The VR Game Launch Roundup: Super Retro Puzzle Adventures

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Welcome to another Friday roundup of the best virtual reality (VR) titles due for release over the next seven days. There’s quite an assortment in store especially if you’re a PlayStation VR owner who loves collecting physical editions of their games.

WalkinVR

WalkinVR – 2MW

Ok so this isn’t technically a videogame rather an add-on for PC VR titles but VRFocus thought it was worth including this week. WalkinVR is a piece of software designed to help those with physical disabilities play VR experiences.

Shooty Skies Overdrive – Mighty Games

Some retro-inspired goodness from Australian studio Mighty Games, Shooty Skies Overdrive takes the original mobile title and gives it a VR makeover. With one hand control a plane to shoot down waves of enemies and with the other grab power-ups to cause even more destruction.

Shooty Skies Overdrive

Iron Man VR – Camouflag

The big VR launch of the week is one PlayStation VR fans have been awaiting for a little while now. Having suffered a number of delays, Camoflaj’s Iron Man VR needs minimal introduction. Jump in the famous armour of the Marvel character and fly around shooting down enemies; what more could you want?

  • Supported platforms: PlayStation VR
  • Release date: 3rd July

Gun Club VR – The Binary Mill

Part of Perp Games’ Summer Spectacular of physical PlayStation VR releases, Gun Club VR is a first-person shooter (FPS) focused on highly realistic weapons and gameplay mechanics, set in a shooting range.

  • Supported platforms: PlayStation VR (Physical copy)
  • Release date: 3rd July
Down The Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole – Cortopia Studio

Previously released for PlayStation VR digitally at the beginning of May, Perp Games once again brings another title to retail locations, this time Cortopia Studios’ Down the Rabbit Hole. This magical adventure puts you as an unnamed girl who’s searching for her pet, stumbling upon Wonderland in the process.

  • Supported platforms: PlayStation VR (Physical copy)
  • Release date: 3rd July

6 PlayStation VR Titles Coming in Perp Games’ Summer Spectacular Lineup

Perp Games Summer Spectacular

British publisher Perp Games has made a name for itself in the virtual reality (VR) market through its continual physical PlayStation VR releases. Today, the company has announced its biggest lineup of titles coming globally in the next couple of months.

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With a busy release schedule across most formats, PlayStation VR is slated to get six videogames starting on 19th June with Mini Motor Racing X from The Binary Mill. Originally released on PlayStation Store last December, the micro racing experience offers lots of tracks and cars for single-player and multiplayer racing.

Also coming from the same developer is Rush VR, the wingsuit racing experience which has been available digitally for a couple of years. Rush VR is slated to arrive in stores on 26th June. Making it a triple bill from The Binary Mill is Gun Club VR, a first-person shooter (FPS) focused on highly realistic weapons and gameplay mechanics. It’ll arrive on 3rd July.

Joining Gun Club VR on 3rd July will be Cortopia Studios’ puzzler Down the Rabbit Hole. This magical adventure puts you as an unnamed girl who’s searching for her pet, stumbling upon Wonderland in the process.

Perp Games Summer Spectacular

Probably the biggest PlayStation VR featured in this selection is Neat Corporations Budget Cuts. Scheduled to launch on 10th July, Budgets Cuts performance has been improved thanks to the studios’ advancements made when developing its sequel Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency.

Last but not least is Headmaster: Extra Time Edition. Originally a launch title for PlayStation VR way back in 2016, this new version set to arrive on 31st July feature the core experience as well as the pass and play Party Mode and brand the new Lost Lessons DLC.

So PlayStation VR owners have lots to look forward to. As further titles for the headset are announce, VRFocus will keep you updated.

Here’s Every Oculus Go App You Can Upgrade To Oculus Quest For Free

But did you know you can upgrade Oculus Go games to Quest versions right now?

Pretty soon, you’ll be able to download some of your favorite Oculus Go games on Oculus Quest. But Facebook also just kicked off a limited upgrade scheme for its mobile VR headsets this week. From now until December 31st 2019 you can upgrade select apps you bought on Go/Gear VR before September 25th, 2019. Any game you’ve bought after September 25th won’t be able to upgrade; you’ll need to buy the Quest version directly. If you’re getting an Oculus Quest for Christmas, make sure to jump on the upgrade scheme before it runs out.

