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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Announced by 2K and Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization 7 VR is coming to Quest 3 this spring. Sid Meier's society-running strategy saga has been around since 1991, with the series iterating on its unique turn-based play style since its inception. Announced at the Civ World Summit today, this foray into VR is a new direction for the influential 4X series.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The Sid Meier’s Civilization series has been allowing players to shape the course of history for more than 30 years. With Civilization VII, 2K and Firaxis Games are bringing the franchise to immersive and mixed reality for the first time, giving Civilization and deep strategy fans a new way to experience developing their societies, forging alliances, and fighting other nations to reach the pinnacle of human achievement.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Harpagun, a new shooter-smasher VR arcade game, launches in early access next week on Quest. Developed by Polish studio Something Random, a studio whose recent works include Survivors of Xcalibur and Toy Trains , we first learned about Harpagun back in September. As a 'space-junker-in-training' stranded on a remote planet, your goal involves escaping this dangerous place while wild creatures seek to kill you at every turn. 0:00 / 1:33 1 Armed with a gravity gun that can be used on enemies, items

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

From Trombone Champ to fantasy VR archery, the latest XR News Round-Up is live with a few more news stories. February's kicked off on a busy note. Nearly two dozen developers spoke to UploadVR about concerns with the Quest Store, which Meta later addressed. nDreams merged two studios into one; a leaked memo emerged from Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, and Meta's VP of VR/MR, Mark Rabkin , is leaving the company next month.

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