Green Hell VR Gets A PC VR Steam Festival Demo

You’ll be able to get a first look at the upcoming PC VR version of Incuvo’s Green Hell VR today. A free demo for the game is launching as part of the Steam Next Festival and will be running throughout the week. You can grab it here. There’s also a brand ... more - uploadvr

Hands-On: Demeo’s Heroes’ Hangout Turns Your Local Gaming Store Into A Social VR Hub

Social VR, I’ve learned, is all about context. Last week, for example, I had an underwhelming experience inside Horizon Venues’ Foo Fighters ‘concert’, in which a flat-screen performance sank into the background whilst virtual avatars ran around talking ... more - uploadvr

Demeo Heroes’ Hangout Tour

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Quake 3 Arena VR Is The Latest Team Beef Quest Port, Open Beta Now On

Team Beef is back with its last Quest mod, this time for Quake 3 Arena in VR. Quake3Quest is currently in open beta, and allows you to access both online and single-player portions of the competitive arena shooter. First released in 1999, Arena was the ... more - uploadvr

Cyberbunk 2077 VR Mod Gameplay Debuts Ahead Of Release

Enthusiast VR modder Luke Ross dropped new gameplay footage of his VR mod for Cyberpunk 2077, which is set to release soon. The footage shows the player walking around Night City and engaging in some gun fights, showing off the various features available ... more - uploadvr

Puzzling Places Gets Second Paid DLC On Quest And PSVR

Puzzling Places released its second variety pack “featuring cultural heritage objects from India, England, Nepal, and Poland.” The stunning puzzle game is available on Meta Quest and PlayStation VR headsets with photogrammetry-based puzzles paired up ... more - uploadvr

Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 3 Ft. PlutoSphere – The Future of VR Cloud Gaming

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva are joined by Forest and Daniel of Plutosphere, the new VR cloud computing platform. Forest and Daniel explain how to use Plutosphere to access PCVR content on the Quest and ... more - uploadvr

Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual Launches February 23 For PSVR

After a few months of waiting, we have a release date for the PSVR version of Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual. Sam & Max: This Time’s Virtual was announced almost a year ago, with it first coming to Quest in July, then making its way over to ... more - uploadvr

Making Fish Bread And Mini Games In Amusement Parks – VR Games & Updates We Missed This Week

A new type of VR cooking game, a twist on the tower defense genre and a new minigame compilation are just some of the VR games and updates you might’ve missed this week. We don’t always get the time to cover everything we’d like to cover at UploadVR. ... more - uploadvr

Zenith VR Review

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Hack Lets You Use Background Audio Like Spotify & Discord On Quest 2

Quest hackers Basti564 and threethan figured out how to run background Android apps with audio on Quest. Quest has built-in support for sideloading and running 2D Android apps, but normally launching a VR app fully kills any running 2D app. This new ... more - uploadvr

Pistol Whip Encore Teased For Reveal Next Week

Cloudhead Games is teasing the reveal of Pistol Whip Encore next week. A tweet put out yesterday mentions a Feburary 24 date for the reveal. There’s a small graphic showing the silhouettes of two players that we’ve seen before, but there’s otherwise ... more - uploadvr

Chaotic VR Cooking Game Sep’s Diner Discounted 60% On Oculus & Steam

Chaotic VR cooking game Sep’s Diner is 60% off on Steam and the Oculus Store’s App Lab for Quest. French development studio Scale-1 Portal is discounting its multiplayer and room-scale VR cooking game down to $4.99 through March 3rd, 2022 ahead of some ... more - uploadvr

Horizon Worlds & Horizon Venues Hit 300,000 Monthly Active Users

Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues together have 300,000 monthly active users, Meta confirmed to The Verge. Horizon is Meta’s brand for its suite of “metaverse” social VR apps: Horizon Worlds, Horizon Workrooms, Horizon Venues, and the soon-to-launch ... more - uploadvr

Joy Way’s Outlier Gets March Early Access Release Date

Stride and Against developer Joy Way’s next game, Outlier, hits PC VR in March. An early access build of the roguelite shooter will launch on SteamVR on March 17. It will feature a larger variety of weapons, powers and pickups than seen in the demo that ... more - uploadvr

Microsoft Removes AltspaceVR’s Public Hubs, Adds Account Requirement

Almost half a decade after Microsoft acquired the social VR platform Altspace the company instituted some major changes this week aimed at making it a “safer space”. AltspaceVR ran out of funds as an independent startup in 2017 but found a new lease ... more - uploadvr

