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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Kluge Interactive, the studio behind hit VR rhythm game Synth Riders (2019), announced its upcoming VR fighting game, FINAL FURY , will be featured at Steam Next Fest on October 14th, which of course means a playable demo. Still, it hit us like a long range haymaker from Glitch—we needed to rethink the combat controls.”

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Today SteamVR is still the gold standard for what concerns PCVR tracking and many enthusiasts have Lighthouses installed in their rooms to play VR games on their Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Pimax Crystal Light. This means that for most use cases, the precision of standalone controllers is now more than enough.

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MARCH 31, 2025

Hand-tracking support came to PSVR 2 back in December, letting developers update their games to use the headset’s on-board tracking cameras for controller-less interactions. To boot, besides Masters of Light, there’s only one other hand-tracked game on PSVR 2.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

After merging the main store with App Lab and changing the UI of the Meta Horizon OS and mobile app that always gives more attention to Horizon Worlds , its become hard for Quest developers to have their games found by users. And if games are not found, revenues are not coming.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Five years after Half-Life: Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, the company has continued to shape the VR landscape through steady updates to SteamVR, integration with standalone headsets like Quest, and whispers of new hardware and games.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Apple and Sony are working to bring support for PlayStation VR2's controllers to Vision Pro, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Apple Vision Pro's gaze-and-pinch interaction system is ideal for interface interaction, and its hand tracking is suitable for casual gaming. But it's unclear whether Apple is willing to do that.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Models of Valve Deckard's 'Roy' controllers have been discovered in SteamVR driver files, revealing their design and inputs. Code references to Valve 'Roy' controllers were first discovered earlier this month by XR enthusiast Brad Lynch's Discord group of SteamVR dataminers. But what kind of headset will Deckard be?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Available to download via GitHub , this Halo: Combat Evolved VR mod lets you experience the entire campaign with full 6DOF motion controls, a two-handed aiming mode for weapons, rebindable controllers, and more. Launch the game once to generate a config.txt file in the VR directory. dll if done correctly).

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sony is demonstrating controller-free hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. The booth describes the feature as "available with the latest SDK of PlayStation 5", suggesting that developers can already start integrating it in games. 0:00 / 0:09 1× Footage from X user kure.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

60G Airlink hands-on The 60G Airlink is a kit with a receiver and a transmitter that lets you stream your PC VR games to the standalone version of the Pimax Crystal over a 60GHz network , to guarantee ultra-sharp 2880 x 2880 resolution per eye, with a 90Hz refresh rate. This is really good news. They had a tracking ring.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

The first one comes from Google, and it is called Genie 2 , a foundation world model capable of generating an endless variety of action-controllable, playable 3D environments for training and evaluating embodied agents . For this reason, Apple may be working to make PSVR 2 controllers compatible with the Vision Pro.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Halo Combat Evolved (2001) released on the Xbox over two decades ago, but thanks to this mod, you can now play the original PC version in VR, which critically includes motion controller support.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Evidence suggests Valve's next VR controller could include a D-pad and bumpers to act as a gamepad together too. And in December 2022 Valve product designer Greg Coomer told a Korean gaming news magazine the company has been "working on a new VR headset lately", and that there are "several projects going on in-house".

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Even though Quest 2 also launched at $300, Quest 3S is an even better value because Meta’s headsets have only become more capable, while the range of games and apps has grown and improved since the launch of Quest 2. The small sweet-spot doesn’t matter too much for most VR games.

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MARCH 13, 2025

XR Games, the studio behind Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded (2024) and Starship Troopers Continuum (2024) , announced a new rhythm game for Quest called BEATABLE, which uses hand-tracking to turn any table into a musical instrument. It’s been awhile since I’ve been so addicted to a rhythm game.

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APRIL 10, 2025

Is Quest’s hand-tracking good enough for a rhythm game, which genuinely needs low latency and precise input? This review is an assessment of the game only at its current Early Access state and will not receive a numerical score. Image courtesy XR Games And Beatable is just as easy to learn as Beat Saber too.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Be careful that XYN won’t be dedicated to gaming , that is more a prerogative of PSVR 2, but to creators, or entertainment in general. And that’s why it can’t be for gaming: it can’t compete with the cheap price of the Quest 3. The only sheet of paper with the specifications we could find.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

update doesn’t actually bring full hand-tracking support to SteamVR’s UI, but rather allows Quest users to DIY their setup for each game by experimenting with input bindings. From there, simply tap your controllers together and you’ll be able to start experimenting. The controls for desktop windows have been restyled.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This deal includes the headset, controllers, Vive Wired Streaming Kit (normally $150 alone), three bundle games ( XRWorkout , Capsule Critters , and TheBlue ), and your choice between one of two additional game packs: PC VR Wild Pack (PC VR games): Metro Awakening , Arizona Sunshine 2 , Bootstrap Island , and Breachers.

