Category: Videogame Virtualization

July 18, 2018

Seismic Games is about to go from making virtual reality games to augmented reality ones. Pokemon Go developer Niantic Labs this week announced that it has acquired the Los Angeles-based studio for an undisclosed sum. Seismic Games was founded by […]

July 12, 2018

Few entertainment properties are as ubiquitous as The Walking Dead. Everyone knows about the show, most of us have seen at least a few seasons, and the absolutely immense popularity of zombies across the world owes a lot to AMC’s […]

July 9, 2018

It was a hard decision, but you’ve decided to go with the HTC Vive as your first ‘serious’ VR headset, a room-scale device that released early 2016 as a result of a decisive collaboration with Valve. Here we take a […]

July 6, 2018

Carbon Studio’s The Wizards is one of the more polished spellcasting games you can play in a VR headset, and now it’s getting a mobile-based spin-off. The studio this week released The Wizards: Trials of Meliora for Oculus Go and […]

July 5, 2018

As part of its Summer Sale, Valve has published a list of the top-selling VR games of 2018 thus far, and there are some new faces included. As with the list shared at the end of 2017, games are split […]

June 27, 2018

Oculus recently teased the next addition to the Marvel Powers United VR lineup, which included the cryptic message “all hail the king,” accompanied by the sound of a large feline growling. The obvious choice here would be Black Panther, but […]

June 22, 2018

When AltspaceVR was shutting down, I felt a bit emotional about it. I’ve always loved MMOs, the communities they develop, and the people that play them, so when the social VR app, one of VR’s first big breakout pieces of […]

May 30, 2018

Rebellion, the same publisher behind the VR-revival of Battlezone, is today announcing a brand new VR title called Arca’s Path, which is slated for most all major VR platforms later this year. Arca’s Path is in development by Dream Reality […]

May 24, 2018

For a few weeks in real life last year I went to a boxing gym. Before long I injured my wrist and eventually stopped going because having a kid has a way of limiting your time (plus I’m lazy.) However, […]

May 23, 2018

It’s always hard to tell if new games set in Sword Art Online’s virtual reality universe are actually, y’know, VR games or just games set inside VR. This upcoming release looks like it’s the former, though it’s hardly the one […]

May 7, 2018

It’s time to jump back into the Oasis; there’s now another game available for Ready Player One’s tie-in VR app, though it’s one you may have seen before. Fracture is a brick-breaking experience developed by the Vive-owned 2 Bears Studio. […]

April 19, 2018

After digging into nearly 20 titles, we’ve pulled together the top five VR sports games for the Oculus Rift that will scratch that itch for anyone looking for VR gameplay that’s both active and competitive. When anyone mentions sports video […]

March 15, 2018

One of the most memorable VR experiences I’ve ever had occurred two years ago at GDC 2016. I was playing Unseen Diplomacy, a VR spy game, that required me to physically move through, crawl around, and explore my real world […]

February 23, 2018

We know, we know, yet another zombie VR game. But Throw Anything isn’t your typical undead-slaying experience. In this new title launching in Early Access next week from Visual Light, players must indeed defend themselves from hordes of shuffling zombies. […]

December 27, 2017

VR is so new that one of the regular activities of VR headset owners is introducing other people to the technology. Usually that means putting one person in a headset and standing around while they take their turn. But a […]

December 12, 2017

New patents from Sony give us a slightly better look at its work prototyping a glove controller for its PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset. Earlier this year we reported that Sony had looked into a glove controller for PSVR but ultimately […]

December 8, 2017

Pokemon Go’s library of virtual pocket monsters is about to get some welcome new additions. A year and a half on from the augmented reality app’s first launch and third-generation Pokemon are finally joining in on the fun. The rather […]

November 16, 2017

November 2017 Update: It’s been over a year since the PSVR originally released to the world and in that time a ton of awesome games (here is our list of favorites) have released that take full advantage of the power […]

November 10, 2017

Niantic, the minds behind Ingress and the smash hit Pokémon GO, have partnered with Warner Bros and WB Games to bring a new location-based Harry Potter-themed AR game to mobile phones. Called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the game will let […]

November 2, 2017

Six months ago you couldn’t have convinced me that before the year was over I would be spending hours each day playing a computer game, entering an e-sports tournament and proselytizing about the beauty and benefits of virtual reality. After […]