New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For Week Of 04/02/17
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 02/05/17
This week’s collection of new HTC Vive releases isn’t exceptionally lengthy, but it does provide a handful of interesting experiences. The highest profile of the bunch arrives alongside a film counterpart with fans taking on the role of an infamous assassin in John Wick Chronicles. We reviewed the game and, while it lacks depth, it’s a solid tie-in to what’s becoming a major franchise. An experience that’s on the complete opposite of the scale from the wave shooting of John Wick is Vision Therapy VR, a collection of exercises to supplement your eye’s health. It’s a simple experience, but another example of how VR has a great deal of potential when blending beneficial and entertainment experiences.
In the meantime, 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 absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.
Thunderbird: The Legend Begins, from
Price: $5.99
In the first chapter of Thunderbird, The Legend Begins takes you into the heart of an ancient realm of myth and legend. This introductory chapter serves as an example of what can be achieved in a room-scale adventure experience.
Recommendation: Very short (15-20 minutes) but may be the introduction to a very universe of games.
Vision Therapy VR, from
Price: $2.99
Vision Therapy VR is just what the title says, providing a collection of exercises for your eye muscles.
Recommendation: Pretty functional and fun way to manage a part of your health. Not super useful for most people though.
VRog, from ByteRockers’ Games
Price: $2.99 (Currently Discounted)
The experience you’ve all been waiting for…the virtual life of a frog. In VRog you either leap your way around a pond and try to find something to eat, run away from a stork, or play in party mode to set scores against your friends.
Recommendation: Casual arcade fun for cheap. Grab it if you dig silly.
John Wick Chronicles, from Starbreeze Studios, Grab Games, GamecoStudios, Big Red Button
Price: $19.99
Right on time for the theatrical debut of John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick Chronicles gives VR players the chance to become the infamous assassin. We recently had the opportunity to interview the president of Lionsgate Interactive about it as well. The game is a wave shooter that embraces the style and intensity of the film.
Recommendation: Very polished and fun, but fairly short. Keep that in mind before you make the purchase. Full review.
Pyro VR, from Virtual Light VR
Price: $8.99
This visually compelling experience asks you to let your inner pyromaniac loose in the safety of VR and tinker with a bunch of different types of fireworks. You can set up intricate firework shows or just blow everything up.
Recommendation: A unique way to get creative in VR, but a little pricey given the scope.
Dimensional Rift, from
Price: Free
Dimensional Rift is an arcade game where you wield your sword and shield and take on waves of projectiles so you can survive as long as possible.
Recommendation: Free and forgiving gameplay…but not a really compelling grab.
PowersVR, from Pseudocode Games
Price: $7.19 (Currently Discounted)
The classic power fantasy is on display in PowersVR as you take on the role of a comic book superhero…or villain. In this game you control of group of either with the goal to conquer Metropolis Island.
Recommendation: Very fun concept and is shaping up to be a good game. Keep an eye on it throughout Early Access and make the leap if it clicks for you.
Archery Practice VR, from Virtual Rage Studios LLC
Price: $1.19 (Currently Discounted)
Become a master archer in Archery Practice VR, the target shooting simulation. Switch between three different arrow types to take down 5 types of targets across five targeting locations.
Recommendation: Pass on this one. There are plenty of better archery options.
Break Time!, from Space Toast Games
Price: Free
Break Time! is a free physics sandbox where your task is simply to destroy all that you can. Grab items, slam them into things, or throw them across the room.
Recommendation: A free stress reliever! Grab it.
Tomorrow, from Future Lighthouse
Price: Free
In Tomorrow, take a journey through human evolution as you see them grow from prehistoric caves and amazonian jungles to the top of the Himalayas.
Recommendation: An experience that’s worth the free install. Grab it.
VR Golf Online, from MAUMGOLF Co., Ltd.
Price: $14.99 (Currently Discounted)
It’s been a little while, but here we have another virtual golf simulator. VR Golf Online includes 36 realistic golf courses (with more planned) where you can practice your technique with a full roster of clubs.
Recommendation: Robust and visually appealing sim that you should definitely add to your library if you’re interested in golf at all.
MonkeyKing VR, from Gene Games Technology
Price: $9.99
The classic tale Journey to the West serves as the backdrop to this wonderfully colorful tower defense game. In MonkeyKing VR, you must move guardians around platforms to protect your inhibitor from 20 waves of monsters with 5 seconds in between each wave.
Recommendation: Visually appealing but limited in content. Pass for now but keep an eye on it to see if it evolves.
VRemin, from Heiko Ihde
Price: $0.89 (Currently Discounted)
In VRemin, players get their hands a virtual theremin so that you can learn to play with the electrical instrument. There are four oscillators to choose from and a virtual stage for you to test your skill.
