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Enjoy Massive Saving’s With the Humble Spring Into VR Bundle

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If you time it right then there can be some great savings to be had on high-quality virtual reality (VR) titles and currently Humble Bundle’s latest is difficult to beat. For only the second time the platform is offering a VR-specific deal where you can get up to eight PC VR titles for an incredible discount.

Borderlands 2 VR

Called the Humble Spring into VR Bundle, the limited time offer allows gamers to unlock a selection of videogames depending on how much they wish to spend, with proceeds helping to support charitable endeavours. So for a minimum of 71p you can pickup zero-g sci-fi title Detached. Bump that up to at least £10.66 GBP and you’ll unlock Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality, Swords of Gurrah and Espire 1: VR Operative.

Literally for a few pence more – £10.77 to be precise – you can add three more titles to that list, Job Simulator, Sairento VR and Borderlands 2 VR. Of course, if you are feeling charitable because you’re saving so much – total price would be £160 for all of them – you can up the bundle donation as you see fit.

The main charity highlighted for the Humble Spring into VR Bundle is Stop AAPI Hate, an organisation described as “a national coalition addressing anti-Asian racism across the U.S.” It was founded by the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and San Francisco State University’s Asian American Studies Department. But you can select a different charity should you wish to support one more local to you or focused on a field close to your heart.

ESPIRE

In any case, the Humble Spring into VR Bundle is a great deal if you’ve been looking to expand that VR library with a nice mixture of titles, especially as there’s no Steam sale currently. VRFocus will continue its coverage of the latest VR software and hardware deals, reporting back with further updates.

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Humble ‘Spring Into VR’ Bundle Includes Up To 8 VR Games For Just $15

Pick your price and donate what you want to the Humble ‘Spring into VR’ Bundle and get 8 PC VR games including Borderlands 2 VR and Sairento if you commit at least $15. The deal is available for two weeks, until March 21.

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Humble Bundle: Spring into VR

Humble Bundle is a charity-based bundle website in which you choose to donate however much you want. If you donate at least $1 then you get Detached, pay at least $14.67 to also get Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality, Swords of Gurrah, and Espire 1: VR Operative, and if you pay at least $15 you also get Job Simulator, Sairento VR, and Borderlands 2 VR. That’s over $160 worth of PC VR games.

This is only the second PC VR-focused Humble Bundle and it’s a really solid collection of classics that all headset users should consider having in their library. The $15 price tag is a great deal for any one of the top tier games on offer here, so getting all eight really is a good bargain.

Just like all of the bundles, you get to choose where your money goes by splitting it up between the game publishers, the Stop AAPI Hate charity (or a different one of your choosing), and Humble itself as a company. You can divide your contribution up however you see fit, including all of it to just one source if you want.

When you buy a Humble Bundle you’re given a Steam key for each of the included games. If you get a key for a game you already have, you could give it away or give it over to a friend.

Find out more about this Bundle on the official page.

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Swords Of Gurrah Is Like Halo Deathmatch… In VR (With Swords)

Devster’s Swords of Gurrah may favor blades over bullets, but there’s something about its deathmatch carnage that feels distinctly Halo.

It’s not just the map design, some of which seems to lift almost directly from those multiplayer masterpieces, but also the game’s frantic pacing, delivering a melee system similar to the ingenious, sword-breaking gameplay of Ironlights but removing some of that game’s sensible restrictions. The result is a multiplayer romp unlike much else in VR.

Swords of Gurrah is a bit of a sandbox experience, offering a number of different modes in which up to 12 players can compete. But it’s great fun just as a 1v1 brawler in which two players nervously stalk the map before an explosion of flurried arm swings and panicked parrying ensues. See for yourself below.

So you get a smorgasbord of sharp things to prod at your foes, each not far off the energy swords Master Chief wields. Every weapon is laser charged and, upon contact, they’ll shatter for a few seconds, leaving you unable to attack. Hold the trigger, though, and some weapons will harden, meaning they won’t shatter but can’t cause damage, either. The trick is to know when to block and when to seize an opportunity. Making those calls is where the fun of Swords of Gurrah can be found, especially when deciding on a weapon. Do you go for a far-reaching spear for the ranged advantage, but struggle with up-close combat? Or will powerful, well-placed axe swings win you the game?

There isn’t much to stop it from descending into pure anarchy at times, though that’s more down to the nature of VR than it is anything else. You won’t really get anywhere with endless waggle though; fast, assured strikes to open areas are necessary for victory. Swords of Gurrah is one of those games that gets better and better the more you understand it, but even low-level mayhem proves a giddy, goofy delight.

The game’s in Early Access right now but the updates keep coming in. Early this month, Devster dropped the Katana update, which adds the titular weapon complete with sheath. You can hold the latter to block incoming attacks before striking back, or take the blade with two hands for a cinematic samurai feel.

Swords of Gurrah is available on Steam with support for Index, Rift, Vive and Windows MR, and is currently discounted by 50% until November 27th.

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Swords Of Gurrah Is Like Halo Deathmatch… In VR (With Swords)

Devster’s Swords of Gurrah may favor blades over bullets, but there’s something about its deathmatch carnage that feels distinctly Halo.

It’s not just the map design, some of which seems to lift almost directly from those multiplayer masterpieces, but also the game’s frantic pacing, delivering a melee system similar to the ingenious, sword-breaking gameplay of Ironlights but removing some of that game’s sensible restrictions. The result is a multiplayer romp unlike much else in VR.

Swords of Gurrah is a bit of a sandbox experience, offering a number of different modes in which up to 12 players can compete. But it’s great fun just as a 1v1 brawler in which two players nervously stalk the map before an explosion of flurried arm swings and panicked parrying ensues. See for yourself below.

So you get a smorgasbord of sharp things to prod at your foes, each not far off the energy swords Master Chief wields. Every weapon is laser charged and, upon contact, they’ll shatter for a few seconds, leaving you unable to attack. Hold the trigger, though, and some weapons will harden, meaning they won’t shatter but can’t cause damage, either. The trick is to know when to block and when to seize an opportunity. Making those calls is where the fun of Swords of Gurrah can be found, especially when deciding on a weapon. Do you go for a far-reaching spear for the ranged advantage, but struggle with up-close combat? Or will powerful, well-placed axe swings win you the game?

There isn’t much to stop it from descending into pure anarchy at times, though that’s more down to the nature of VR than it is anything else. You won’t really get anywhere with endless waggle though; fast, assured strikes to open areas are necessary for victory. Swords of Gurrah is one of those games that gets better and better the more you understand it, but even low-level mayhem proves a giddy, goofy delight.

The game’s in Early Access right now but the updates keep coming in. Early this month, Devster dropped the Katana update, which adds the titular weapon complete with sheath. You can hold the latter to block incoming attacks before striking back, or take the blade with two hands for a cinematic samurai feel.

Swords of Gurrah is available on Steam with support for Index, Rift, Vive and Windows MR, and is currently discounted by 50% until November 27th.