The full list of 21 apps is below. It contains some of the best apps on both Go and Quest like Thumper, Virtual Virtual Reality and Virtual Desktop. Upgrading from Go to Quest means these apps will fully support six degrees of freedom (6DOF) positional tracking with Quest’s two hand controllers. You’ll probably notice a bit more visual polish in a few of the apps, too.

This is essentially a watered-down version of the cross-buy support between Quest and Rift. Pretty soon you’ll also be able to plug your Quest into a PC to play Rift content too via Oculus Link. Facebook’s standalone really is taking the center stage between all of the company’s VR offerings.

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a full list of Go games and apps you can actually download on Quest, that’s here.

Upgrade Oculus Go Games To Quest: The Full List

Ultrawings
Thumper
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Virtual Desktop
Wander
Virtual Virtual Reality
Ocean Rift
Apollo 11
VR Karts: Sprint
Nature Treks VR
TOKYO CHRONOS
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
Please, Don’t Touch Anything
Republique VR
Racket Fury: Table Tennis VR
RUSH
Pinball FX2 VR
Real VR Fishing
End Space
Gun Club VR
Star Chart

Do you plan to upgrade Oculus Go games to Quest? Let us know in the comments below!

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Gun Club VR Is Coming To Oculus Quest ‘Soon’

Trigger-happy VR fans rejoice; Gun Club VR is coming to Oculus Quest soon.

The news was confirmed by developer The Binary Mill on Twitter this week. The studio shared the below artwork, adding that launch details would be coming later this week. It’s already Thursday, so expect that news very soon indeed. Given how closely Quest games are announced next to their launch dates, we wouldn’t expect to be waiting too long.

Gun Club VR is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin; a VR game all about shooting guns. You get to handle a range of real-world firearms on shooting ranges, realistically firing them with motion controllers. You can upgrade and customize weapons ranging from pistols, SMGs, shotguns, assault rifles and grenade launchers.

Ranges aren’t simple shooting galleries, either. The gamer offers a bunch of different scenarios including a zombie apocalypse and a World War II-themed range.

The game’s been out on basically every other VR headset for a while now and seems pretty popular. It holds a ‘Very Positive’ average review rating on Steam, for example. It remains to be seen if the Quest version will support cross-buy with the Rift version, which costs $19.99. We’ll update this article when we have confirmation of those details.

Elsewhere, Quest will soon be getting its own versions of Republique VR, Racket: Nx and Gravity Sketch. Further down the line, we know that Arizona Sunshine and Echo VR are also both on their way to the headset.

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Something for the Weekend: Oculus Winter Treats

The Halloween sales are now over so for those non-horror fans out there who have saved their cash the Oculus Store has got plenty of deals going. From shooters to sports titles and puzzle experiences there should be something for everyone.

Onward

One of the best known military-style first-person shooters (FPS) for Oculus Rift, Onward features 5v5 online battles where players have one life, no heads-up display, and no crosshairs, Onward also includes solo/co-op modes against AI opponents. To add to the realism Onward features dynamic time of day, weather effects, and multiple environments and scenarios to play through, as well as an artificial locomotion system to make the hectic gameplay as comfortable as possible.

Onward is currently available for £10.99 GBP on Oculus Store, rather than the usual £18.99.

Gun Club VR

For Gun Club VR the Binary Mill has focused on a highly realistic design and gameplay mechanics, allowing players to test their shooting skills across a range of scenarios which even include a few zombies along the way. All the weapons are highly detailed, with players able to handle, load, cock and fire them just like the real deal. They’ve been developed to provide real-world ballistics so you can select burst or full auto depending on preference.

Gun Club VR is currently available for £10.99 GBP on Oculus Store, rather than the usual £14.99.

Gun Club VR

Escape Room VR: Stories

Based on the popular real-life escape rooms this title leverages VR to its full potential. With highly detailed models and intractable objects within realistic looking environments, players will actually believe they are in those rooms needing to escape. Each room has its own plot and they all combine together to deliver a story that features multiple endings. If you want to experience a thrilling adventure then this is the title for you.

Escape Room VR is currently available for £8.99 GBP on Oculus Store, rather than the usual £10.99.

Submerged: VR Escape the Room

Header Goal VR

Header Goal VR: Being Axel Rix is a sporting football experience that solely revolves around using your head to deflect balls back at an assortment of targets, with an overarching storyline about a young player called Axel Rix.

