Oculus Creep Into Their Store’s Crypt, Return With Gear VR And Oculus Rift Horror Sale (Updated)

The temperature is getting colder, the nights are getting darker, and there’s more than a few unsavoury noises coming from beyond the foggy darkness. It’s the witching hour draws near and Halloween is just a short while away.

Throughout the few couple of weeks we’ve been keeping you up to date constantly on all the latest Halloween related updates, be they related to new content as we’ve seen today with Luden.io’s pumpkin-filled update for city destruction sandbox videogame VRobot. Limited time bundle deals, as we’ve seen from HTC Vive adding Star Trek: Bridge Crew into the sales deal for a short time. New releases such as OBSCURA, The Exorcist: Legion VR and Stifled. Even augmented reality (AR) videogames are getting in on the act with Scooby-Doo Go, another dog – this time a ghostly one – in the form of Bydo’s Return and of course the inevitable update from Niantic Labs for Pokémon GO.

For Oculus themselves they have several items in the offing; including Echo Arena‘s 2017 Halloween Bash, with the VR multiplayer title receiving a makeover with mysterious sights, new costume options to customise your avatar and a number of spooky and peculiar holiday-themed toys for you to play around with – if they don’t decide to play with you, that is. There’s been a small focus on re-advertising some fright filled experiences as well, with the likes of ABR VR receiving a new trailer upload on Oculus’ YouTube Channel.

ABE VR screenshotThe best news for Oculus Rift owners though must surely though be the newly announced Halloween sale which has, for the second year in a row, now gone live on the Oculus Store. Seventeen Oculus Rift along with sixteen Samsung Gear VR videogames and experiences have been reduced in price for a limited time.  The full list is below.

Oculus Rift:

Gear VR:

There will no doubt be more Halloween related updates coming soon, be sure to stay informed by checking back regularly with VRFocus.

Horror Awaits as Oculus Holds Friday 13th Sale

If you didn’t realise already today is the most ominous of days, Friday 13th. If you happen to own an Oculus Rift or Samsung Gear VR however then there’s no need to fret, in fact you can celebrate as Oculus has decided to mark the occasion by discounting a bunch of scary videogames to immerse yourself in.

There are 15 titles on discount across each platform for one day only featuring some of the best horror available for the platform. From psychological thrillers to all out gun toting action experiences, there’s something for everyone – if you can handle it.

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On offer today for Oculus Rift there’s:

While for Gear VR there’s:

  • Death Horizon – £2.75
  • Drop Dead – £3.99
  • Affected: The Manor – £1.11
  • Into the Dead – £3.49
  • The Hospital: Allison’s Diary – £1.11
  • The Cathedral: Allison’s Diary – £1.49
  • Dead Secret – £3.99
  • Witchblood – £2.99
  • Deadhead VR – £1.11
  • Darkdays – £2.99
  • Zed Shot – £1.11
  • Sammy – £1.99
  • Dreadhalls – £1.99
  • The Rabbit Hole – £1.11
  • Bad Dream – £0.79

And that’s your lot. For more deals and discounts on Oculus Rift and Gear VR, keep reading VRFocus.

Oculus Offers up Some Spooky Treats with a Halloween Sale

It seems as if everyone is getting into the spooky spirit of Halloween with lots content, discounts and offers available for virtual reality (VR) gamers. War Thunder has some aerial and ground races going on, Pokémon GO is increasing the chances of finding the spookiest critters, Weeping Doll has arrived on PlayStation VR, and now Oculus is offering discounts on some horror titles.

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There are price reductions for both Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR videogames. For the Rift there’s:

Boogeyman – 75% off – £1.49 GBP (£5.99)

Dreadhalls – 66% off – £2.67 (£7.99)

Dead Secret – 50% off – £5.99 (£10.99)

Into the Dead – 66% off – £2.67 (£7.99)

Euclidean ­- 50% off – £1.99 (£3.99)

Albino Lullaby ­– 66% off – £2.67 (£7.99)

Kismet – 66% off – £1.99 (£4.99)

 

And for Gear VR:

Dark Days – £1.99 (£5.99)

Sonar –  £0.79 (£1.49)

Dead Secret – £2.79 (£7.99)

Wands – £2.29 (£4.49)

AFFECTED: The Manor ­ – $1.49 USD

 

As an extra bonus there’s a Halloween Bundle available for £6.99, saving 70 percent off the combined price of £22.99.

