coming to FitXR, thanks to several new partnerships with music labels such as Sony Music and Warner Music. The virtual fitness club with now feature tracks by artists such as Tiësto, Calvin Harris and many more. The new partnerships strike deals between FitXR and eight major and indie record...
Prolific Producer Shonda Rhimes Could Make VR Content For Netflix
Prolific producer and Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes could expand her work into VR content at Netflix. Rhimes and Netflix are extending a content relationship with Rhimes’ Shondaland Media after the original partnership ironed out in 2017 helped break records this year for the streaming company with 82 million households tuning in within the first...
Tarzan VR Review: Lord Of The Fumble
Tarzan VR might be VR’s strangest game yet, but oddball hilarity doesn’t disguise incredibly shallow offerings. More in our Tarzan VR review. I’ve done a lot of strange things in my time covering VR. I’ve made out with aliens, saved Baby Shark and braved the nauseous dangers of Rollercoaster Dreams. But none of that even...
Half-Life: Alyx BioShock Mod Chapter II Will Add Big Daddies, Custom Weapons And More
Back in March, we wrote about the launch of Return to Rapture, a full Half-Life: Alyx VR mod from Wim Buytaert. If you played the experience then you might know that a second part is on the way, and it’s sounding even more ambitious than the first. Wim Buytaert — now backed by a team...
The Olympics Are On Oculus Quest But Only For USA Network Subscribers
The Tokyo Olympics will present some live and full event replays on Oculus Quest but only to pay-TV subscribers in the United States who have USA Network as part of their video package. The app is called NBC Olympics VR by Xfinity and the majority of reviews for the app are 1-star due to the...
Firewall Zero Hour Kicks Off 7th Season With Operation: Rubicon
PSVR’s exclusive team-based multiplayer shooter Firewall Zero Hour is launching its 7th season this week. The game from First Contact Entertainment is kicking off its 7th season with Operation: Rubicon on July 13th. The update comes nearly three years after launch and doesn’t include new maps or contractors, but it does add more than two...