Header Goal VR: Being Axel Rix is available now for £2.99 on sale from the usual £10.99 for Oculus Rift.

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Wanted Killer VR

“Four heroes, four styles: Play your way with a choice of four unique heroes. Unleash dual-pistol damage as Ricky, get up-close and personal with Teo, strike as stealthy assassin Mia or cut loose with machine gun-toting Aya.”

Wanted Killer VR is available now for £6.99 on sale from the usual £7.99 for Oculus Rift.

Wanted Killer VR

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater

“A Chair in a Room: Greenwater is a tense Virtual Reality horror game set in America’s Deep South. Drawing on elements of Southern Gothic and using settings of derelict towns, run-down motels and murky, decaying swamps, A Chair in a Room will take you through an investigation of institutional corruption, religious immorality and murder, which can only be unlocked by searching deep within your own psyche.”

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater is available now for £14.99 on Oculus Store, rather than the usual £18.99.

Elven Assassin

Developed by Wenkly Studio, Elven Assassin pits players against hordes of incoming orcs as they try to attack your town. The title features both single-player and multiplayer modes. Playing solo it’s all about highscores to achieve a global ranking by not only killing thousands of orcs but also in style, getting headshots or extreme distance kills.

Elven Assassin is available now for £8.24 on Oculus Store, rather than the usual £10.99.

Gun Club VR Coming Soon to PlayStation VR

After seeing successful launches on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive a few months ago, Gun Club VR by The Binary Mill is finally making its way to PlayStation VR, with a Fall/ Winter 2018 release window now confirmed.

Gun Club VR

Unlike titles such as Evasion, Firewall Zero Hour or Farpoint where you have giant locations to explore, multiple strategy elements to employ and all manner of hostiles to dispatch, Gun Club VR dispenses with all these frivolities, whittling down the first-person shooter (FPS) experience into pure target practice.

The Binary Mill has focused on a highly realistic design and gameplay mechanics, allowing players to test their shooting skills across a range of scenarios which even include a few zombies along the way. All the weapons are highly detailed, with players able to handle, load, cock and fire them just like the real deal. They’ve been developed to provide real-world ballistics so you can select burst or full auto depending on preference.

Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, assault rifles and grenade launchers are all available. These can all be customised in various ways, with stocks and scopes, extended mags and laser sights just a few of the modifications available.

Gun Club VR

You don’t get access to everything at once however, you need to earn those upgrades on the range. Completing scenarios  including hostage rescue and sniper events will earn you cash to spend on new toys. These in turn can help improve your rank for even more unlockables. There’s even an Allied themed range bringing the historic theatre of World War II right into the Gun Club VR experience.

As 2018 will soon be drawing to a close Gun Club VR can’t be that far away from landing on PlayStation VR. When the studio confirms a more specific date VRFocus will let you know.

Shooting Sim Gun Club VR Leaves Early Access

Over the course of 2015 through to early 2017 it seemed that every other virtual reality (VR) title was some sort of first-person shooter (FPS) – especially of the ‘wave’ variety – as the technology naturally fitted that genre. Nowadays there’s a much better mixture of experiences coming out for VR headsets, but for those still keen on a good shooter, The Binary Mill has just brought Gun Club VR out of Steam Early Access

Gun Club VR

Gun Club VR doesn’t mince its words, its not trying to be anything other than a realistic FPS set in a gun range, with a variety of scenarios to test your VR shooting skills as well as a nice selection of real-world weapons.

The Binary Mill first entered the VR scene with Gun Club 3 VR for Gear VR in 2016 before releasing Gun Club VR almost a year ago. With the full 1.0 version now available players have access to new content, features general fixes. On the weapon side the studio has included the P350 Pistol, UMP45 SMG, Mk18 Assault Rifle, DSR-1 Sniper Rifle, and a M203 Underbarrel Grenade Launcher. An additional Hardcore Mode removes target health indicators and the laser beam, but rewards players with extra cash bonuses (good for buying new guns and attachments).

Gun Club VR features a huge range of real-world guns, from pistols and SMGs to shotguns, assault rifles and grenade launchers. These can all be customised in various ways, with stocks and scopes, extended mags and laser sights just a few of the modifications available. That realism extends to the gun control itself, so you’ll need to flick off the safety, select burst or full auto, extend the stock or rack the slide to clear a round.

