Downpour Interactive, the maker of multiplayer VR first-person shooter (FPS), Onward, is the latest developer to be acquired by Facebook. The news was announced today on the Oculus Blog, which states that Facebook will “support Dante [Buckley, Downpour CEO] and Downpour Interactive in growing Onward as one of the foremost multiplayer VR games”. Financial details...
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Real VR Fishing Update Will Rework Mechanics, US West DLC Coming Soon
Real VR Fishing gave a sneak peek at what’s to come in future updates, including reworking of some core mechanics and a glimpse of a new DLC pack. The next update will rework the fishing mechanics using 3 new features that will make fishing more realistic, including “depth of water, float fishing, and more realistic...
Population: One’s Western-Themed Season 2 Launches In May
Population: One Season 2 is coming in May and carries a Western theme. Developer Big Box dropped a teaser for the game on Twitter earlier today. The short clip for Season 2: The Frontier suggests several new additions to the game. Firstly there’s a train complete with a station, onto which a player sporting a...
VR Skater Captures The Speed Of Skateboarding, But It’s Tricky
Sometimes getting it wrong means something must be going right. Take VR Skater‘s curious approach to skateboard tricks, for example. They’re, well, tricky. Really tricky, in fact. Whilst simply moving in the game — swinging a controller past your body like a leg pushing off from the floor — feels instantly intuitive, nailing the basics...
Hand Physics Lab Updates With 60Hz Hand Tracking Support On Quest 2
Hand Physics Lab pushed out an update that adds support for the new High Frequency Hand Tracking mode that became available to developers yesterday. The update integrates a doubling of the hand tracking rate, but comes at a performance cost that means it’s only available for Quest 2 users. Previously, the rate of hand tracking...
60,000+ Facebook Employees Can Expense An Oculus Quest 2
All Facebook employees can get reimbursed for the purchase of an Oculus Quest 2, according to a tweet by The Information reporter Alex Heath. Facebook’s last headcount was just over 60,000 employees at the end of March. Even if only some employees take the offer, it may still translate to a significant chunk of people...
Majority Of VR Developers Working On Quest, GDC Survey Suggests
The majority of game developers working in VR are making content for the Oculus Quest and Quest 2, a report from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) suggests. GDC posted its annual State of the Game Industry Report today, sourced from over 3,000 developers. Much of the report is concerned with the knock-on effects of the...
The Wizards: Dark Times Is Coming To Quest Next Week
The Oculus Quest port of The Wizards: Dark Times will launch next week, developer Carbon Studio confirmed. The fantasy adventure touches down on the standalone platform on May 6th. Dark Times is a full sequel to the original Wizards that packs a linear single-player campaign. In it, players use gestures to summon spells and weapons...
Star Wars Pinball VR Review: Making the Bump(er) to Hyper Space
Is this latest addition to the Star Wars VR library worth your time? Find out in our Star Wars Pinball VR review! Zen Studios designed one of VR’s best pinball games with Star Wars Pinball VR, taking the best of Star Wars and pinball and fusing them together in a surprisingly robust package. There’s a...
VR Party Game Loco Dojo Is Coming To Oculus Quest
Remember Loco Dojo? It was a four-player VR party game that released on PC VR headsets and for VR arcades in 2017. Four years later, it’s finally coming to Oculus Quest too. Developer Make Real is bringing Loco Dojo Unleashed to the standalone platform later this year. This version of the game features everything from...