Population: One Will Revamp Its Gun Mechanics In June

Population: One’s next major update will overhaul its gun mechanics alongside other features. Developer BigBox VR confirmed as much in a blog post about the game’s future following the recent launch of the new Metropolis section in the battle royale ... more - uploadvr

Moss: Book 2 Review – A Satisfying Sequel That Leaves More Room To Grow

Moss: Book 2 takes the logical steps to improve upon the first game, resulting in a stronger sequel. But there’s still much more room for Quill and friends to grow. Read on for our Moss: Book 2 review. Moss: Book 2 moves the needle on for Quill and developer ... more - uploadvr

Unplugged Has ‘Heavy Plans’ For New Music, Air Triangle Available This Week

Unplugged’s hilarious April Fools gag isn’t just for April Fools; you really can use the Air Traingle for this week only. The new instrument is being added into the Quest and PC VR builds of the game until April 7. It’s completely free to try and comes ... more - uploadvr

VR Gamescast: Moss: Book II, Cosmonious High Reviews & More

Lots to cover on this week’s VR Gamescast: competing city building games get competing release dates, plus reviews of Moss: Book II & Cosmonious High! Jamie and I are back on the headset mics again for another episode of the VR Gamescast, with a ... more - uploadvr

Green Hell VR Releases April 7 On Meta Quest 2, PC VR Coming In May

Green Hell VR releases next week on April 7 on Meta Quest 2, with the PC VR version slightly delayed until May following recent feedback. In what’s become a slew of recent announcements, survival game Green Hell is the latest title to announce a very ... more - uploadvr

Puzzling Places Releases Monthly Pack #1 Alongside Plan For DLC

Puzzling Places from Realities.io added its first monthly paid downloadable puzzle pack and detailed plans for additions to the game going forward. You can buy Monthly Pack #1 for Puzzling Places on PlayStation VR or Quest now and we had Azad Balabanian ... more - uploadvr

Cities: VR Release Date Confirmed For April On Quest 2

Cities: VR, the spin-off of the popular Skylines city-building simulator, is coming to Quest 2 next month. The game, developed by Wraith and Apex Construct studio, Fast Travel Games, hits the standalone headset on April 28. Pre-orders are launching on ... more - uploadvr

Arkio Launches Impressive Design Tool Free On Quest

If you’re unfamiliar with Arkio’s design tools, now is the time to check it out on Quest 2. The design app is available now in the Quest store starting with a free tier which has multiplayer, passthrough portals to the physical world, hand tracking, ... more - uploadvr

Cosmonious High Review: A Rich World Intended VR Newcomers

Cosmonious High is another excellent adventure for VR newcomers with a rich, playful world. But those looking for a deeper experience will be left wanting. Read on for our Cosmonious High review. Cosmonious High would be an amazing pack-in game for a ... more - uploadvr

Tripwire May Be Teasing Espire 1 News At Meta’s Gaming Showcase

Espire 1 publisher Tripwire Interactive might just be teasing some news for the stealth series at next month’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase. Following yesterday’s announcement of the show, which takes place at 10am PT on April 20, Tripwire noted that it ... more - uploadvr

Among Us VR, Cities: VR Confirmed For Meta Quest Showcase

Among Us VR and Cities: VR will be present at the Meta Gaming Showcase next month. The showcase is the second of its kind, providing the latest looks at titles coming to Quest. As announced yesterday, it will begin at 10am PT on April 20, hosted by Oculus ... more - uploadvr

Little Cities Release Date: Quest City Builder Hits Next Month

Little Cities, the VR city-building sim published by nDreams, is launching in April. The game, developed by UK-based Purple Yonder, hits both Quest 1 and 2 on April 21. Check out the latest look at the title in the trailer below. Little Cities Release ... more - uploadvr

How Osso Became One Of VR’s Biggest Companies (Interview)

Surgical education platform Osso VR recently announced $66 million in funding raised in its Series C funding round. The startup’s founder and CEO, Dr. Justin Barad, sat down with us in VR to discuss the company’s path and potential to impact the healthcare ... more - uploadvr

Pistol Whip Mod Support Confirmed For The Future

Cloudhead Games confirmed its breakthrough shooter Pistol Whip will be getting community-driven mods. The confirmation comes by way of a blog post from the Canada-based studio. Pistol Whip released in late 2019 simultaneously for PC and Quest with a ... more - uploadvr

Pistol Whip Dev Working On AAA, ‘Next-Gen’ VR Games

Pistol Whip developer Cloudhead Games is working on AAA, “next-gen VR” games with “deeper scope and vision” compared to what’s come before. The studio confirmed as much in a blog post published on its official website today. “Thanks to our broader success, ... more - uploadvr