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MARCH 28, 2025

ILM and Lucasfilm announced it’s developing another immersive Star Wars game called Star Wars: Beyond Victory – A Mixed Reality Playset. We’re sure to learn more soon though, as Meta says attendees at ‘Star Wars Celebration 2025’ in Tokyo, Japan (April 18-20) will get a first hands-on with the game.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Or that it has multimodal input and can be commanded using controllers, hands, eyes, or voice. The only announced content is the G-suite and some games like Demeo or Vacation Simulator, but more is to come. Controllers are to come in 2025, the year the headset will ship. The chipset is the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen2.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Now, Nintendo has published a patent (Japanese) that appears to be a VR add-on similar to its Labo VR kit first released in 2019, which allowed users to essentially ‘build’ a VR display add-on for use in experimental mini-games, and for playing a handful of traditional Switch titles in 3D.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Apple and Sony are still working to bring PS VR2 Sense controller support to Vision Pro, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Apple Vision Pro Could Soon Support PlayStation VR2s Controllers Apple and Sony are working to bring support for PlayStation VR2s controllers to Vision Pro, Bloombergs Mark Gurman reports.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Mavrik also comes with a picatinny accessory rail with an included Quest controller mount, which allows the headset to track the haptic blaster in six degrees-of-freedom (6DOF). Notably, the Mavrik doesn’t support all games out of the box, requiring developers to manually adopt support to their Quest 3 games.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The bundle includes the PSVR 2 headset, controllers, and a digital copy of Horizon Call of the Mountain , a flagship title for the platform which we scored an 8.5 That’s the same price, but without the bundled game… so definitely got for the bundle if you’re planning to jump on this deal. out of 10 in our review.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Triangle Factory, the studio behind team shooter Breachers , today revealed its next VR game: Forefront , a multiplayer shooter inspired by the Battlefield series. Here’s how Triangle Factory describes the game: In Forefront (set in 2035), Orpiment Renewable Energy (O.R.E.) Players engage in battles between O.R.E.’s

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APRIL 17, 2025

XR indie Flip Axis Studios announced a multiplayer VR skateboarding game that promises to bring actual skating action toQuest 3 and SteamVRminus the risk of rolled ankles and broken limbs. Info is still thin, however the teaser shows off an in-game recording feature so you can capture your friend’s tricks when in multiplayer.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Augmented Empire revives the Oculus Go narrative strategy game next month with mixed reality support on Quest, and we went hands-on. Developed by Coatsink, Augmented Empire is a 2017 turn-based strategy game initially developed for Oculus Go and Gear VR. 0:00 / 1:20 1× Augmented Empire gameplay footage on Oculus Go.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Gabe Follower also maintains Valve is also set to ship games or demos “that are already done” specifically for Deckard. The current price for the full bundle is set to be $1200,” they say in the X post.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I’ve tried the indie game “What The Bat?” Here you are my review video of the game: if you prefer videos to text, this is what you should watch! ” is a game that immediately clicked with me since the first time I heard about it. Notice that the devs are not new to this kind of games. What The Bat?

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MARCH 11, 2025

More info (Samsung Project Moohan may launch in Q3 2025) More info (Samsung headset may use displays from Sony) Other relevant news (Image by Wooster Games) Animal Company has been the most grossing game on the Meta Store If you think that Gorilla Tag is the game that is earning the most money on the Horizon Store, you are wrong.

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MARCH 26, 2025

Out of Flat2VR Studios' six upcoming games, Roboquest VR is easily my most anticipated title yet. My demo was limited to the first biome with little story context beyond destroying these robots, and it's faithfully adapting the flatscreen game so far. After selecting my weapon, I soon got underway across three runs.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Did you know you can technically play SteamVR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) on Vision Pro? Previously offered as an invite-only beta, ALVR is now free on the App Store , allowing Vision Pro users to stream OpenVR games from your PC via Wi-Fi. Check here if your computer is capable of running VR games.

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MARCH 25, 2025

There's no shortage of beat 'em up action games across VR, yet more traditionally inspired fighting games are something of a rarity. Taking influence from Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Final Fury has been on my radar for the last two years, and the fast-paced 1v1 fighting game has seen some notable changes.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Flat2VR Studios, a recently-formed game studio focused on bringing existing flatscreen games to VR, has released its first game, Trombone Champ: Unflattened! A positive early reception bodes well for both the studio’s ability to deliver and its choice of which games to port in the first place.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

First released in Alpha on Steam in late 2020, and one year later on Quest, Iron Rebellion lets you build and customize your mechs for immersive squad-based battles, including the ability to control your mech by physically reaching out to grab sticks and flip switches, making for some pretty handy in-cockpit controls.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Trombone Champ: Unflattened captures the comedic spirit of the hit rhythm game well, and it's out now for Quest, PC VR, and PS VR2. Holy Wow Studios had an undeniable hit back in 2022 with its 2D rhythm game Trombone Champ and two years on, Flat2VR Studios has taken this hilarious premise even further. Here's our full impressions.

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