During yesterday’s State of Play showcase from PlayStation, we got a look at Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series for PlayStation VR. Vader Immortal has players Mustafar, the home of Darth Vader’s fortress. As you play the campaign, you’ll get to explore the planet, learn about it’s secrets, and explore Vader’s lair. The game
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The time has finally come — after sustained criticism from developers, publishers, and dedicated fans, Metacritic has changed their user review system to prevent review bombing. Following blowback following the release of Naughty Dog’s flagship PS4 title, The Last of Us Part 2, Metacritic implemented a new system prohibiting fans from reviewing titles within 36 hours
Today’s been a busy day for Mark Zuckerberg; following the announcement that Microsoft’s Mixer would be shuttering in a migration to Facebook Gaming, the beleaguered tech company announced another major acquisition. Starting today, developers Ready at Dawn — creators of The Order: 1886, Daxter, and the handheld God of War titles — will now be owned
Today’s UploadVR Showcase gave us a great look at a ton of upcoming games, but one of the most exciting announcements was the PSVR release date for Pistol Whip. Cloudhead Games hit rhythm FPS has been out on PC VR and Oculus Quest for a while now, and it’s awesome to see it coming to
The swishy, slashy, hummy, slicey beat-focused Beat Saber got a pretty chunky update yesterday and it brings 46 new beatmaps that are available across 18 songs. The latest update that launched yesterday sets the game at v1.10.0 and is entirely free to download for Oculus Quest and Rift platforms. The update’s 46 new beat maps also include
Half-Life: Alyx, a VR expansion of the Half-Life series starring Alyx, is now getting Steam Workshop support as detailed in a new Steam blog post. Players will be able to create new levels, models, textures, and animations. Then others, using Steam Workshop, can browse and play what the community has uploaded. Included in the first
With its release in 2018, Tetris Effect drew critical acclaim for its beautiful take on an all-time classic. By taking the core gameplay of Tetris and wrapping it in stunning visuals and music, Tetris Effect was an experience like no other, especially when played in VR. While the game has been available for some time on PlayStation VR
Development studio Enhance announced on their official Twitter account some good news concerning the excellent Tetris Effect. The title’s digital soundtrack will be launched later this month, once buyers receive the vinyl version from Limited Run Games: Hi We’ve been reading all your Tetris Effect OST questions and can finally say that the digital soundtrack
The Walking Dead franchise has been going strong for well over 15 years, and video games have been a great part of its success. Thanks to acclaimed titles like Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, the post-apocalyptic series has found interesting ways to continue its story of survival through video games. That has included this year’s release
May the 4th be with you all. Today, there’s some special news for our more force-sensitive readers. If you’ve got a PS4 and have your PSVR all hooked up, you’ll be ready when Vader Immortal, in its entirety, arrives on the platform this Summer. Announced in a post by Mark Miller, the creative director at developer
Pixel Ripped 1995 from Arvore is an upcoming VR game-within-a-game. The follow-up to Pixel Ripped 1989 builds on the game’s meta-narrative while providing players a new host of games inspired by the hits of the mid-90s. As with the 1989 version, it’s a bit of a wild premise. You play as a 90s kid playing
I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know a lot about Half-Life: Alyx because I don’t own any of the equipment needed to play it but what I do know is that it looks like a hella good time. Judging by one player’s antics throughout his gameplay, you can get up to some fun things
In just a few more hours, a new Half-Life game will launch for VR. Even if we are quarantined, your loved ones or roommates may be interested in watching you play the latest Valve title. This Half-Life: Alyx Spectator Mode guide will aid you in giving your audience the best viewing experience. What is the
Half-Life: Alyx is nearly upon us. Valve’s latest releases onto VR headsets via Steam on March 23. The game was previously rumored to be showing off gameplay back at The Game Awards but was seemingly pulled at the last minute. Fortunately, it appears the wait was worth it as Valve cheekily put out three new
Like many companies announced the past week, Microsoft will not be attending Game Developers Conference 2020 (GDC 2020) in San Francisco due to health concerns associated with coronavirus. In Microsoft’s latest Game Stack blog post, the company announced they would be withdrawing from GDC 2020 stating, “The health and safety of players, developers, employees, and
Down the Rabbit Hole VR from Cortopia Studios will release on March 26, 2020, for PSVR, Oculus Quest/Rift/ and Steam VR platforms. The VR adventure game will act as a prequel to Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. It’s the second VR game from the team that created Wands will retail for $19.99. The term “Down
In a new blog post from Oculus, it’s been confirmed that Facebook has acquired developer Sanzaru Games. Due to Facebook acquiring the developer, a majority of the studio has moved onto developing for Oculus VR headsets. Sanzaru has previously developed Oculus games such as Asgard’s Wrath, Ripcoil, VR Sports Challenge, and MARVEL Powers United VR.
