Sequel to Acclaimed VR Shooter ‘Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades’ Coming to Quest & PC VR

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (H3VR) is one of those silly, but surprisingly realistic PC VR shooters that kept on giving well after its release on Steam Early Access in 2016. Now, developer Rust Ltd announced a sequel is coming, and it’s a “full fledged” extraction shooter.

Everything Announced at Today’s Creature Feature & Friends VR Showcase

We got an eye-full of VR stuff during today’s Creature and VR Games Showcase livestream, which showed off a bevy of new VR games and updates coming to a headset near you.

Tackling the Unique Challenges of Moderating Social VR at Scale

Social VR pushes moderation challenges to the surface in ways that non-VR titles are often able to avoid. Voice, immersion, and highly social design raise the stakes while economic realities also create limitations around moderation coverage. The good news is that data-backed approaches show there is another path.

The 50 Best-selling Quest Games of All Time – 2026 Analysis

It’s been a little over a year since Meta revealed its top 50 best-selling games of all time. Here’s the rankings as they stand today, and why they haven’t really changed that much.

Remakes of Iconic ’90s Puzzle Games ‘MYST’ & ‘RIVEN’ Finally Come to PSVR 2 This Month

Cyan Worlds announced it’s finally bringing remakes of the studio’s most iconic puzzle adventures, MYST (1993) and RIVEN (1997), to PS5 and PSVR 2 this month.

XPANCEO is Hoping to Solve AR Contact Lens Challenge with Ultra Tiny Solid-State Batteries

If augmented reality glasses are the future, AR contact lenses are probably a bit farther away. Still, smart contact lens startup XPANCEO says it’s hoping to address at least one of the technology’s main issues with the inclusion of miniature solid-state batteries.

VR Veteran Behind ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ & ‘Creed: Rise to Glory’ Reportedly Shutting Down

Survios, one of VR’s most senior game studios and developer behind Alien: Rogue Incursion (2024), is reportedly shutting down, as a majority of staff have been laid off.

VR Extraction Dungeon Crawler ‘Reave’ Has Been Cancelled After Months in Open Beta

Reave was an upcoming VR extraction dungeon crawler from Alta, the studio behind Township Tale. The company announced that the game has been cancelled despite the game being in a mature enough state for months of open playtesting.

Making a Punchier User Interface for VR in ‘Beat the Beats’

When we started working on Beat the Beats, we had one clear mission: we wanted a super cohesive experience from the moment you start up the game. This implies treating UI and menu time as seriously as the gameplay itself.

VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber’s Fun Isn’t What You Think

Our series Inside XR Design highlights and unpacks examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at Beat Saber (2019) and why its most essential design element can be used to make great VR games that have nothing to do with music or rhythm.