All the Halloween offers are available until 1st November. Keep reading VRFocus for all the latest news on Oculus Rift and Gear VR.

New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week of 10/17/16

New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week of 10/17/16

The curse is broken. After a slew of slow weeks for Oculus, there are some genuinely interesting and exciting new games for the VR faithful to check out this week. We’ve got a big release from Ubisoft on the Rift and plenty of other experimental and intriguing projects from smaller developers. Gear VR has a lot of great new content too, including the return of one of the platform’s best developers.

If you missed last week, you can see those new releases here. And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR.

We also have a top list of the best Rift games and best Gear VR games— both of which are updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.

Eagle Flight, from Ubisoft Montreal
Price: $39.99 (Rift)

Here’s this week’s big release. Eagle Flight is the debut VR effort from videogame publishing giant Ubisoft and a compelling first-person flight game in which you explore a beautiful rendition of post-apocalyptic Paris as a majestic eagle. Single and multiplayer modes included.

Recommendation: Eagle Flight is great, but be warned it’s somewhat lacking in content.

Age of Diamonds, from Sidekick Motion Games
Price: $2.99 (Gear)

A new VR brickbreaker that’s played from a far more traditional perspective than the likes of Proton Pulse. Use head-tracked controls to make your way through mazes and relive some of the glory days of the genre.

Recommendation: Hardly an essential purchase, but could be fun.

Overflight, from Setapp
Price: $3.99 (Gear)

An ambitious project for mobile platforms, but that’s what we’ve come to expect of Neverout developer Setapp. This is a multiplayer dogfighting game using historic planes. Sit in cockpits and feel like you’re there as you duel in the skies.

Recommendation: Definitely worth a spin for those without more high-end headsets.

S.E.N.S VR, from ARTE Experience
Price: $2.99

This hugely intriguing and stylish VR project has you navigating a complex maze of arrows and is inpsired by a comic book. As you try to navigate the unruly surroundings you’ll find out why your character is lost and what he’s looking for. It lasts about 30 minutes in total.

Recommendation: One of the most intriguing releases of the week. Check it out.

Twobit, from Squidbeam Games
Price: Free (Gear)

Control a small robot in this interesting puzzle game, guiding it with just your sight as it navigates complex courses against a clock. It’s a pretty nice idea for a brain teaser and it’s free to play. Can’t argue with that, can you?

Recommendation: Gear owners should check this one out.

Vendetta Online VR, from Guild Software
Price: $2.99 (Gear)

MMORPGs are an ambitious line of games to say the least, and we certainly didn’t expect to see many on Gear VR, but that’s exactly what Vendetta Online is. Fight in massive space battles against other players and NPCs across multiple platforms.

Recommendation: If it works, this would absolutely be worth the $2.99. Here’s some more info.

Nevermind, from Flying Mollusk
Price: $19.99 (Rift)

Nevermind is VR horror with a twist, using biometric feedback to read when you’re most scarred as you explore a twisted world. The game will become harder as your terror increases, so you’ll have to learn to control your fears if you’re to progress.

Recommendation: Jury’s still out. We’ll have a review of Nevermind soon.

Boogeyman, from Barry McCabe
Price: $7.99 (Rift)

We all fear the boogeyman and now, thanks to VR, he’s actually real. Great. Step into the role of Thomas, a young boy that’s just moved house with his parents and uncover the dark history behind it. Use a flashlight to fend off the enemy.

Recommendation: If you’re brave enough to face the boogeyman (we aren’t,) then go ahead.

Room 202, from Play Nicely
Price: Free (Rift)

Now this looks interesting. In this free experimental piece you’re being interrogated by two corrupt cops, and you’ll answer their questions by either nodding or shaking your head. Stylized graphics give a gritty atmosphere to what looks like a promising project.

Recommendation: Definitely worth checking out.