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[ad_1] Popular city-builder Cities: Skylines (2015) doesn’t offer native VR support, however the franchise is getting its first official made-for-VR game soon called Cities: VR, which will let you go hands-on as you take the reigns of your city from a new...

[ad_1] Graphic: James Bareham/Polygon John Hodgman joins the Galaxy Brains podcast to explain The 25th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, easily the best Next Generation movie of them all, has prompted many articles, essays, and podcast episodes about why this...

[ad_1] In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed they’re making “big investments in new headsets and games,” something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer...

[ad_1] 1943: The Battle of Midway as played in Capcom Arcade Stadium, which launched May 24. | Image: Capcom Trading card support brings on the bots, apparently A confluence of curious circumstances has vaulted Capcom Arcade Stadium, a nominally free-to-play anthology...

[ad_1] Masterpiece Studio (formerly MasterpieceVR) today announced it’s releasing a free edition of its latest professional VR creator suite, Masterpiece Studio Pro. The free software license is targeting individuals looking to use the suite for non-commercial...

[ad_1] Image: Ludwig Ahgren/Twitch The countdown to the YouTube sub-athon begins YouTube Gaming has another new star in streamer Ludwig Ahgren, the popular streamer who started off on Twitch, where he gained notoriety for his consistently entertaining streams and his...

[ad_1] Not ready to plonk down your first $100 on Quest 2 games? Thankfully there’s a good amount of free games, experiences, social VR platforms, and apps to keep you playing before you’re paying. Note: We didn’t include demos for paid games in the...

[ad_1] Photo: Frank Masi/Netflix 277,900,000 hours — and counting — is a lot of time According to data provided by Netflix, Red Notice fever is sweeping the globe. The number one movie in 93 countries, from Bahrain to Bangladesh, Israel to Indonesia, Poland to Peru,...

[ad_1] We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! Updated – November 26th, 2021 The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2021 Sales Image courtesy Facebook...

[ad_1] Image: Disney The ending was fitting, even in its ambiguity Mirabel Madrigal (Stephanie Beatriz), the center character of Disney’s newest animated feature Encanto, is the only person in her family who wasn’t granted with a magical power by their enchanted...

[ad_1] The holiday shopping season is here and often brings with it some of the best deals you’ll find all year on VR. Here’s our concise roundup of Black Friday 2021 VR headset sales and VR game sales. Black Friday 2021 VR Headset Sales Oculus Image...

[ad_1] Cartmen, Stan, and Kyle in South Park Post Covid | Paramount Plus Oh, and Cartman is Jewish now “It wasn’t supposed to be like this. People were supposed to get kinder in the future,” Randy Marsh says near the end of the new special South Park: Post Covid. This...

[ad_1] We’re keeping an eye on the best HP Reverb G2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Reverb G2 sale this season! The Best Reverb G2 Black Friday 2021 Sales Image courtesy HP The best HP Reverb G2 Black Friday 2021...

[ad_1] Image: Alyssa Nassner/Polygon Up to 60% off our great shirts, stickers, mugs, and pins Psst. Hey, you. Do you like Black Friday sales? We’re discounting everything in Polygon’s merch store, with some shirts marked up to 60% off. This sale starts now and ends at...

[ad_1] We’re keeping an eye on the best HTC Vive Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Vive sale this season! The Best HTC Vive Black Friday 2021 Deals Image courtesy HTC Here’s a breakdown of the best HTC Vive sales...

[ad_1] Maxis/Electronic Arts It’s just the start of a promising new system On Tuesday, Maxis announced a big change that’s on the way in an upcoming update. It’s a new feature called Neighborhood Stories, introducing gameplay moments that happen to Sims outside of the...

[ad_1] Dent Reality, the UK-based augmented reality startup, announced it’s secured £2.5m (~$3.4m) in funding, something the company plans to use to further its efforts to bring phone-based AR navigation into the retail sector. The funding round was led by Pi...