Recommendation: Pretty niche. Pass unless you’re really interested in learning to play this.
SpaceJourney VR, from GEESCAN
Price: $3.67 (Currently Discounted)
SpaceJourney VR is a sci-fi escape the room game where you solve puzzles and collect items to unravel the full story about the stars you’re out to save.
Recommendation: Relatively pretty and interesting at a cheap price. Check it out if you like space!
Tagged with: gaming, htc vive, John Wick Chronicles, new releases, VR Golf, VR Therapy VR
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 01/29/17
We’re starting to dig into the second month of 2017 and have a solid handful of new experiences this week spanning from social platforms to virtual escapist villas. Our first highlight is VRChat, a deeply customizable and free social VR application that could potentially see plenty people burning hours at a time in virtual reality. Hollywood Hills Mansion is a minor highlight and it provides a visually appealing, photo-realistic luxury villa for players to explore or just relax and throw some side-loaded content up on the big screen television.
In the meantime, 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 absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.
Air Rage, from Emblematic Group
Price: Free to play
Air Rage is a 90-second educational feature that explores the changes to air travel that have increased aggression in passengers.
Recommendation: Worth a view if you’re into this sort of stuff.
Tribocalypse VR, from Totemic Entertainment Ltd
Price: $4.96 (Currently Discounted)
In Tribocalypse you grab your bow and arrow to defend against waves and waves of thieving tribols. You’ll also have some exploding fire flasks on hand to dwindle their numbers.
Recommendation: A solid wave shooter that at least features a bow instead of a gun.
We Were Here, from Total Mayham Games
Price: Free To Play
In the middle of a frozen wasteland, you find yourself separated from your group with only a walkie-talkie on your person as you explore an abandoned castle. Engage in a puzzling escape the room experience inspired by classic adventures like Myst and Amnesia.
Recommendation: Very solid free escape the room game that is a welcome addition to any library.
Ropes and Dragons VR, from nobodyshot
Price: $10.19 (Currently Discounted)
This family-friendly VR experience puts players in the role of wizard that uses magic to guide items through obstacles so they can feed their young dragon companion. A charming and fun experience with room to grow in Early Access.
Recommendations: Good for kids.
TheScreamer VR, from LunarCitySeven
Price: $0.99
TheScreamer VR virtually recreates the classic carnival pendulum ride. That’s about it.
Recommendations: Pass on this one.
Hollywood Hills Mansion, from LOOT Interactive, LLC
Price: $9.99
Every once in a while you’d love to escape to a luxurious and peaceful villa and that’s exactly what this experience offers. You wander the virtual home, relax poolside, and can even watch Facade TV or your own side-loaded content on the the big screen television.
Recommendation: It may be a bit pricey for the experience it offers, but this quite a visual feast.
Kygo ‘Carry Me’ VR Experience, from MPC VR
Price: $1.99
This vibrant, abstract visual and aural experience drops you into a dreamscape that lives on the song “Carry Me” from electronic musician Kygo.
Recommendation: A cool one off for the price if you dig the track.
Orbital Injection, from Packet39
Price: $1.99
Play god a bit in Orbital Injection and toss planets into stable orbits. Set up as many as you can without crash the planets into each other or into the sun.
Recommendation: Arcady time sink for cheap, but there’s not much to it.
Across The Line, from Emblematic Group
Price: Free To Play
Across The Line is another polarizing and informative virtual feature from Emblematic Group, this time tackling the subject of abortion. 360-degree video and CGI combine to give you a deeply personal experience.
Recommendation: Free and informative. Grab it. Here’s more info.
VRChat, from VRChat Inc.
Price: Free To Play
VRChat, which we covered recently, is aiming to be a definitive social experience with custom avatars, worlds to create, games to play with each other, and more.
Recommendation: A must have social experience that’s free to play.
Snow Games VR, from Kenziko Ltd.
Price: Free
Groundhog Day confirmed another 6 weeks of winter so Snow Games still has a timely theme for players to embrace. Shape and throw snowballs at your targets while dodging the snowballs of enemy snowmen.
Recommendation: Free. Grab it and give it a shot.
Brush Up VR, from Games That Work
Price: $0.99
Brush Up partners you with a large toothy companion and your task is to clean up his teeth as well as you can. Serves as a tool to teach players how to brush correctly.
Recommendation: Solid grab for teaching the young ones how to brush through VR. Otherwise, pass.
Snailiens, from 562 Interactive
Price: $14.99
Snailiens are stealing all of Earth’s cabbages and you’re taking them on as part of the S.A.L.T. defense network in this tower defense shooter. Strategize as you choose your weapons and build towers to fight off the invasion.
