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Creator of Indie Breakout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’

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Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming’s fomative successes, Braid , has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game. Before Fez (2012) , before Limbo (2010) , and before Minecraft (2009) , Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes in the formative years of indie game development and distribution.

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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

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Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. Whatever the case, it’s clear the studio is continuing its mission to release its most popular VR games on every headset possible.

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One of Meta’s Most Well-funded VR Games is Shuttering Multiplayer This Year

Road to VR

The developers quietly posted this message on the game’s Quest page , appended above its original description: “Multiplayer will be unavailable starting on December 1, 2023.” Alas, the game suffered from a host of issues at launch, which ranged from usability to gameplay polish, essentially rendering it a costly flop.

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The ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack That Always Needed to Happen… is Finally Happening

Road to VR

Beat Saber’s next music pack will bring one of the most influential names in electronic music to the game’s library of downloadable content: Daft Punk. It’s fitting, then, that one of electronic music’s biggest influences is now about to find its way into one of VR’s most influential games.

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Fruit Ninja VR 2 Fully Available Today On Quest, PC VR

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A new weapon type and PVP multiplayer keep the nostalgic arcade game feeling fresh. Fruit Ninja VR 2 features the same game modes you know and love from the original 2010 classic, Fruit Ninja VR , including Arcade, Classic, and Zen. There’s also a new bow-and-arrow weapon that allows you to rack up combos from a distance.

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Daft Punk Music Pack for ‘Beat Saber’ Arrives Alongside Haptics Improvements on Quest

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Meta’s Beat Games teased earlier this month that everyone’s favorite block-slicing rhythm game Beat Saber was finally getting the music pack that always needed to happen: Daft Punk. Now that day has come, which arrives with some improved haptics on Quest that promise to be harder, better, faster (and) stronger.

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Google’s VR Studio Owlchemy Labs Now Has Two Platinum-selling Titles

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Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio behind Job Simulator (2016) , announced the game’s sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) just went platinum, having now topped over one million units sold.