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Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games
Adventure 05 April 2016
A three-dimensional platformer based on the popular TV series Adventure Time and requiring virtual reality goggles. Players take ion the role of the series’ protagonist, Finn, who along with shape-shifting dog Jake traverse a fantasy land of Ooo, trying to lift the curse of the titular Magic Man. Gameplay focuses on classical features, like jumping on platforms, avoiding traps and obstacles, and lastly – fighting with enemies, all of which is shown from third-person perspective.
Carnival Games VR
Arcade 28 October 2016
Another installment of the Carnival Games series, developed by Cat Daddy Games studio with virtual reality sets in mind. Similarly to the previous installments, we are once again left with a set of fifteen arcade mini-games, mostly focusing on throwing various items and shooting moving targets, but we can also find a somewhat simplified basketball or wall climbing among the available modes.
NVIDIA VR Funhouse
Action 14 July 2016
A collection of seven mini-games designed specifically for VR goggles. The player is taken to the titular funhouse, which is filled with different amusements. The game offers a shooting range (firearms and bows), challenges for fans of boxing (hitting objects with fists), or competitions based on fencing (the player's goal is to hit balloons filled with confetti). What's more, the game features a mode which requires the player to shoot clowns using pistols loaded with sticky, green liquid.
Cloudlands: VR Minigolf
Simulation 05 April 2016
A virtual reality game from Futuretown studio that is based on classic minigolf, but set in fairy-tale like floating archipelago. Quite obviously, the whole game focuses on trying to get the ball to the hole throughout courses filled with obstacles. What makes Cloudlands: VR Minigolf different from similar games are unique controls. There are no pointers or tips – player’s moves are sent to the controller in 1 to 1 scale, meaning it resembles real-life minigolf.
A-10 VR
Action 05 April 2016
An arcade shooter set in the future, created by Futuretown studio for virtual reality devices. Players are put in a special, orbital capsule, and have to eliminate incoming enemies of a few types: from basic cannon fodder, up to heavily armored opponents, which require much ammunition to take down. We can’t move around, our movement being limited to looking around, using VR goggles and dedicated controllers for aiming.
PlayStation VR Worlds
Action 13 October 2016
A set of five varied games developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, created specifically for the PlayStation VR hardware and serving first and foremost to demonstrate the headgear's capabilities.
Super Stardust Ultra VR
Action 13 October 2016
A special installment in the series of space action shooters. Super Stardust Ultra VR was created for PlayStation VR sets. In the game the player assumes the role of a pilot of a small space ship and is tasked with exterminating hordes of Aliens and destroying meteorites. Player can choose from many levels and the game supports online scoreboards where users can compare their achievements. Since the title uses VR technology, the game modes known from previous installments were refreshed.
Space Rift
Action 02 August 2016
An adventure action game that tells the story of a pilot of a spaceship. It is a debut game of the studio Vibrant Core and it was created for the virtual reality technology. The story of Space Rift – Episode 1 takes place in the future, where the humanity was forced to leave Earth and colonize Mars. The main protagonist of the game is one of the employees of a greedy corporation that controls the society. He is wrongly accused of treason.
Apollo 11 VR
Simulation 01 April 2016
A game that recreates the first human spaceflight to the Moon using virtual reality. Apollo 11 VR shows the events preceding the historic journey, such as: launch of the Apollo 11 spaceship using a Saturn V rocket, the flight to the Earth’s natural satellite, or the landing and the first walk on its surface. The title is described as a new kind of documentary film, featuring only uncomplicated mechanics that fit more to virtual reality than a fully-fledged video game.
DriveClub VR
Racing 13 October 2016
A special version of Drive Club, the racing game developed in 2014 by Evolution studio, members of which became part of Codemasters Software after their previous studio was disbanded. This edition was created for virtual reality goggles. In the game the player controls various sport cars which participate in races against other players or AI-controlled opponents.
Rollercoaster Dreams
Strategy 22 December 2016
A strategic simulation game by Bimboosoft that offers the possibility of building and managing our own theme park. The production features PlayStation VR support and is one of the launch titles bundled with the set.
Fated: The Silent Oath
Adventure 28 April 2016
An episodic action adventure game by Frima, set in the mythical world of the Vikings. The title was designed with VR headsets in mind. Fated: The Silent Oath was developed by a former writer for the Assassin’s Creed series and focuses on a certain family that faces Ragnarok, which is the Nordic counterpart of the end of days. We assume the role of the father who tries to protect his loved ones from the wrath of gods. The action is shown from the first-person perspective.