Gun Club VR

The Binary Mill has included a bunch of ranges to test out, from hostage rescue to a zombie apocalypse – as well as a more traditional target range. There’s even a World War II inspired Allied range for a more historic scenario.

Gun Club VR supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. It’s currently on offer with a 25 percent discount available until 3rd September. For any further updates, keep reading VRFocus.

Test: Gun Club VR (Early Access) für Oculus Rift

Heute möchten wir euch einen ganz exklusiven Club vorstellen, welcher eine Aufnahmegebühr von 19,99 Euro verlangt. Mit der einmaligen Aufnahmegebühr seid ihr jedoch als lebenslanges Mitglied aus der finanziellen Pflicht raus und könnt nun alle Vorteile des Clubs genießen. Vorausgesetzt ihr besitzt eine Oculus Rift. Andere VR-Brillen-Besitzer sind aktuell nicht erwünscht.

Gun Club VR im Test

Gun Club VR 2

Natürlich ist Gun Club VR kein echter Club und es gibt keine echten Waffen. Obwohl beim letzten Punkt die Entwickler nicht ganz übereinstimmen würden. Das Studio ist stolz auf die hochdetaillierten Modelle verschiedenster Wummen, die sich originalgetreu nachladen, sichern und umschalten lassen. Ansonsten schrauben die Entwickler den Realismus ganz nach unten und präsentieren euch einen Wave-Shooter mit Pappfiguren aus dem letzten Agenten-Spielfilm. Das klingt vielleicht nicht besonders spektakulär, jedoch bewegen sich die Ziele, nehmen Geiseln und schießen sogar zurück. Dementsprechend darf man sich von der einfachen Gestaltung nicht täuschen lassen.

Die einzelnen Waffen im Spiel muss man sich hart erarbeiten. Für jede erfolgreiche Runde in einer Trainings-Disziplin erhaltet ihr virtuelles Geld, welches ihr wiederum im Shop investieren könnt. Dort könnt ihr nicht nur neue Pistolen, Schrotflinten und Maschinenpistolen kaufen, sondern auch Halterungen, Schienen, Zielvisiere, Munition, Lichter und weitere Dinge. Manche Ausrüstungsgegenstände werden für gewisse Missionen dringend benötig, andere wiederum dienen allein der Unterhaltung.

Als Trainings-Disziplinen stehen Missionen für die einzelnen Waffen-Gattungen bereit, ein Action-Modus mit besonders angriffslustigen Pappfiguren, ein Sideshow-Modus mit Zielscheiben und ein Zombie-Modus, wo ihr zum Hauptgericht werdet. Alle Modi spielen sich gut und bieten dem Spieler Abwechslung. Besonders der Sideshow-Modus weiß durch einen hohen Schwierigkeitsgrad zu überzeugen und motiviert zum akkuraten Zielen.

Das Nachladen der Waffen fühlt sich gut an, auch wenn man teilweise als Neuling durcheinander kommt. Wenn man aber die Abläufe verinnerlicht hat, dann erschreckt man plötzlich, wenn man wieder einen herkömmlichen Shooter am PC spielt und nur noch R drücken soll. Wie unbefriedigend plötzlich Maus und Tastatur werden.

Vorläufiges Fazit

Im Kern bleibt das Spiel zwar ein Standard-VR-Shooter, jedoch weiß das Spiel dem Spieler genügend Anreize zu liefern, jede Waffe freispielen zu wollen. Durch die detaillierten Modelle und Mechanismen entwickeln die Waffen eine eigene Faszination und durch die Verwendung von Zielscheiben als Gegner sogar relativ unverfänglich. Für die Gear VR ist der Titel schon länger als Gun Club 3 VR erhältlich, wobei diese Version natürlich nicht mit der Rift Version mithalten kann.

Aktuell ist das Spiel noch nicht vollständig und die Entwickler möchten zukünftig viele Inhalte nachliefern. So wird es Sniper-und Sandbox-Karten geben und zusätzlich werden weitere Waffen und Ausrüstungsgegenstände integriert werden. Aktuell rufen die Entwickler 19,99 Euro für den Early Access auf. Der Preis soll mit der Veröffentlichung der finalen Version steigen.

Wer eine Alternative zu Gun Club VR sucht, der sollte sich Lethal VR von Team 17 anschauen. Das Spiel ist für die Oculus Rift, HTC Vive und PlayStation-VR-Brille verfügbar.

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