Spaceteam VR launches its “cooperative shouting game” on Oculus Quest and PC VR on May 21. A PlayStation VR version of the game is planned for later this year. The multiplayer party game adapted from the popular phone and tablet title allows up to six players to work together on ” increasingly complex and baffling...
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Half-Life: Alyx – Best Custom Maps, Mods And Campaigns
Since the release of Half-Life: Alyx, the mod scene has grown stronger and stronger by the day. There are now a bunch of custom maps, mods and campaigns for the game, and Valve still has yet to release official modding tools or support yet. If you don’t know where to start with Half-Life: Alyx mods...
Half-Life: Alyx Catapults VR Headsets On Steam To 2 Million Users
In April, the percentage of Steam users with a VR headset increased from 1.29% to 1.91%, likely thanks to the success of Valve’s Half-Life: Alyx. That’s an increase of roughly 50%- relatively enormous growth. Last month, Valve changed the way Steam reports VR users. That means March and April’s data cannot be meaningfully compared to...
Watch: Sony Reveals Research On Next-Gen Finger-Tracked VR Controllers
Past patents have suggested that Sony is working on finger-tracking for a new VR motion controller, possibly PlayStation Move 2, to be paired with an unannounced PSVR 2 headset. Now a new video from Sony researchers gives us a much more solid look at that work. The video accompanies a new research paper titled ‘Evaluation...
Take A Closer Look At VR Platformer Ven With Gorgeous Concept Art
Channeling the third-person thrills of games like Astro Bot and Moss, Ven continues to look like a promising VR platformer. Today we can share some of the game’s gorgeous concept art. Developer Monologic Games has been showcasing new snippets of gameplay for this adventure since its announcement in February. In this set of Ven concept...
Skydance: Walking Dead PSVR Version Is ‘Awesome’, Quest Port Underway
The release date for the PSVR version of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners will be announced very soon, according to developer Skydance Interactive. And the company seems confident it will be up to snuff. Studio chief technologist and co-founder Peter Akemann said as much in a recent interview with VentureBeat (see below). “We are,...
‘Crash Course’ Is A Polished, Imaginative Custom Level For Half-Life: Alyx
It seems that every week since release, the standard for Half-Life: Alyx custom content has been kicked up a notch. This week is no exception — we tried out a new custom map by Brad Lynch called Crash Course, which has some awesome scripted events and a higher level of polish than we’ve seen in...
Dead GroundZ Is Dead Island VR But Somehow Rougher – Quick Review
Remember Dead Island? It was a 2011 zombie survival game that raised a lot of hype with impressive trailers and screenshots, but a plague of technical and design frustrations left a lot to be desired. Dead GroundZ is essentially the same story. Fitting, as this VR first-person shooter basically lifts all of its elements from...
Valve Ends SteamVR Support For macOS
Valve just ended SteamVR’s support for macOS. ‘Legacy builds’ will continue to be available. SteamVR is Valve’s PC-based virtual reality platform, supporting Windows and Linux. Mac owners can continue to use the latest versions of SteamVR by installing Windows as a secondary OS. Facebook’s competing Oculus Rift platform hasn’t supported Macs since early development kits,...
David Hayter On Metal Gear Solid VR – ‘I Think It Would Work Very Well’
Think a Metal Gear Solid VR game could work? David Hayter, the iconic voice of Solid Snake reckons so. Hayter said as much in an interview with Upload last week. Discussing his new role in VR stealth game, Phantom: Covert Ops, he talked about how the genre is well suited to the platform. “It gives...
