Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Is Getting OpenXR Foveated Rendering

The Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 beta now has fixed foveated rendering, and the sim will get eye-tracked foveated rendering support in the future. The beta channel of the simulator has a Foveated Rendering toggle in the VR settings, with the following ... more - uploadvr

RoboCop VR Is Not Happening At All, Licensing Issue Cited

Amazon MGM informed UploadVR that RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy wasn't officially licensed before its reveal, and the VR title's website page has been taken down. You may recall two weeks ago when RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy was revealed via developer ... more - uploadvr

XR News Round-Up: Gorilla Tag, Gran Turismo 7, Ruff Talk VR Showcase & More

Our latest XR News Round-Up is live, bringing you a few more stories that caught our attention this week. Between GDC 2025 and other commitments, it's been a few weeks since our last weekend round-up, and there's been no end of stories. The VR Games ... more - uploadvr

Into Black Details PlayStation VR2 Port With "Full Visual Overhaul"

Into Black's developer detailed its upcoming PlayStation VR2 port, which it says will bring a "full visual overhaul" compared to Quest. The action/exploration VR game, which we likened to Deep Rock Galactic, launched on Meta Quest headsets ... more - uploadvr

Myst-Maker Cyan Lays Off Half While "Seeking Financing" For Next Project

The group behind VR games Myst, Riven, Firmament and Obduction parted with "roughly half" the team, or a dozen "talented staff members". Here's the full statement released by Cyan: Today we would like to share with you some very unfortunate ... more - uploadvr

Zombie Army VR Coming In May

Players will hunt zombie war criminals in virtual reality from May 22. Rebellion is bringing the game to PlayStation VR2, Quest, and PC VR headsets in partnership with a group called Xtended Realities. XR Games was originally the developer of the title ... more - uploadvr

Dystopian Action RPG Resist Is Heading To PlayStation VR2 Soon

Dystopian VR action RPG Resist is heading to PlayStation VR2 next month with new enhancements. Initially launched in 2021, Resist by The Binary Mill sees you fighting back against an authoritarian regime while swinging across the open world in the city ... more - uploadvr

Upcoming Atmospheric Horror Game Out Of Sight Is Getting A VR Port

Upcoming horror puzzler Out of Sight is getting a full VR port. Developed by The Gang, Out of Sight is an eerie puzzle game that asks players to control a blind girl called Sophie from the viewpoint of her cuddly teddy. Set throughout a menacing mansion, ... more - uploadvr

Vertigo 2: Into The Aether DLC Now Arriving This April On Steam

Vertigo 2: Into the Aether has been delayed by a month. Previously targeting a March 30, 2025 launch to coincide with the second anniversary of Vertigo 2, developer Zach Tsiakalis-Brown confirmed the delay to UploadVR, and the upcoming DLC now lists ... more - uploadvr

People Can Fly Phases Out VR Publishing, Citing Reduced Investment From Platform Owners

People Can Fly, the publisher behind Bulletstorm VR, will stop publishing VR games after this year. The Warsaw-based studio recently confirmed it's phasing out publishing VR titles once the next game from developer Incuvo, currently known as Project ... more - uploadvr

Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset Coming Exclusively To Quest 3 & 3S

Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset is a new ILM Immersive game heading to Quest 3 and 3S. Following the studio's work on the Vader Immortal trilogy and Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, ILM Immersive announced on the Quest blog that its ... more - uploadvr

PlayStation Spring Sale Discounts Resident Evil, Metro, Alien & More On PS VR2

The PlayStation Spring Sale is now live with notable PS VR2 discounts that include Resident Evil, Metro, Alien, and more. Now live until April 23, the Spring Sale 2025 features thousands of PlayStation games with over 60 participating PlayStation VR2 ... more - uploadvr

Hitman World Of Assassination Is Out Now On PlayStation VR2

Hitman World of Assassination is now available on PlayStation VR2. Live now through a paid 'VR Access' DLC pack, Hitman World of Assassination adapts the entire trilogy for PlayStation VR2 with the original campaign's 22 missions. Changes from the flatscreen ... more - uploadvr

Death Game Hotel Will Adopt A Freemium Model Next Month On Quest

Death Game Hotel, a VR multiplayer game inspired by Squid Game, goes free-to-play next month on Quest, and we interviewed the developer to learn more. Released last year on Quest, Death Game Hotel is the debut VR game from White Owls, the studio led ... more - uploadvr

Pico 4 Ultra Gets Free Window Positioning, 3D Recording, 3D Photo Conversion & More

Pico 4 Ultra OS 5.13.0 brings free window positioning, 3D screen recording, 2D to 3D image conversion, and more. The update arrives around six months after the launch of Pico 4 Ultra, and greatly enhances its spatial computing capabilities. ByteDance's ... more - uploadvr

Meta Canceled System Shock 2 VR, Alongside "A Ton Of Projects"

