Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift headlines

• Espire 1: VR Operative is an ambitious stealth shooter that claims to have solved movement in VR

  Espire 1: VR Operative is an upcoming indie stealth game where movement relies on a VR within VR system.

• Ubisoft's upcoming horror game Transference gets September release date

  Story-driven horror title, Transference, gets a release date.

• ZeniMax judgment against Oculus halved to $250 million

  Oculus has been ordered to pay Zenimax Media $250 million instead of the $500 million originally awarded for allegations of copyright infringement.

• E3 2018: Transference is Ubisoft's narrative-based horror game

  Transference is a story-based game about exploring the memories of a disturbed mind.

• SteamVR Input is Valve's way of streamlining input across the different VR controllers

  With SteamVR Input, Valve is doing to VR controllers what it once did to traditional controllers on Steam.

• Payday 2 VR is now available in the main game on Steam

  Payday 2 VR has been integrated into the main game, and it’s a free update.

• Skyrim VR is heading to Steam in April, up for pre-order now

  Just a quick news brief for you.

• Oculus Rift headsets everywhere are offline because of an expired security certificate [Update]

  Oculus has released a fix to the Rift issue caused by an expired security certificate.

• Fallout 4 VR is out now, so you can feel closer to the wasteland than ever before

  Fallout 4’s VR version is finally available, letting fans of the franchise get closer to the action (or at least feel like they are) than ever before.

• Outlast 3 coming "at some point", first two games headed to Switch, Outlast VR probably happening

  Here’s a stack of news about Outlast, for those of you with the cardiac strength to bear it.

• Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties finally available on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

  The Rise of the Tomb Raider VR chapter, Blood Ties, now has support for SteamVR.

• Desert Bus is now available in VR, if that's a thing you want

  Desert Bus, the infamously tedious bus=driving sim, now has a free VR version.

• VR headsets topped 1 million sales last quarter for the first time

  Sales of VR headsets are on the rise, with third quarter of 2017 yielding better sales results for VR than any previous period.

• The Oculus Rift has its own Black Friday VR games bundle deals

  If you’re shopping for an Oculus Rift and VR games, Black Friday isn’t a great time for some discounts.

• Eve: Valkyrie developer CCP gives up on VR, shutters 2 studios

  CCP, the company that was among the first to bet big on VR, has more or less withdrawn from the VR development, shutting down two studios in the process.

• Oculus announces the standalone $199 Oculus Go, and the Oculus Rift is now cheaper

  Oculus has made two announcements that should bring VR technology to more people.

• Arktika.1, an Oculus Rift VR game from the developers of Metro 2033 and Last Light, is out now

  Arktika.1 is a new horror shooter from 4A, the developers of the Metro series.

• New games releasing this week: October 9 - October 15

  Middle-earth: Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2 headline this week.

• Oculus Rift and Gear VR owners can now request refunds for games and apps

  Oculus has announced that starting today, you’ll be able to request refunds for Oculus Rift, and Gear VR games purchased through the store.