We got an eye-full of VR stuff during today’s Creature and VR Games Showcase livestream, which showed off a bevy of new VR games and updates coming to a headset near you. Here’s the full drop, frontloaded with a very obvious headliner: the upcoming sequel to Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. Hot Dogs, Horseshoes
Social VR pushes moderation challenges to the surface in ways that non-VR titles are often able to avoid. Voice, immersion, and highly social design raise the stakes while economic realities also create limitations around moderation coverage. The good news is that data-backed approaches show there is another path. Guest Article by Dr. George Ng George
It’s been a little over a year since Meta revealed its top 50 best-selling games of all time. Here’s the rankings as they stand today, and why they haven’t really changed that much. Not a lot has changed in Quest’s top 50 best-selling games list, which is partially to be expected since Meta’s list ostensibly
Cyan Worlds announced it’s finally bringing remakes of the studio’s most iconic puzzle adventures, MYST (1993) and RIVEN (1997), to PS5 and PSVR 2 this month. Like the remakes on PC, which were released in 2021 and 2024 respectively, Myst and Riven will support both flatscreen and VR gameplay at launch, which is coming May
If augmented reality glasses are the future, AR contact lenses are probably a bit farther away. Still, smart contact lens startup XPANCEO says it’s hoping to address at least one of the technology’s main issues with the inclusion of miniature solid-state batteries. In partnership with France-based solid-state battery startup ITEN, XPANCEO announced it’s developing a proof of concept
Survios, one of VR’s most senior game studios and developer behind Alien: Rogue Incursion (2024), is reportedly shutting down, as a majority of staff have been laid off. While Survios hasn’t publicly announced the shutdown at the time of this writing, the reduction in headcount appears to be drastic enough to all but confirm that
Reave was an upcoming VR extraction dungeon crawler from Alta, the studio behind Township Tale. The company announced that the game has been cancelled despite the game being in a mature enough state for months of open playtesting. Following the successful launch of Township Tale on Quest in 2021, studio Alta announced it had raised more than $12
When we started working on Beat the Beats , we had one clear mission: we wanted a super cohesive experience from the moment you start up the game. This implies treating UI and menu time as seriously as the gameplay itself. Guest Article by Lucas González Hernanz Lucas González Hernanz is a Spanish game developer with
While I don’t think anybody was really asking for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game in VR, much less a story-driven campaign with optional co-op: it’s here. And I’m so glad it is, because it’s totally radical. Developer: Cortopia Studios Publisher: Beyond Frames Entertainment Available On: Quest, SteamVR , Pico Reviewed On: Quest 3 Release Date: April 30th, 2026 Price: $25 Gameplay There tends
Steam Controller, Valve’s next-gen gamepad, is slated to launch on May 4th for $100, although you shouldn’t expect to see a big ‘buy’ button next to Steam Frame or Steam Machine. Speaking to Polygon , Valve revealed that it’s only releasing Steam Controller next month for a pretty important (and slightly obvious) reason: Steam Controller