Meta canceled a System Shock 2 VR version, alongside "a ton of projects", the remaster studio head says, but development could be "restarted" in the future. A 25th anniversary remaster of the cult classic 1999 PC action role-playing ... more - uploadvr

Roboquest VR Is My Most Anticipated Flat2VR Studios Game

Roboquest VR shows promise with compelling FPS roguelike mechanics, and we recently previewed the PC VR version. Out of Flat2VR Studios' six upcoming games, Roboquest VR is easily my most anticipated title yet. I'll admit that I wasn't familiar with ... more - uploadvr

F1 25 Takes The Racing Series Back To PC VR This May

F1 25 takes the annual racing series back to the grid this May, featuring optional PC VR support once more. Marking the fourth major title with official PC VR support, EA Sports and Codemasters officially revealed the next entry in its racing series. ... more - uploadvr

No Manx27;s Sky: RELICS Lets You Unearth Ancient Aliens In VR

No Man's Sky: RELICS adds paleontology in today's update, letting you unearth ancient alien creatures. Now live on all platforms, the latest No Man Sky update now allows you to dig up the skeletal remains of alien creatures that once inhabited these ... more - uploadvr

VR Aerial Sim Aces Of Thunder Teases Combat In New Gameplay Trailer

VR aerial combat sim Aces of Thunder released a new gameplay trailer before this year's launch. Developed by War Thunder studio Gaijin Entertainment, Aces of Thunder is an upcoming flight simulation game designed with “physically accurate flight and ... more - uploadvr

Elements Divided Is An Avatar-Like Multiplayer Action Game For Quest & PC VR

Elements Divided is a new VR multiplayer action game inspired by Avatar, coming to Quest and Steam soon. Developed by Loco Motion and published by Fast Travel Games (Mannequin, Ghost Signal), Elements Divided sees you harness the power of water, earth, ... more - uploadvr

Skydancex27;s Behemoth Adds New Game Plus Mode In Third Major Update

VR action RPG Skydance's Behemoth introduced a New Game+ mode in today's major update. Live across all platforms, Skydance's Behemoth now lets you choose 'New Game+' from the main menu after completing the campaign with its latest major update. This ... more - uploadvr

Ember Souls Hands-On: VR Hack-And-Slash With A Magic Twist

Ember Souls is a new hack-and-slash title inspired by Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia, and we went hands-on at Gamescom. Previously revealed at the UploadVR Summer Showcase in June, Ember Souls sees you playing as the last Immortal. Tasked with ... more - uploadvr

Synth Riders Will Join Quest+ Catalog As Meta Confirms September Monthly Games

The Meta Quest+ games for September 2024 have been announced. We're approaching the end of August, and the Meta Quest+ subscription program will soon swap its two pre-selected monthly VR games. Available to download on Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3, ... more - uploadvr

New VR Games & Releases September 2024: Quest, SteamVR, PSVR 2 & More

Looking for new VR games this September? Here are our monthly upcoming highlights. August is often a quieter month for VR gaming but new games continued to launch. We reviewed Hello Cruel World, Track Craft, and Zero Caliber 2, alongside going hands-on ... more - uploadvr

New Asgardx27;s Wrath 2 Cosmic Event Involves Monkeying Around

Asgard's Wrath 2 starts monkeying around in its latest cosmic event. Joining a continuing run of Asgard's Wrath 2 limited-time events, Monkeying Around adds new Cosmic Objectives for the action RPG VR game. You're tasked with completing challenges for ... more - uploadvr

Raspberry Pi 400 With Quest HDMI Link Shows The Promise Of Keyboard PCs For Spatial Computing

A PC built into a keyboard without a display, like the Raspberry Pi 400, starts making a lot of sense with Meta Quest HDMI Link running on the most popular standalone VR headsets. The Raspberry Pi 400 is a roughly $70-$100 keyboard with a Raspberry Pi ... more - uploadvr

Fracked Feels Made for Quest Despite Aging Gameplay

Fracked feels like an exhilarating arcade shooter in virtual reality as it launches on Meta Quest, for good and for worse. Despite launching on the original PSVR three years ago, Fracked feels like it was made for standalone VR headsets. The first-person ... more - uploadvr

UNDERDOGS Sandboxxxer Update Includes Level Editor & Fresh Ways To Twist Metal

One Hamsa, developers of Racket: Nx and UNDERDOGS, launched a substantial update to the outstanding VR Mech brawler. Released under the tagline: “Build Shit | Break Shit,” the Sandboxxer update for UNDERDOGS will see the core mechanics applied to a range ... more - uploadvr

Get Training Advice From A True Fiend With Exercise Your Demons

Getting into shape gets even more hellish in Exercise Your Demons, a mixed reality fitness game coming to Quest this year. While there are plenty of worthwhile ways to get fit in VR these days like Les Mills XR Bodycombat or Supernatural, Exercise Your ... more - uploadvr