Recommendation: Solid experience thus far. Keep an eye on it while it’s in Early Access to assess personal value.
Power Solitaire VR, from Parkerhill Reality Labs
Price: $1.99
Solitaire fan? Well get comfy. Power Solitaire VR is a seated experience for the card game. It only has single player in early access, which has special pricing, but will include multiplayer at full release.
Recommendation: It’s a steal at EA pricing if you love the game.
CuVRball, from Hypergolic Games
Price: $12.74 (Currently Discounted)
CuVRball blends a lot of the best elements of VR and multiplayer sports, dropping players into competitive zero-G arenas where they slingshot a ball into goals. The game also includes power ups like explosives, black holes, and more.
Recommendation: Clever concepts show a lot of promise. Worth it if you’re looking for something unique.
King Kaiju, from Fire Hose Games, Chris Chung
Price: $3.99 (Currently Discounted)
Live out a power fantasy in King Kaiju as you take on the role of a massive, city-destroying monster. This sandbox virtual city is yours to demolish using your hands or breathes of fire as you gain more and more points.
Recommendation: Are you kidding? Get this game.
Racket: Nx, from One Hamsa, Waves Audio
Price: $19.99
Racket: Nx is an experience built to deliver the ultimate VR arcade sci-fi sport. Inspired by racquetball, you’ll have to utilize full spatial awareness as you send your ball careening off the virtual platforms at high speeds.
Recommendation: Solid visuals, great gameplay, and a good workout to boot. Give it a go.
Samurai Sword VR, from SAT-BOX
Price: $7.99 (Currently Discounted)
Using a samurai sword may or may not have been one of the first thoughts that came to mind when VR officially took root in the gaming industry. Samurai Sword VR is a rail melee experience where you slice targets as you pass and toss shurikens as well.
Recommendation: Decent concept but is trumped by other games with a similar experience. Pass for now.
Skip Sport: Jumping VR, from Ramotion Inc.
Price: $4.99
With realistic physics, Sky Sport: Jumping VR virtually recreates the exciting winter sport. Luckily, missing a jump won’t actually kill you this time around unless you just flat out have a heart attack from the intensity.
Recommendation: Keep an eye on it to see if it evolves in Early Access, but otherwise, pass.
Magic Lantern, from Parovoz Animation Studio
Price: Free
Magic Lantern brings a family-driven virtual space where you can watch classic children videos, play games, draw, rearrange the space, and play with toys.
Recommendation: Very neat child friendly virtual experience. Definitely give it a go at the low price of zero dollars.
1-2-Swift, from MNGOVR
Price: $2.63 (Currently Discounted)
To all the Overwatch fans, it’s officially HIIIIGH NOOON. 1-2-Swift is a gunslinger part game that utilizes one set of motion controllers for a two player experience. It’s essentially a shameless ripoff of the Nintendo Switch’s identical mini-game.
Recommendation: Not a bad way to get some use out of your VR controllers without the headset. Very cheap.
Cosmic Sugar, from Object Normal
Price: Free
For something a bit more psychedelic, there’s Cosmic Sugar. This app is all about putting you inside the kinetic potential of beautiful nebulas with powerful music.
Recommendation: Yet another free thing. If the trailer looks cool, check it out.
Tagged with: gaming, htc vive, new releases, VRChat
New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 01/22/17
Another plentiful week of VR gaming awaits Gear VR owners today, and the Oculus Rift doesn’t have it too bad either. We’ve got the launch of a promising new boxing game, great cross-platform multiplayer titles, and a large suite of new mobile experiences to check out. Have fun!
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.
Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions!
Knockout League, from Grab Games
Price: $17.99 (Rift)
This is an early access release of one of the most promising boxing games yet seen on Rift or Vive. Make your way up through the ranks using either system’s motion controllers to realistically throw punches and duck and dive out of the way of attacks.
Recommendation: One for boxing fans.
Jogger, from Sick Pixel Media
Price: $0.99 (Gear)
Jogger experiments with something we’ve see a handful of times on Gear VR; locomotion through running in place. It uses this system to make a frogger clone in which you’ll need to dodge incoming traffic as you run across roads.
Recommendation: For the price it’s worth checking out.
Ping Pong VR, from Exciting Reality
Price: $0.99 (Gear)
Yup, you guessed it, this does exactly what it says on the tin. Ping Pong VR is a colorful take on the popular pass time, and it even includes multiplayer support, which many Vive and Rift ping pong games don’t feature.
Recommendation: Definitely worth checking out.