[ad_1] Graphic: James Bareham/Polygon 17 superb anime you should catch up on this fall The fall anime season is in full swing with exciting new shows like Naoko Yamada’s The Heike Story and Platinum End premiering alongside returning favorites like Demon Slayer:...

[ad_1] Unplugged brought its Rock Band-style gameplay to Quest back in October thanks to the standalone headset’s optical finger-tracking, letting you essentially play ‘air guitar’ instead of using a plastic peripheral. Now developer Anotherway...

[ad_1] Image: Blue Mammoth Games/Ubisoft Brawlhalla crossover greatly reduces everyone’s ‘Ryu Number’ Street Fighter veterans Ryu and Chun-Li, relatively fresh off cameos in Fortnite and two Power Rangers fighting games, are coming to Ubisoft’s take on the Super Smash...

[ad_1] Resident Evil 4 launched on Meta Quest 2 back in October, bringing the survival horror game to VR for the first time. Unlike more recent ports, the Quest 2 version of the game only shipped with the main campaign, however its seems Capcom may have a roadmap of...

[ad_1] Resolution Games, the studio behind Demeo, Blaston, and Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale, announced its next title coming to “major VR platforms” starting next year. Called Ultimechs, the game put you aboard a mech to play some sort of futuristic...

[ad_1] Image: Sony Pictures Jason Reitman, son of a Ghostbuster, on making a sequel about the daughter of a Ghostbuster Seemingly out of nowhere, Ghostbusters has become the most preciously held franchise outside of something like Star Wars. What started as an...

[ad_1] Lucky’s Tale (2016) was a launch title for the original Oculus Rift, and now the plucky little 3D platformer has surprise released exclusively on Oculus Quest 2 today. Playful Studios (formerly Playful Corp) developed the original Lucky’s Tale for...

[ad_1] Image: Epic Games Setting expectations and delivering on them Back in college, I remember sitting through a class where for a good hour we debated whether to classify certain TV shows as comedies or dramas. I suppose it was a fun exercise, since it didn’t feel...

[ad_1] It’s the beginning of the end for Oculus Quest and the start of the beginning for Meta Quest, as Meta (formerly Facebook) moves to erase the Oculus brand in order to bring its XR division more in line with its fresh brand identity. Following its big...

[ad_1] Image: Keymaster Games Entertain everyone at the table Annual family gatherings, especially around the holidays, are a chance to visit with people you haven’t seen all year. But not everyone is a master of small talk. How best to avoid dreaded questions about...

[ad_1] Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond. Formerly...

[ad_1] Capcom’s Kojima-like will have to wait another year Pragmata, Capcom’s high-concept sci-fi adventure for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, will now launch in 2023, the publisher announced on Wednesday. No one is yet sure what in the heck this is all...

[ad_1] Qualcomm held an investor event yesterday where the company revealed that its partnership with Meta (formerly Facebook) has seen over 10 million Oculus Quest 2 units shipped since the VR headset’s launch in October 2020, an important milestone that Meta...

[ad_1] Image: DaPurpleSharpie We walk you through the process of adding accessibility features to your stream Over the years, streaming platforms and tools have made it easier than ever to create streams accessible to everyone. In this explainer, I’ll go through...

[ad_1] Japanese social VR startup HIKKY announced today that it has raised ¥6.5 billion (~$57 million), led by Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo. The startup says it will use the funds to expand its web-based metaverse platform. Founded in 2018, Japan-based...

[ad_1] Image: Airship Syndicate/Riot Games Ruined King and Hextech are both out today, while Song of Nunu and Convergence are coming next year Riot Games on Tuesday unexpectedly launched the first titles from its Riot Forge publishing arm. Both Ruined King: A League...

[ad_1] 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 the top 20 Oculus Quest...

[ad_1] Illustration: Ariel Davis for Polygon Everything you ever wanted to know about streaming games Looking to get into game streaming? It can be an intimidating prospect. There’s hardware to consider (like cameras and lights), there’s software to consider (to OBS...