‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Now Available on Rift, Watch 16 Minutes of Expert Gameplay Here

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Ben Lang
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Marvel Powers United VR, the next big exclusive title from Oculus Studios, launches today (Thursday, July 26th) and is now available to download on Rift. We’ve got 16 minutes of fresh expert gameplay and our full review available ahead of the game’s launch.

Update (11:00 AM ET): Marvel Powers United VR is now live on the Oculus Store, so make sure to tuck in for the game’s 26 GB download well in advance.

Marvel Powers United VR gives players a roster of 18 heros to choose from, allowing up to four friends to defend nodes from waves of Marvel faction fodder, including the occasional mini-boss villain. We gave the game a decidedly middling score in our full Marvel Powers United VR review.

We have 16 minutes of fresh Powers United gameplay from an expert—one of the title’s own developers plays a full round as Spiderman:

Oculus is also offering a special retail bundle with Marvel Powers United VR included. The bundle launches on July 31st in select countries.

Photo by Road to VR

Disclosure: Oculus paid for local transportation for Road to VR to attend an event where information for this article was gathered.

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Ben Lang
Ben is the world's most senior professional analyst solely dedicated to the XR industry, having founded Road to VR in 2011—a year before the Oculus Kickstarter sparked a resurgence that led to the modern XR landscape. He has authored more than 3,000 articles chronicling the evolution of the XR industry over more than a decade. With that unique perspective, Ben has been consistently recognized as one of the most influential voices in XR, giving keynotes and joining panel and podcast discussions at key industry events. He is a self-described "journalist and analyst, not evangelist."
  • asdf

    meh

  • Emmitt Morgans

    You say it’s live, but I’m in Central Time, it’s past 10 AM here, and there’s nothing showing that I can redeem my pre-order…

    • Emmitt Morgans

      I see… my mistake was that I pre-ordered it this morning and it wouldn’t let me redeem the download.

      Oculus may be getting better at some things, but their storefront is still mostly programmed like garbage. Canceling and purchasing the game outright worked immediately.

  • DanDei

    What level designer went into a meeting and suggested: “let’s make this ice level that is all the same blue-whiteish color without any contrasting” ??

    • JJ

      ha i bet there was no meeting and they just told an intern we want an ice level.

  • Mark Dymek

    How much is the game?

    • Emmitt Morgans

      $39.99 (USD) or £29.99 are the prices I’ve seen.

  • Peter Hansen

    What a disappointing piece of junk.