VR Mech Shooter Vox Machinae Gets Quest 2 Version, Campaign In March

Hot off the heels of announcing a single-player campaign at the beginning of the month, VR mech shooter Vox Machinae is also coming to Quest very soon. Developer Space Bullet confirmed that the game is aiming to launch on the standalone headset on March ... more - uploadvr

Virtuoso Music Maker Comes To Quest And Steam In March

Virtuoso’s VR-based music making tools will launch on Meta Quest and SteamVR headsets in March. The creativity app made by studio Really Interactive fully launches for VR headsets on March 10, 2022. The title is meant to make it super easy to create ... more - uploadvr

Star Wars: Dark Forces VR Fan Remake Looks Incredible

A developer is remaking Star Wars: Dark Forces with VR support, and it looks pretty incredible. Developer Shadow Art was already working to bring the first-person shooter (FPS) classic to Unreal Engine 4 via flatscreen, but this week announced a VR version ... more - uploadvr

System Shock 2 VR Currently ‘Lower Priority’ Than Enhanced Edition & Remake

We might be waiting a fair bit longer for the previously-teased System Shock 2 VR. Developer Nightdive tempered expectations for an imminent update on the VR port in a recent Kickstarter FAQ update. “With regards to SS2:VR, it is understandably a lower ... more - uploadvr

No Man’s Sky Gets Big Combat Overhaul, PS4 Pro VR Support In Sentinel Update

No Man’s Sky’s latest free update is all about improving the game’s combat mechanics. Combat has always been a part of No Man’s Sky, but it’s fair to say that it’s never been as deep as other areas of the experience. This week’s Sentinel update adresses ... more - uploadvr

Valve Index Replacement Parts To Be Available Through iFixit

Replacement parts for the Valve Index will be officially available from iFixit. iFixit is a website which offers free repair guides for a range of consumer electronics and sells repair parts and kit- including for the HTC Vive. Valve says in the announcement ... more - uploadvr

Become An Intergalactic Bartender In Startenders For Quest, PSVR Next Month

Startenders, a new VR game coming to PSVR and Quest next month, will let you live out your intergalactic bartending dreams, mixing cocktails for some of the galaxy’s finest. Announced earlier this week, the game is being developed by Foggy Box Games ... more - uploadvr

Drums Rock Smashes Onto App Lab For Quest On February 17

Drums Rock is bringing heavy metal and hellish enemies to the rhythm game genre on Quest this week, launching February 17 via App Lab. Announced last July and initially scheduled for a late 2021 release, Drums Rock is finally coming to Quest this Thursday ... more - uploadvr

$2700 Linux Standalone Headset Opens Preorders For ‘No Earlier Than Q4’

Simula One is a $2700 standalone Linux headset with a “no earlier than Q4” shipping target. While all current standalone VR headsets use Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, Simula One will use an Intel i7 chip intended for high end laptops. It will come preloaded ... more - uploadvr

Best VR Flight Games: Simulators & Arcade Titles On Quest 2, PSVR & PC VR

Here’s our list of the best VR flight games, covering simulators and arcade experiences on Quest 2 and beyond. Everyone agrees that flight games work well in VR. Movement is much more immersive in a cockpit as you don’t need to feel your legs carrying ... more - uploadvr

Tale of Onogoro Is A New VR Anime Adventure For Quest

The Tale of the Onogoro is another anime-style VR adventure from Last Labyrinth developer, Amata. The game’s set to mix steampunk elements with Japanese legends and utilizes a gorgeous art style. You meet Haru, a Japanese high priestess and do battle ... more - uploadvr

Magic: The Gathering VR Art Exhibition Launching This Week

A virtual exhibit showcasing the art of Magic: The Gathering is coming to VR this week. The exhibit will run from Feburary 18 – 24 via xambr, the social VR platform that hosted the virtual version of last year’s Tokyo Game Show. As you’d expect, the ... more - uploadvr

Valve Officially Marks SteamVR Games As ‘Unsupported’ On Steam Deck

Valve officially started updating SteamVR games with the ‘Unsupported’ tag for Steam Deck compatibility. Back in October of last year, Valve announced the new label system for Steam Deck, which indicates the level of compatibility expected for any given ... more - uploadvr

Competitive VR Shooter Vail Launches Alpha Tests This Weekend

There’s a chance to get a first look at competitive VR shooter, Vail, this weekend. Developer AEXLAB has announced the launch of its first alpha playtest, and you can request access via Steam. It will kick off on February 19. Spaces will be limited, ... more - uploadvr