The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – February 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of

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This ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod is the John Wick VR Game We Always Wanted

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) has been in the wild for a little under two years now, and modders have been busy using it to make cool stuff—just like they did with the original Half-Life (1998). Enter ‘Gunman Contracts’, a multi-chapter mod

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VR’s Biggest Ad Yet Pushed ‘Meta Quest’ to a National Audience During the Super Bowl

It’s hard to find a single event with a bigger audience than the Super Bowl, which has made it one of the hottest pieces of advertising real estate anywhere. Meta went big this year with a 60 second ad

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Linux-based Standalone VR Headset Ditches Kickstarter & Opens Direct Preorders

SimulaVR, the startup behind its own open-source VR Linux distro, is creating a VR headset that aims to bring the full power of a PC to the standalone format. The company initially had plans to launch a Kickstarter last

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‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Delisted from Steam, Quest & Rift Store

Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Ubisoft’s co-op space battle sim, has been removed from Steam and the Oculus Store in ostensible preparation for the game’s complete shutdown. Bridge Crew was an early success for Ubisoft when it first launched on Oculus

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Psychedelic Puzzler ‘Squingle’ Shows Just Why Mixed Reality Trailers Are So Important

Squingle, the psychedelic puzzle game for PC VR and Quest, is one of those “so out there, it’s difficult to explain” type of experiences. And as VR games creatively explode in every possible direction, the more vital it becomes to pop

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‘Virtual Virtual Reality 2’ is a One-of-a-Kind VR Game That’s Not Ready for Launch

While we were hoping to bring you a full Virtual Virtual Reality 2 review today, the game unfortunately has a range of technical issues that have prevented us from finishing it. We’re going to delay our full review and recommend

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Report Casts Doubt on HoloLens 3, Microsoft Says AR Headset is “doing great”

Microsoft’s enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company’s efforts to release its next AR headset as planned. In the days following the report’s release, HoloLens

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‘Last Labyrinth’ Studio Reveals Action-adventure ‘The Tale of Onogoro’ for Quest

Amata, the studio behind VR escape room title Last Labyrinth (2019), announced a new action-adventure game for the Quest platform called The Tale of Onogoro. Lead by producer and director Hiromichi Takahashi, The Tale of Onogoro (オノゴロ物語) is said to combine traditional Japanese culture

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4-player Co-op Shooter ‘Gambit!’ Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR This Year

XREAL Games, the Budapest-based studio behind Zero Caliber VR (2018), announced that its upcoming co-op shooter Gambit! is set to release on Quest 2 and PC VR headsets this year. Gambit! was first revealed around a year and half ago, promising a campaign-driven adventure

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‘Wands Alliances’ is a 3v3 Spellcasting Battle Arena Coming Soon to Quest 2

Beyond Frames Entertainment and developer Cortopia announced a new spellcasting VR battle arena called Wands Alliances, touted as the spiritual successor to 1v1 magic dueler Wands (2016). The studios say Wands Alliances is bringing the original’s high-paced magic and wand wielding to a

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Foo Fighters to Play Concert in VR for Free After the Super Bowl

On February 13th—right after the Super Bowl ends—American rock band Foo Fighters is putting on a special VR concert that promises to put Quest users in the front row. Meta says in the announcement that the concert features multiple 180-degree

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PSVR 2 Could Include Tech from the Biggest Name in Eye Tracking

Tobii, a global leader in eye-tracking, announced it’s currently in talks with Sony to include its tech in the upcoming PlayStation VR2. Tobii released a short press statement today confirming that negotiations are ongoing, additionally noting that it’s “not

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