The virtual reality market has low-key had a fantastic start to 2019. Not only have new products like the Oculus Quest come about over the past week, but the PlayStation VR platform has specifically had a string of pretty great releases as of late. Now, in just a few days, the biggest release likely so
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To coincide with the launch of the new Oculus Quest later this month, Polyarc has recently announced that last year’s release of Moss will soon be receiving a new piece of add-on content. This new expansion to the world of Moss is called Twilight Garden and will add both new gameplay and story elements. This new addition
As blockbuster video games dominate the news cycle, sometimes indie games only catch eyes through positive word-of-mouth on social media. When scrolling through Twitter, Reddit, or even Tumblr, if that’s something people still go on, one may catch some wholesome GIFs of a game where the player has a bird friend. This is Falcon Age,
While Sony is skipping out on E3 2019, there definitely will not be a shortage of press conferences featuring game reveals to watch. Ubisoft, Microsoft, Square Enix, and Bethesda have already announced press conference times, and and another Kinda Funny Games Showcase and PC Gaming Show have been promised. Today, media publication UploadVR revealed that
With titles like Days Gone, Dreams, Concrete Genie, and more expected to arrive later this year, PlayStation is gearing up for a year full of surprises, and as it has done in the past, it’s taking some of its latest and greatest titles out on the road for all to enjoy across the US. Over on the PlayStation
Just recently, PlayStation held their first State of Play, their own take on a pre-edited video that includes new announcements, trailers, and release date. While many thought the video didn’t contain much, fans of PSVR, such as myself, got a ton of first looks at a bunch of new VR titles coming this year. On top
One goal I had this weekend at PAX East was to make my wife jealous by playing her most anticipated game this year—Vacation Simulator. She is a huge fan of Owlchemy Lab’s Job Simulator and begged me for months to buy it on PSVR. She’d just play the demo on the PSVR demo disc until
As of next week, Sony will now be joining both Microsoft and Nintendo when it comes to offering its own video presentation related to upcoming releases. This morning, Sony officially announced State of Play which will be a new ongoing video presentation series that details PlayStation products. Much like Nintendo’s Direct videos or Microsoft’s Inside
Last year, PlayStation VR had easily the best year of its existence. Firewall Zero Hour was one of my favorite games of last year, Moss was on that list as well. The list of fantastic titles has grown year after year, but what has stayed mostly the same has been the number of wires needed
Today has been quite and eventful day for fans of the Sniper Elite series thanks to a “Sniper Elite Development Update” video released by Rebellion, the independent developer and publisher behind the series. While the bulk of the short video was focused on Sniper Elite V2 Remastered and Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition for Nintendo
Owlchemy Labs has released an all-new trailer for Vacation Simulator. Besides showing off the recreated human vacation sites, Vacation Simulator is also received a release date for Oculus and SteamVR, while PSVR owners get a release window. Players can quit their jobs and go relax on April 9 for Oculus and SteamVR or wait for this
Hot off the heels of the Dreams beta, Media Molecule has announced that Dreams will offer a Creator Early Access this Spring. Based off the creations the community made in the beta last month, Media Molecule decided that offering the Dreams creation suite in early access was the best way to allow people to create,
When it comes to understanding the visual media I’m wanting to consume, subtitles help me follow the dialogue. Subtitles help indicate sounds I may not have been able to hear, they help me follow spoken dialogue. It’s not just me, they help other Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and even hearing people alike. When games offer subtitles that
Good ol’ Scott Cawthon isn’t ready to hang up the Five Nights at Freddy’s — or better known as FNAF — series anytime soon. According to a recent leak by the ESRB, the indie developer is ironing out plans to launch a horror-puzzle game for PSVR titled Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted, filled to the brim with the
Zoink Games and publisher Perp Games have announced today that the wonderfully enchanting PSVR title Ghost Giant will launch this spring. If the developer Zoink Games sound familiar, that’s because they also created Fe – the equally adorable action-adventure game where the player takes control of a little fox who finds itself alone in a