TTORiNG Adventure: Mr. Breson’s keepsake, from VRotein
Price: $4.99 (Gear)
Last week we wrote about a TTORiNG game that had you interacting with a strange cartoonish character. This week he’s back in a strange detective story that, we won’t lie, looks outright terrifying at times.
Recommendation: If you need some surreal and possibly unintended scares, go for it.
Time Machine VR: Monsters of the Sea, from Minority Media
Price: $4.99 (Gear)
Released last year on Rift and more, Time Machine VR sent you back to the prehistoric age to study aquatic dinosaurs. This spin-off includes a slice of that experience with a handful of missions with which to explore the Jurassic era.
Recommendation: If you liked the original definitely check this out.
Panzer Panic, from Handy Games
Price: $9.99 (Rift)
Panzer Panic is a pretty good tank dueling game that came to Gear VR last year and now makes its way over to Rift with cross-play support. It’s a fun, colorful game that reminds you that gamepad-based VR is still relevant.
Recommendation: Definitely one for multiplayer fans.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – VR Experience, from Eidos Montreal
Price: Free to Play (Rift)
We recently covered this experience that was released completely out of nowhere from Square-Enix and it takes players on a tour of four iconic areas you come across in the Mankind Divided game.
Recommendation: Definitely give this a go for free. While there’s not much to interact with, it’s impressive to see a VR game so visually stunning.
Vector 36, from Red River Studio LLC
Price: $24.99 (Rift)
In Vector 36, players race across Mars’ terraformed surface in customizable hover vehicles. Racing is built on realistic physics and takes a good deal of skill to manage as you fit your ride with parts, accessories, and weapons to take on different race styles.
Recommendation: Certainly one of the best VR racers that really makes you feel like a pilot once you get the hang of the controls. A must have for fans of the genre.
Super Pixel Smash, from
Price: $4.79 (Rift, Currently Discounted)
This exciting title revives retro visuals and gameplay as you use your virtual paddle and gauntlet to break bricks and gain powerups. Keep swinging and climb the leaderboards to prove your skill.
Recommendation: A lot of fun. Grab it.
Daydream Blue, from
Price: $4.49 (Rift, Currently Discounted)
Daydream Blue drops you into a serene environment with a lake, campsite, and your robot pal to keep you company. There are a few treats to find and a multiplayer option as well.
Recommendation: This is ultimately a chill sandbox experience. Casual fun for a good price.
KART CHASER: THE BOOST VR, from
Price: $6.69 (Rift, Currently Discounted)
If you’ve been craving a Mario Kart-like racer for your VR device, Kart Chaser: The Boost is here for you. With 37 types of cars and two game modes across 13 tracks, this game brings a lot to the table.
Recommendation: This one is a blast for the price if you like racing games.
Awaken, from
Price: $25.49 (Rift, Currently Discounted)
Awaken combines creative puzzles and rhythm gameplay as you attempt to bring stars back to your world as the architect of light. The game also includes a level creation tool where you build your own puzzles and share with other players.
Recommendation:The price is a bit high, but level creation should lead to tons of new content over time.
Tagged with: gear vr, home, new releases, oculus, rift, steam
New PlayStation VR Releases For The Week Of 01/22/17
The moment most PlayStation VR fans have been waiting for ever since E3 last year is finally here: Resident Evil VII is finally out. Not only does it live up to expectations, it may very well be one of the best horror games we’ve played in a very long time — VR or otherwise. If you have a PS VR and aren’t playing this game, then you need to remedy that problem immediately.
Thankfully, there are still more solid games on the horizon, such as Star Trek: Bridge Crew, to look forward to. However, don’t expect any massive floods of new releases since the PSN is much more strict than Steam or Oculus Home.
It’s been a little while since we’ve published any new releases, so there isn’t anything from last week to catch up on. But if you want some of our recommendations for the best PS VR games to play, we’ve got you covered.
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, from Capcom
Price: $59.99 (Season Pass for $29.99 also available)
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard is finally out. It’s the latest entry in the long-running survival horror series and sees the franchise enter the immersive realm of virtual reality for the first time. You can read and watch our review here, check out our tips for new players, and even read recommendations about whether or not you should even play it in VR at all.
Recommendation: One of the best PS VR games thus far. This is a must play.
Moto Racer 4, from Anuman Interactive
Price: $39.99
Racing games are a perfect fit for virtual reality, but other than Driveclub VR, there aren’t many options on Sony’s headset yet. Moto Racer 4 only has limited PS VR support, but it should be getting more game modes later.
Recommendation: Not worth the price if you’re only interested in the VR features, but a decent arcade racer otherwise.
Tagged with: biohazard, new releases, playstation, PSVR, Resident Evil Vii