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Steampunk Adventure ‘Chiaro & the Elixir of Life’ Launches on Vive, Rift & Windows VR

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launched today on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. After having popped in for about an hour, the scenery and characters really remind me of steampunk-inspired anime like Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Studio Ghibli’s Laputa : Castle in the Sky (1986).

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Sony is Bringing PS2 Classics ‘Gungrave’ & ‘Zone of the Enders’ to PSVR, Teaser Trailers Here

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Konami’s Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (2003) was originally released for PS2, but today the company announced during Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press briefing that it’s getting an enhanced version, including support for 4K and PSVR. Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive will eventually see support. Gungrave VR.

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‘Sparc’ Developer CCP Games to “Talk About Additional Platform Support Later This Year”

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Sparc is an intriguing 1v1 virtual sport created by CCP Games, the studio behind VR flight combat game EVE: Valkyrie (2016) and the iconic (non-VR) MMO EVE Online (2003). When Eve: Valkyrie launched in 2016, it was exclusive to the Oculus platform. SEE ALSO The 5 Best Cross-Play Multiplayer Games for Rift, Vive and PSVR.

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CCP Games CEO: “We expected VR to be two to three times as big”

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CCP Games , the Icelandic studio known for their long-running MMO Eve: Online (2003) , shuttered their VR production studios in a surprise move last year, selling off their Newcastle-based branch behind their multiplayer space dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie (2016), and completely shutting down their Atlanta studio behind sports game Sparc (2017).

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Sinespace Aims to Become the Second Life of VR

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If this sounds a lot like the 2003 smash hit social simulator Second Life , that’s no coincidence. Sinespace is currently available on PC via download or a web client, all OpenVR compatible headsets including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Microsoft Mixed Reality, with plans for iOS and Android releases in the near future.

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Free VR Experience is a Beautiful Glimpse at the Future

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From its incredible, trailblazing debut in 2000, through a questionable sequel in 2003 the first person action RPG has more recently seen a return to form in the hands of developers Eidos Montreal and publishers Square Enix. Deus Ex has had its problems as a franchise over years.

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‘Need for Speed VR’ Channels Past Entries For Flawed But Fun Street Racing

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True, the publishing giant already launched a short tie-in piece for Star Wars: Battlefront on PS VR earlier this week, but for its first full VR game it’s decided to skip that headset along with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.