Any child of the 90’s is holding their breath that SpongeBob‘s “Sweet Victory” is making an appearance at Super Bowl LIII. However, a smaller — yet still very impressive — tribute to the series has been recreated in the beta of PS4 exclusive Dreams. The recreation of SpongeBob setting Bikini Bottom is a great introduction into the impressive
It’s Groundhog Day, and we are getting a lot more than an early spring this year. Game Studio, Tequila Works, is bringing us Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son for PlayStation VR. And before you need to guess, yes this is a follow up to the classic Bill Murray Film, Groundhog Day. The PSVR title puts you
While I don’t have a VR headset, I’ve been keeping eyes on Beat Saber due to the potential update that was teased to be coming to the VR rhythm title. This update is planned to introduce an Expert+ mode for the PSVR version, but today the developers announced that it has had to be delayed due to serious
While the gaming industry at large sweats due to anti-consumer practices like bad microtransactions and not letting consumers cancel pre-orders, it’s easy to get cynical about the state of gaming. So imagine our surprise when we catch a glimmer of the opposite: an honest developer approaching the community to make sure people aren’t getting duped
Riot Games and Beat Games have teamed up to release the hit K-pop song “POP/STARS” by League of Legends’ K/DA in the VR rhythm game Beat Saber for free. Beat Games has uploaded the entire song’s level with a performance by Madison Beer, K/DA’s Evelynn. You may watch the video below. The song will be added
If you’ve been waiting for the VR game A Fisherman’s Tale then you won’t have to wait much longer. Today, publisher Vertigo Games announced that the game will be launching on all of its respective platforms in just a little over a month, on January 22, 2019. To celebrate the announcement of the release date, the developer
Boxing Apocalypse, a boxing VR experience, will be making its way onto PlayStation VR worldwide this December, and it is created by Mario Simone of Gotham City Films. The game makes it way onto shelves on November 20, 2018 in North America and December 11, 2018 for the rest of the world. The game is
Disruptive Games is launching an extensive, months-long open beta for their hero based shooter Megalith on PlayStation VR tomorrow. A new trailer showing off the gameplay was also released. You can watch the trailer below. The video showcases the combat, which seems to be a lob shot type of shooting. There are minions assisting in
FromSoftware, known for the Armored Core series and the Souls games, released on November 6th a new game for PSVR which is quite different from their recent titles: Déraciné. On November 8th, the game’s Japanese release day, a release event was held at Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara. The event’s MC was Misuzu Araki, and it featured Sony Japan Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa,
One week before its launch, Tetris Effect has put out a free, limited time demo on PS4 today. The demo also launched alongside a short mini-documentary discussing the actual Tetris Effect (not the game itself), where people see the iconic tetrominoes in their every day life. The demo features full support for 2D, 4K HDR play,
Like it or not, software sales are often one of the strongest metrics to measure a game’s success. While we can bandy on about Metacritic scores and how it feels to play a particular game, developers and publishers alike must always keep one vigilant eye on their sales figures. After all, passion alone doesn’t keep
Coming on to its second anniversary, PlayStation VR has shown little signs of slowing down as the PS4’s VR platform as it recently surpassed over three million systems sold worldwide, and now those looking to jump into VR will one of their best opportunities yet with two new bundles coming in time for the holiday
Virtual Reality is still in its early stages and developers are trying to figure out what makes a fun VR title and what doesn’t just like when consoles made the jump to 3D environments. There have been some unique and excellent VR titles. Then there have been some that have relied on being in a virtual
Soon, you will be able to pick up The Station, Perp Games’ first-person Sci-Fi mystery game, at retail on PlayStation VR. Following the recent free explore mode that allows the player to walk freely throughout the station at his or her own pace with every door unlocked, the retail release will be launched alongside a VR update. In
It’s that time of year where I’ve brought out my PS VR; I’ve picked up a few games in sales, I want to polish off some trophies, and I like performing regular quality-of-life checks to see how both the hardware and the software supporting it is growing. My first game on that to-do list was Moss,