Dozens of user-generated reviews this week gave 1-star to dueling shooter Blaston to critique Facebook’s upcoming virtual reality advertising test. The title from Resolution Games is a bit like a cross between Ironlights and Wands with the player restricted to a small platform in which they need to dodge slow-moving projectiles sent by the other...
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Flight Sim’s Nordics World Update Tackles Iceland And The Lego House
It’s time for another stunning update to Asobo’s brilliant Microsoft Flight Simulator, this time tackling Nordic regions. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are all getting a makeover in this update to the VR compatible game. Check out the trailer below for several iconic locations brought beautifully into the game’s photorealistic depiction of the planet....
Larcenauts Review In Progress – VR Gamescast
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Larcenauts Sprint Fix Already Live, SteamVR Compatibility Being Worked On
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...
Larcenauts Review-In-Progress: A Rich VR Shooter With Room To Improve
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...
Tetris Effect: Connected Gets PSVR Beta Next Week, Release In July
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...
‘Breakthrough’ Pancake Lenses Could Bring Compact Headsets
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...
Oculus Quest v30 Rolling Out With Microphone Swapping And Multitasking
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 Hugely Improves Audio Quality In New Update
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...
Larcenauts Releases Tomorrow For Oculus Quest, PC VR
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...
