3 outstanding PS Plus games to play this weekend (June 14-16)
While you wait for all the new PlayStation 5 games announced this month, check out these three standouts on PS Plus this weekend.
Build a Tallneck with the Horizon Forbidden West Lego set
Ever wanted to have your own Tallneck stand sentinel in your room? Now you can.
What you need to know before playing Horizon Forbidden West: The story so far
It might be confusing to jump right into Horizon Forbidden West without a little refresher beforehand. Here's a full breakdown of the story of Horizon so far.
Sony shows what Horizon Forbidden West will look like on PS4
Based on gameplay snippets shown off in a blog post, Horizon Forbidden West will likely provide a stable experience on the PS4 Pro.
Horizon: Zero Dawn VR Mod Revealed For PC
R.E.A.L. VR mod developer Luke Ross is back with his latest project. This time it’s a Horizon: Zero Dawn VR mod.
As in the PlayStation game, not the Meta social platform.
Ross is releasing the mod to his Patreon subscribers today. It allows you to play the PC version of Guerrilla Games’ flagship PlayStation series with a headset, though still using a gamepad to navigate the world. Ross’ work even includes an experimental first-person camera and the ability to remove Aloy’s character model so there isn’t any orange hair swinging into the camera every few seconds.
Take a look at some gameplay right from the beginning of the game below.
Horizon: Zero Dawn VR Mod Gameplay
We’ve played a few hours of the mod now. As always, it’s an impressive conversion from Ross that — as with most VR mods — isn’t perfect. We struggled to get performance running at a consistently acceptable level (maxing out at around 45fps using a 3070 Ti card), and there are the expected weird moments of playing a third-person flatscreen game in first-person with VR.
That said it’s interesting to see how the mod changes the Horizon experience. Hiding in the long grass, for example, obscures your view of enemies just as much as you hide from them, and it feels great to be able to aim with your head rather than the sticks on the gamepad.
This marks Ross’ seventh VR mod, including work on GTAV and Red Dead Redemption 2 as well as, more recently, the Mafia trilogy. Earlier in the month we reported that the modder is looking to release a Cyberpunk 2077 mod next.
As for Horizon, hopefully this is just a taste of what’s to come for the franchise and VR. With a PS5 VR headset in the works, hopefully we see an official version of the franchise in headsets sooner or later.
Are you going to be checking out the Horizon: Zero Dawn VR mod? Let us know in the comments below!
Nvidia will give PlayStation PC games the DLSS treatment
Starting today, Horizon Forbidden West will support Nvidia's DLSS technique, while God of War will support the same and more at launch on PC.
Latest Horizon VR Rumour Points to Firesprite & PlayStation VR 2
The next PlayStation VR is coming, it might not be this year but it is definitely set to arrive in the near future. And just like any new hardware, it needs some good videogames to back it up. Big IP certainly helps in that regard with a new rumour suggesting that Firesprite – the studio recently acquired by PlayStation Studios – could be working on a virtual reality (VR) title based within the Horizon: Zero Dawn universe.
The new rumour comes by way of the most recent Xbox Era podcast and Xbox Era co-founder Nick Baker, who has been informed by sources that Firesprite is “working on a Horizon VR game” which will supposedly be separate from the other titles, so it won’t be Horizon: Zero Dawn in VR. He went on to say: “I didn’t get told if it’s a full-blown game like Half-Life: Alyx, or if it’s an “experience” like that Batman [Arkham VR] thing. That part I don’t know.”
Now, it isn’t the first time that VR and the Horizon franchise have been mentioned in the same sentence. A rumour surfaced in 2019 that Sony London Studio was apparently working on something but that rumour never came to anything.
This one could have a bit more credence thanks to the fact that Baker has a good track record with accurate leaks and that Horizon’s bow gameplay is a great fit for VR as numerous titles like Apex Construct have shown. Plus, with Firesprite now under Sony Interactive Entertainment’s (SIE) wing and the studio having plenty of experience in the technology thanks to titles like The Persistence, it would be a good fit.
Additionally, when it comes to Baker’s remark about whether it could be a full-blown videogame or not, previous leaks regarding SIE’s plans for the PlayStation VR 2 suggest it would be. August saw information arrive that PlayStation wants to move away from “VR experiences,” focusing efforts on console-quality AAA videogames. Again, that would easily align both of these rumours.
As always this info has to be taken with a pinch of salt because at the moment there’s still no confirmation regarding when PlayStation VR 2 may arrive, just speculation it’ll be holiday 2022. As and when VRFocus can confirm these rumours we’ll let you know.
Genshin Impact adds Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy and her bow
Sony announced that Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn will be a playable character in Genshin Impact's 2.1 update.
Steam Summer Sale: Horizon Zero Dawn, Halo, and this year’s best discounts
The Steam Summer Sale has begun again and is featuring big deals on games like The Master Chief Collection, Horizon, and more.
Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn is Fortnite’s latest character
Epic Games has confirmed that Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy is coming to Fortnite, along with lots of new items, a new tournament, a Limited Time Mode, and more.