You could say that The Walking Dead franchise is a volatile beast in terms of quality. I'll spare you the rhetoric of the ups and downs of the television show, but even the flagship Telltale games took a dip eventually and fell into ov...

It's tough to know what to expect from Half-Life: Alyx. It's Valve's first Half-Life game in well over a decade, it's only available in a virtual reality format, and it's the first time Gordon Freeman isn't the protagonist. You couldn'...

An alarming amount of 2020 games have been pushed back until later in the year. It makes sense, it happens annually. But we've also had a few last-minute pushes like Final Fantasy VII Remake, Avengers and Cyberpunk 2077. Now we can add...

You don't need an official Oculus Link cable to run Oculus Rift games on your standalone Oculus Quest headset, but if you want a no-fuss option that's guaranteed to work and work well, here it is. The company has started selling a five-mete...

Labo...remember that product line? While I'm sure everyone with kids is letting out a collective "yes" chant right now, a lot of folks still don't know what it is: or it completely passed them by after the initial furor and they forgot abou...

Beat Saber and Green Day – what a peculiar pairing. Announced after a live performance at The Game Awards 2019, the band is bringing six of its songs to the realm of VR saber slashing. The Green Day Music Pack will cost $9 and it's la...

Twisted Pixel just stealth-released its newest game. Path of the Warrior is a VR brawler and it's out right now. As part of The Game Awards, Twisted Pixel got a quick reveal trailer in the middle of the show. One look at it and you're...

At the top of most every VR-owner's wishlist is Half-Life: Alyx, the new VR-only chapter in the Half-Life universe. In March 2020, it's coming to SteamVR. After that? It's tough to say. Half-Life: Alyx designer Ron Coomer was rec...

At this morning's State of Play presentation, Sony revealed a new trailer for Pixel Reef's esoteric looking VR title, Paper Beast, that features folded creatures, much like the ones created in origami art, existing within a huge sandbox wor...

The Oculus Quest just got that much more enticing. With update v12, the standalone VR headset now has motion tracking – a taste of it, at least. The functionality is currently limited to "select first-party apps" (like the browser and...

For better or worse, Twin Peaks VR is about what you'd expect: a chance to spend a bit more time in David Lynch and Mark Frost's subversive universe. It doesn't look particularly great, even by virtual-reality graphics standards, but I coul...

Blooming Japanese developer Mikage LLC has announced that it has signed with publisher Aksys Games to work on a mystery project for the upcoming PlayStation 5 platform, along with ports for PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch and VR.Mikage is the deve...

Those of you hoping to get fully immersed in the world of Ulala's Swingin' Report Show (and I'm assuming that's everybody) will unfortunately have to wait a little longer. Developer Grounding Inc. has announced that Space Channel 5 VR: Kind...

It's Turkey Day and if you're one of those lucky PC gamers who don't have a potato for a system, you may just be shopping for a VR head-mounted display this holiday season - especially because Valve has suddenly decided to start printing mo...

In case you missed it (how?!) Valve kind of gave us Half-Life: Alyx out of nowhere last week. The catch? It's a VR-only joint. While it'll certainly sell some units the industry at large isn't exactly afraid of its market forces yet: a sent...

Today's contest features a life-ruining experience -- take care of cats with a PSVR or PC copy of Kitten'd! Cats are assholes. They are. But honestly, I'm coming around. I've left my old place with my roommate's asshole cat and moved in wit...

Social media megacorp Facebook has acquired Beat Games, the independent studio behind excellent virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber, as part of its upcoming VR initiative Oculus Studios."Today we’re announcing that Beat Games is jo...

There's good news and there's bad news. The next game in the Half-Life canon won't require the $1,000 Valve Index hardware to play. That's a bullet dodged. However, it will require some sort of PC-based VR setup, and that's going to be...

It's taken Golem longer than expected to make it onto PlayStation VR, and I worry that for some people, the game missed its window of opportunity – that it's going to seem like too little, too late. VR is a fast-moving field, after al...

It's hard to believe that the inaugural episode of Vader Immortal, a VR (and Oculus)-only experience came out in May. Although it was very hurried I was hooked from the first run, and needed to see where it all ended. Naturally it can'...

VR has become much more accessible in just this past year, and Oculus has smartly pivoted to match market demands. The users have spoken: they want untethered freedom of movement, and lower price points. That was the goal with the Oculus Qu...

Earlier this week Valve revealed that there's a new Half-Life game in the works called Half-Life: Alyx. Whoa calm down there champ! It's a VR project. This is something every Index user sort of predicted, as the company launched t...

Today's contest features a PSVR copy of workout title BoxVR! Alright nerds, let's face the music -- we could all use a little more exercise in our lives. Sure, sitting on the couch and getting our Dew and 'Ritos on kinda rules, but we gotta...

[Update: Valve has confirmed Half-Life: Alyx is real. It'll be revealed on Thursday morning.]

Most people do not have the restraint to hold off until the last possible moment to invest in an expiring console. However, those who do will find some absolutely fantastic deals waiting for them. Sony is heading into its final Black Friday...