Meta’s Quest Gaming Showcase Returns On April 20

The second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase will take place on April 20, featuring updates and new game announcements for the Quest platform. The showcase will begin at 10am PT, hosted Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios. Meta says the showcase ... more - uploadvr

Unplugged Is Getting A New Instrument, The Air Triangle

The next major addition to VR music game Unplugged will introduce a new instrument in the form of an air… triangle. Yes, a triangle. The little metal thing you hit. Vertigo Games and Anotherway today announced that the instrument will arrive “early next ... more - uploadvr

Live Performers Returning To The Under Presents From April 1

Live actors are returning to Tender Claws’ experience The Under Presents for a limited run starting from April 1. The Under Presents launched in late 2019, as a wholly unique VR experience that merged single player, multiplayer, social VR and live theater ... more - uploadvr

Meet The Cast Of Cosmonious High

Cosmonious High sees you travel back to school to re-educate yourself in the realm of VR. But what’s a school without classmates? Today on Upload Access we’re meeting the cast of Owlchemy’s newest VR game. We’ve got detailed rundowns of all the new friends ... more - uploadvr

Cosmonious High Reveals Among Us Crossover

Owlchemy Labs announced an unexpected crossover — when Cosmonious High launches this Thursday, it will feature the red crewmate from Among Us. A new trailer accompanied the announcement, showing the Cosmonious High students discovering the red crewmate ... more - uploadvr

Beat Saber Fall Out Boy Pack Announced, Tracklist Revealed

A Beat Saber Fall Out Boy pack is on the way soon, and we already know the tracklist. The new pack for the smash hit VR game was just announced on Twitter with a short video seen below. It showcased new visuals for level themes complete with some of ... more - uploadvr

Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific Launches March 31 On Quest Via AppLab

Surprise — another big VR game is launching this week! Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific will release via App Lab for Quest headsets this Thursday, March 31. Battles Over Pacific is a WWII-focused sequel to the original Warplanes: WW1 Fighters, which sees ... more - uploadvr

nDreams Announces $35M Investment, Working On PSVR 2 Titles

Fracked and Phantom developer nDreams announced today an investment of $35 million that will help the grow the studio on all fronts, while also confirming work on unannounced titles for PSVR 2. The investment comes from Aonic Group. In a prepared statement, ... more - uploadvr

GDC Day 4: ARVORE, Hyper Dash, Emerge Wave 1 Haptics & More

The fourth and final day of GDC 2022 has come and gone. Don’t be too sad though — we’ve got lots of interesting interviews with VR developers straight from the show floor to cheer you up. It was a great week at GDC last week, with lots of interesting ... more - uploadvr

Images Emerge Of Quest 2 Packaging With New Meta Branding

A new tweet suggests that Meta has taken another step in its transition to using the Meta brand across its Quest product line, replacing the original Oculus Quest 2 branding on the headset’s outer packaging with the new Meta Quest 2 title. As shown below, ... more - uploadvr

Snap Acquires Brain Reading Tech Startup NextMind For AR Glasses Input

Snap inc is acquiring BCI company NextMind for future AR glasses, The Verge’s Alex Heath reports. A major challenge in shipping consumer AR glasses is the input method. A traditional controller, such as those used with many VR devices, would not be practical ... more - uploadvr

Puzzling Places Introduces Monthly & Premium DLC Pack Structure

The developers behind photogrammetry-based puzzle game Puzzling Places revealed a new plan for future DLC packs, split into monthly and premium packs. Since launch, Puzzling Places has received a few DLC releases with new puzzles that expand the selection ... more - uploadvr

PSVR 2 Foveated Rendering Provides 3.6x Faster Performance – Unity

As reported by Michael Hicks of Android Central, a Unity panel at GDC last week revealed new details about PSVR 2, including ways developers will be able to harness eye tracking in their experiences and the performance benefits gained from doing so. ... more - uploadvr

Polyarc Looking To Bring Moss 2 To Other Platforms ‘As Soon As Possible’

Unsurprisingly, Polyarc hopes to deliver Moss: Book 2 on other platforms beyond PSVR “as soon as possible”. Studio co-founder and art director Chris Alderson said as much in an interview with the Between Realities team during GDC this week, which you ... more - uploadvr

First Lynx VR-AR Headsets Planned To Ship In ‘June – July’

The first shipments of the Lynx standalone VR-AR hybrid headset are due in a few months’ time. Speaking to Between Realities during GDC this year, CEO Stan Larroque said that supply chain issues would prevent the device from making its original April ... more - uploadvr