This week, in standalone, we have the announcement of the continuation of Retropolis first of the name, six games that have just landed on picothe announcement of Steam Next Fest 2023among others.
Peanut Buttonthe first Retropolis studio of the name has just confirmed that its sequel, Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye is in development. This new adventure, in the pure style point-and-click (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle…) will be available on major VR platforms this year.
You will not be required to do the first episodethe game telling us a whole new story. Equipped with extendable arms, the player can collect objects from a distance and thus solve puzzles. The game will also be longer, more beautiful, better animated than in the past. Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye will be released on Meta Quest, Pico, PCVR as well as the latest Vive XR Elite.
This week, it’s party time because no less than six games are out, some of which are free. We start with Coat of arms (free-to-play), certainly the most interesting dueling game we have ever tried in virtual reality. We continue with Kung Fu Beat (9.99 €) which turns out to be yet another bad Beat Saber. Same for Power Punch (9.99 €) which attempts to copy existing boxing games without being at the same level. Enhance VR (free) is a Dr. Kawashima-like which is worth a look because it allows you to preserve your mental health by doing daily brain exercises. Mrs. Pirate (free) is a short film that is offered for free and quite well done, we recommend you watch it. And finally, we have Cybrix (€12.99), one Arkanoid in VR which really amazed us, lovers of Racket NXyou can’t miss it.
What’s new in PCVR this week ?
THE Steam NextFest stacks up again this year, with many game demos in its bag PCVR :
There are no less than 17 games that you will soon be able to try, among:
- Alpha Terminus
- band space
- Formula Retro Racing – World Tour
- Gazzlers
- Golf on the Moon (VR)
- House Builder VR
- Increment
- No More Rainbows
- Ornament Express
- Survivorman VR: The Descent
- Talu
- The Aquatic Messenger
- The Events At Unity Farm
- VetVR Vet Simulator
- VReken
- VRNOID
- Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station.
In this list, there are of course games that make us want more than othersthis is the case of Formula Retro Racing – World Tour, Gazzlers or the highly anticipated and always postponed Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station. That said, the beat em up VRekenthe puzzle game Ornament Express as well as the “Rock Band-like” band space also stand out from the pack.
THE Steam NextFest will go live on February 6 at 10 a.m. PST and will end a week later on February 13.
After a temporary closure, Cradle of Sins reopens the playtesting from the game on February 22bringing back this adventure game MOBA and cooperative on PCVR.
Although Cradle of sins was launched in early access on Steam by offering two different game modes, the MOBA and the cooperative this one was stopped along the way due to server issues and game migration to Unreal Engine V.
This is how the studio U24 introduces us to the game:
Cradle of Sins is a cross-platform PC & VR action-adventure game set in a dark and bizarre world populated by badass creatures. Get ready and invite your friends because these battles for the dominations of the different Architects are endless. And choose carefully which clan you want to serve for an immersive and different competitive experience every time you play.
Cradle of Sins release date has yet to be confirmedbut the studio says an announcement will be made soon. In the meantime, you can request access to the next play test via Steam.
Cyborn released a new update to Hubris for PC VR, adding combat improvements and new enemy variants. Aware of the return of players, this update aims to rebalance the game experience. Basically, we’re getting two new soldier variants, an alternate shotgun fire mode, a planned weapon reload wait time to keep the action going, and new graphics settings for GPUs top of the line.
Hubris is available now on PCVR platformswhere Cyborn is offering a 25% discount until February 6 to celebrate said update. The game will also be available on Meta Quest 2, PSVR 2 and “other unannounced platforms” later this year.but exact release dates have yet to be confirmed.
Do you want to know if the game is worth it? Read our test.
What’s new on PSVR 2 news this week ?
Zombieland will therefore arrive on PlayStation VR 2 (the day of its release) in a boosted and exclusive version:
(Editor’s note: Trailer Meta Quest)
Here is what the team announces in terms of content:
Players can also expect a new story level, three new remix levels, new shooting range challenges, new weapons, new perks, and new weapon skins to enhance the fast-paced and thrilling of zombie horde game
XR Games specifies that this version will take into account the specificities of the helmet, such as haptics, support for diopters as well as foveal rendering. But that’s not all, it’s also about a new artistic style: the cell shadingnew character models, additional animations, music and lighting, and finally an overhauled progression system and physics of the ragdolls (corpses) more realistic.
Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded cannot currently be pre-ordered in Europe, as for its price, it should be around 25 €.
Meta will expand the audience of Horizon Worlds by offering the possibility of playing it from their mobile or from a web interface. At the moment this is an alpha test, you will find more information here.
Always at Metaend clap for Crayta, not popular enough to ensure continued following. The developers encourage players to save their works before the Closing scheduled for March 3. If you have been following us for more than a year, we had been able to try Crayta (see article), at the time we were amazed to find that it did everything a Horizon Worlds did not offer: it was beautiful (thank you cloud gaming) and complete. However, this one was not in RV and unknown to the battalion. We would have so much preferred the opposite situation, the abandonment ofHorizon Worlds for the benefit of a portage of Crayta in VR, it’s such a shame!
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