A little over a month before the release of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve has now apparently become the latest video game company that has felt the effects of the coronavirus. In a report from UploadVR, Valve stated that the ongoing sickness that has taken root in China will lead to shortages of the Valve Index, the company’s
PAX East isn’t the only show PlayStation is backing out of. Just a day after announcing it had canceled its appearance at next week’s convention due to coronavirus concerns, GameIndustry.biz reported that Sony Interactive Entertainment also nixed its plans to attend this year’s Game Developers Conference later in March, once again because of the virus.
GDC is an annual celebration of the professional side of the video game industry. It champions game developers and the advancement of the medium over five days of education and networking. A healthy amount of lectures, round table discussions, and panels showcase the most pressing challenges for the year ahead. Attended by a cross-section of
After retro beat-em-up Path of the Warrior surprise-dropped onto the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift VR headsets during The Game Awards, developer Twisted Pixel promised players that a co-op multiplayer mode would be coming to the VR fighter sometime soon. Last week, the developer made good on that promise, as Path of the Warrior now
Outer Wilds is among the best games of 2019. Mobius Digital’s time-bending tale is a must-play if only to see that stellar ending. However, a new fan project is aiming to bring the game into a brand new dimension. NomaiVR is a fan mod that lets you step into the shoes of a Hearthian and
Hey everyone! This is Lou Contaldi, friendly neighborhood Editor in Chief at DualShockers. Welcome to 2020, another year for our backlogs to grow larger and to accept no New Year’s Resolution that is less than 4K. In a quick detour from our normal gaming news, reviews, and editorials, I wanted to talk briefly about what
Boneworks from Stress Level Zero is doing everything it can to push VR forward. The physics-based VR game has been absolutely mind-blowing in pre-release footage. Now that the game is out, it’s clear that the team’s marketing sold a ton of people on the quality of the Boneworks‘ experience. SLZ announced today that their game
Slowly but surely, the VR train is picking up mainstream steam. With PSVR giving the mainstream audience great games like Blood & Truth, while the beefier PC side of things is pushing the hardware to its limits with the likes of Boneworks and Half-Life: Alyx. This holiday season has been a great time for new
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
While Half-Life: Alyx didn’t appear last week during The Game Awards 2019 like it was originally planned, new information and footage on the game has now come about in a rather unconventional way. Revealed via the YouTube channel Tested, a variety of new gameplay footage for Half-Life: Alyx has now been shown off. The footage that can
The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners will release in just over a month. That being said, a lot of specifics regarding its launch were still up in the air, so Skydance Interactive clarified most of them today. This includes details on pricing, the various versions of The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners that will be
Welcome back, everyone! This is resident DualShockers Editor-in-Chief, Lou Contaldi, and it is time for the annual bloodbath… err– celebrating the best and the brightest of gaming in 2019! While it is tradition to hold a separate poll for Readers’ Choice for both Game of the Year 2019 and Most Anticipated Game of 2020, we are
In the lead up to The Game Awards 2019, host and producer Geoff Keighley said that fans could look forward to seeing more from Valve’s upcoming VR title Half-Life: Alyx. However, if you ended up watching the show last night and were wondering where the game was, well, it seems as though plans to show off