Vanishing Realms
RPG 23 August 2019
A first-person perspective action RPG developed for the virtual reality sets such as Steam VR and HTC Vive. The game was created by Indimo Labs, a studio led by Kelly Bailey, former Valve employee. The story of the game is inspired by the D&D fantasy world. During the game the player assumes the role of a knight who travels through a world filled with magic and fights encountered monsters.
How We Soar
Simulation 29 November 2016
Developed for VR devices, an exploration game by British Penny Black - a studio set up by former employees of Crytek and Free Radical Design. The action of How We Soar takes us to a fantasy universe projected in a writer’s mind. In the game we try to bring back order to this world and put the writer’s shattered memories back together while flying on a mythical bird – Phoenix. Gameplay predominantly concentrates on exploration in which interaction with the world plays an important role.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Simulation 30 May 2017
A spaceflight simulator game developed mainly for virtual reality headsets by Ubisoft Red Storm, best known for many action games based on Tom Clancy's works. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is set in the cinematic universe based on the popular science-fiction TV series. During the game, you explore a previously unknown region of the galaxy, known as the Trench, in search for a new home for the Vulcan race.
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Action 20 September 2017
A side installment of the series of dynamic and very brutal FPP shooters developed by CroTeam. This installment was created exclusively for virtual reality sets. Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope shows the beginnings of the great war with the forces of series’ main antagonist Mental, who wants to break the resistance of nations by destroying ancient temples and other places of cult.
Harmonix Music VR: The Dance
Arcade 13 October 2016
A music game created for VR headsets, developed by Harmonix, known mostly for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises. Harmonix Music VR: The Dance is not a typical video game, as the whole gameplay is focused around a specific musical experience. You find yourself in a slightly surreal world, in which you get a task of getting a small party started. To do this, you use a mixing console and choose the right tracks, as well as choose the choreography for the characters on the dance floor.
Giant Cop
Arcade 30 May 2017
An unusual arcade game by Other Ocean Interactive, developed with VR headsets in mind. In Giant Cop, we are taken to a microscopic town of Micro City where we assume the role of a law enforcer. However, we are a quite specific policeman since we resemble the famous Godzilla in terms of size. We have to use our size to keep order in the metropolis. The game is set in an open world and involves not only pursuing various criminals but also conducting simple investigations.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X
Party 24 March 2016
The seventh installment in the arcade music game series by SEGA. To play the game you need a good sense of rhythm and quick fingers to push the buttons appearing on screen. As usual, the main characters are the virtual vocalists, Miku Hatsune being the most prominent. Their digital voices are generated by professional music software, which has been used by fans to create thousands of songs from many genres; several dozens of them make an appearance in the game.
Summer Lesson: Miyamoto Hikari Seven Days Room
Adventure 13 October 2016
A simple adventure game by Bandai Namco Entertainment, developed for PlayStation VR, at first as a technology demo. In Summer Lesson you play as a teacher, who's tutoring two independent heroines. One of them is a Japanese high-schooler who needs help with her English. The other one is an American exchange student, who came to Japan and wants to learn Japanese. You meet her at the porch of a country house.
Tethered
Strategy 25 October 2016
A strategy game created specifically for VR sets; the game is the debut production from Secret Sorcery. The player takes on the role of a spiritual leader of small creatures known as Peeps, living in a floating sky archipelago. The creatures work and develop their small society in daylight, gathering food and crystals containing spiritual energy. At night, Peeps are focused mainly on defending their base against snail attacks.
Lantern
Adventure 15 November 2016
An unusual exploration game developed by Italian studio Storm in a Teacup. The plot of the game focuses on an Asian princess whose tears caused the world around her to lose its colors and start dying. The player assumes the role of a small lantern and is tasked with returning the life and colors to the realm by making everyone remember about the power of love. There are four areas to visit, each with different architecture and environment.
Star Wars: Battlefront - Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission
Action 06 December 2016
A free expansion for Star Wars: Battlefront, available only on PS4 with PlayStation VR. In contrast to the basic version of the game, X-Wing VR Mission is not a shooter in which the player controls various characters. Instead, the DLC the player takes control of the titular starfighter and participates in a large-scale space battle. A space destroyer, among other spacecrafts, also participates in the battle. The player must not only control the vehicle, but shoot various opponents as well.
Trials on Tatooine
Action 18 July 2016
Trials on Tatooine is set in the universe of Star Wars. It's a free, experimental action game developed with Virtual Reality sets in mind. It was created by ILMxLAB, which consists of some members of the legendary studio, Industrial Light & Magic, which worked on CGI for over three hundred movies. The story of the game is set in between the 6th and 7th episode of the Star Wars saga. The protagonist is a Padawan of Luke Skywalker, whose task is to help Luke in restoring the Jedi Order.