18 new VR Games, DLCs, and trailers for Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2 & PC VR
PC hit Besiege arrives as a VR remake on Meta Quest, Lord of the Rings fans can conduct epic film music in VR, and Titanic VR launches for Quest 3. Plus: New updates for popular VR games.
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Maestro: Conducting Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones in VR
The VR music game Maestro is getting a new DLC called the Doombound Pack, letting players conduct famous melodies from "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones." Following December's Harry Potter DLC, players can now lead orchestras through Howard Shore's "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" and Ramin Djawadi's "Game of Thrones Main Theme."
The pack also includes works by Franz Liszt, Jacques Offenbach, and Dmitri Shostakovich, alongside a new infernal opera environment, themed costumes, gloves, and a special conductor's baton. Conducting the iconic Lord of the Rings composition with a virtual orchestra creates such a moving experience that it might bring fans to tears.
The Doombound Pack is available for $9.99 in the Horizon Store.
Crystal Commanders: Strategic Warfare Comes to Meta Quest
Crystal Commanders brings classic real-time strategy to VR and MR, transforming your living space into a battlefield. The game features a 15-mission, fully voiced story campaign where each mission dynamically adapts to your room, ensuring no two playthroughs are identical.
Beyond the campaign, players can engage in 1v1 multiplayer matches both locally in mixed reality and online in VR. A Creative Mode lets strategists experiment with base configurations without combat pressure. All modes can be played in virtual environments, and the gameplay strongly echoes classics like Command & Conquer, with core RTS elements reimagined for VR.
Crystal Commanders is available for 20 euros in the Horizon Store and supports Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, Quest 2 and Pro.
Harpagun: Action-Packed Adventure from Former Superhot VR Developers
Former Superhot VR developers have launched Harpagun across all major VR platforms. This rail shooter places you on a distant planet battling waves of hostile creatures. As a space salvager, you're equipped with a gravity blaster that transforms your mechanical arms into either firearms or magnetic beams.
The weapon system lets you fling enemies through the air, deflect incoming fire, or demolish the environment. Movement follows a rail system, with players using a joystick to hop between magnetic points. While the game features a clean, pastel-colored comic aesthetic, it stands distinct from the time-bending mechanics of Superhot VR, despite sharing some development talent.
The VR shooter is now available for $19.99 on the Meta Horizon Store, PlayStation VR2, and Steam.
Twenty Guys: Mixed Reality Gets Weird
Resolution Games, known for Demeo and Spatial Ops, pushes experimental boundaries with Twenty Guys, an MR sandbox that lets you wreak havoc with an army of tiny followers. The game starts when twenty miniature men leap from a cardboard box, following you around like loyal minions.
Players can toss the gnomes around their space, create wooden obstacles, make them float, or playfully interact with them using baseball bats and hammers. The violence remains cartoonish and lighthearted. The characters' faces were created by the studio's developers, with future updates planned to let players photograph and import faces and T-shirt designs mid-game using Meta Quest.
Twenty Guys is free in the Horizon Store for Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, Quest 2, and Pro.
New Announcements & Releases
Titanic VR Surfaces on Meta Quest 3
Titanic VR will launch for Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S on April 15 at 2:20 AM – matching the exact moment the ship sank in 1912. This VR experience offers a complete exploration of the legendary wreck, inside and out. The reconstruction draws from scientific data and imagery captured during the ship's 1985 discovery by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.
The Phoenix Gene: Superhero Action Meets Literary Universe
HEROmation has unveiled "The Phoenix Gene" for Meta Quest, an on-rails shooter that weaves through alternate timelines to uncover corporate secrets about immortality. Players control Firestorm, a reborn phoenix guiding Jackie, a cleaner thrust into humanity's survival struggle after an immortality serum accident. Drawing inspiration from Pistol Whip, Starfox, and Ikaruga, the gameplay blends intense action with strategic elements. The studio is also developing an exclusive VR book series titled "The Phoenix Gene: Origins of Darkness."
Besiege VR: Physics Construction Classic Reimagined
3R Games, creators of Thief Simulator VR, is bringing PC hit Besiege to Meta Quest. This VR remake enhances the original experience with 3D audio, haptic feedback, and VR-optimized controls. Players can construct medieval siege weapons using over 70 unique components.
The campaign features 50 levels of castle destruction, army annihilation, and village demolition. A standout feature allows players to import their PC creations into VR. Priced at $19.99, the VR version includes all base game content without expansions. The original PC version, launched in 2015 and fully released in 2020, has sold over 4 million copies.
StarVault: MOBA Enters Virtual Reality
A new MOBA called StarVault has been announced for Meta Quest platforms. This hero shooter emphasizes first-person team combat in a sci-fi fantasy setting. Set in 2300, the story follows humanity's galactic colonization and the discovery of mysterious temples on a planet where physics behaves unusually. Colonial factions compete for control of these ancient structures.
Gaming Updates and DLC News
Frenzies Goes Free-to-Play
Publisher nDreams has announced that their VR shooter Frenzies will become free-to-play after completing Early Access this year. The previously planned Playstation VR 2 version has been canceled.
Silent North Launches in Early Access
Combat Waffle's zombie survival shooter Silent North has entered Early Access on Meta Quest and SteamVR for $19.99. Players face infected hordes in the Swiss Alps while competing with other survivors for scarce resources.
Gorn 2 Arrives Next Week
Gorn 2 launches April 17 for Meta Quest and PC VR, with a PlayStation VR2 version coming later this year. Beyond the main story, it features an Endless Mode for unlimited combat and a Custom Mode for creating personal arena maps.
Wallace & Gromit Expands to New Platforms
"Wallace & Gromit in the Grand Getaway" is expanding to Steam and PlayStation VR2. The Mars-set adventure features the iconic duo alongside Wallace's Robo Caddy and AI assistant Beryl. The ports won't include the Quest-exclusive "Jamtastic!" mixed reality experience.
DLCs, Updates & Patches
Underdogs: Rampage Update
The PSVR 2 mech combat game receives a free update on April 24, adding endless combat modes, improved progression systems, and PSVR 2 headset rumble support.
Hitman VR Patch
The first patch for Hitman VR addresses over 100 bugs, improving save functionality, object interaction, and weapon aiming on PSVR2.
Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate Hotfix
The recent release Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate has received its first hotfix, addressing movement issues, item handling, and missing assets. Developers are already working on a second hotfix and major patches to improve combat and performance.
Dimensional Double Shift: "Hexas" update released
Owlchemy Labs has released the first DLC "Hexas" for its VR co-op game Dimensional Double Shift. The Texas-inspired update costs $4.99 in the Meta Horizon Store. Only one team member needs to own the DLC so that you can all play together.
Phasmophobia launches Easter event "Cursed Hollow"
The ghost-hunting horror game Phasmophobia is launching its first event of the year on Steam and Playstation VR 2 on April 17. The "Cursed Hollow" event builds on the base gameplay and introduces spooky Easter content. You can search for Jackalope totems on nine seasonally decorated maps, including the recently revamped Bleasdale Farmhouse. The event runs for three weeks and offers both personal and community objectives with themed rewards.
Inter Solar 83: New alpha update brings asteroid mining and 8-bit gameplay
The open-world space exploration game Inter Solar 83 for PC-VR has received a new alpha update. Version 4.6 introduces asteroid mining, which takes place in the rings of gas giants. The new feature utilizes a fully procedural generation system and surrounds the entire gas giants. Other changes include a new cargo console, improved planet graphics, new models, more detail in the cockpit and new sound effects. The closed alpha is accessible via Patreon, and a free demo remains available on Steam.
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