PSVR - Timeline
Tuesday8th Oct 2019
News Sony Celebrates PSVR's Third Anniversary with EU and US PlayStation Store Sale
Virtual savings
In just a few days, PlayStation VR will turn three years old. The hardware has been a pretty big success for Sony, and has led the way in bringing virtual reality to the mainstream. As part of its celebrations, the platform holder is hosting a PlayStation Store sale on PSVR games in both Europe and North America. Things are slightly...
Monday7th Oct 2019
News Crazy PSVR Adventure Trover Saves the Universe Gets Free DLC Tomorrow
Important Cosmic Jobs
One of this generation's most bonkers games, virtual reality or not, is Trover Saves the Universe. Written by and starring Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty fame, it's a comedic adventure through space as you try to save your dogs from an enemy bent on destruction. With ad-libbed dialogue and all kinds of weird and wonderful...
Saturday5th Oct 2019
News Marvel's Iron Man VR Release Date Revealed at New York Comic Con
Assemble
Update: Sony's officially outlined Marvel's Iron Man VR's roster of purchase options. The standard release will cost just $39.99, and if you pre-order from participating retailers you'll score four custom armours and a dynamic PS4 theme. Plump up for the $49.99 Digital Deluxe version from the PlayStation Store and you'll grab a further four...
Thursday3rd Oct 2019
News Golem Finally Lumbers Towards a November Release Date on PSVR
Rolling stones
Those of you who have been waiting for Golem on PlayStation VR -- you can wake up now. A release date for this long dormant PSVR exclusive title has finally been announced, and there isn't too much longer to wait. Golem will release digitally on 12th November 2019, but a few days earlier at retail on 8th November. In case you've...
Wednesday25th Sep 2019
News Panic! at the Disco Is the Next Band Bringing Music to Beat Saber on PSVR
No need to panic
Beat Saber is one PlayStation VR game we keep coming back to. The music might be hit and miss, but the gameplay is endlessly satisfying regardless of the tunes. Thankfully, the PSVR hit is getting more music fairly regularly -- with two premium DLC packs and a free one for good measure, there's plenty of songs to choose from these...
Tuesday24th Sep 2019
News PSVR Montage Introduces Upcoming Games
Ooh lala
Sony definitely got the memo: you vocal lot don’t like a lot of time being “wasted” on PlayStation VR. For the virtual reality fans watching State of Play today, though, there was a brief glimpse at a handful of upcoming titles – including Space Channel 5 VR. Here’s a breakdown of everything you’ve got to look forward to:...
News Humanity Is a Bizarre New PS4 Title from Tetris Effect Dev Enhance Games
Oh the humanity
Sony kicked off today's State of Play with a fresh game announcement. Humanity is the latest project from developers THA and Enhance Games, the studio that brought us the exquisite Tetris Effect. The above trailer doesn't give us an awful lot to go on, and to make matters worse, the press release is arguably less informative...
News L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files Is Out for PSVR Right Now
Truth, doubt, lie
After an unexpected age rating sort of gave the project away, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files has been confirmed for a PlayStation VR release. Better yet, it's actually out right now on the PlayStati
Friday20th Sep 2019
News New PlayStation VR Mega Pack Bundle Includes Five Top Games
Out in Europe next month
Looks like Sony will continue to push PlayStation VR this holiday, as it's just announced a new Mega Pack bundle for Europe. Including the headset, a PlayStation Camera, and download codes for five games, it's a great way to get someone started with virtual reality on PS4. So, which games are included? In the box, you'll...
Wednesday18th Sep 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Patch 2.12 Out Now, Brings Improvements to PSVR Support
Above and Beyond
A few days ago, it was discovered that an incoming patch for No Man's Sky would aim to improve the visual quality of the game's new PlayStation VR mode. That update has now arrived on PS4 with patch 2.12, which is ready for download. It's a hefty update at 4.7GB, but as usual, Hello Games has packed it full of enhancements of all...
Guide Upcoming PSVR Games in 2019
PlayStation VR's next heavy hitters
What upcoming PSVR games are releasing in 2019? Sony collated a sensational lineup of PlayStation VR software in 2018, with titles like Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Beat Saber being genuine Game of the Year candidates. But with the accessory more affordable than ever and an ever-expanding catalogue of must-play...
Tuesday17th Sep 2019
Review Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son - Time-Looping Puzzler Can't Live Up to the Iconic Movie
Phil Connors simulator
In Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, a virtual reality sorta-sequel to the classic movie, you play as Phil Connors Jr. -- the cocksure son of Bill Murray's character and social media influencer on the rise. He's back in Punxsutawney to see his family and celebrate the unveiling of a statue in his father's honour. It's meant...
News PSVR Cockney Caper Blood & Truth Reloads with New Content
Can you Adam and Eve it?
Blood & Truth is easily one of the most ambitious experiences available for PlayStation VR, and now you have a reason to return to the cockney crime caper. Available now is a new patch for the London Studio developed exclusive, which includes a new set of skeet challenges. These range from straightforward clay pigeon...
Saturday14th Sep 2019
News Incoming No Man's Sky PS4 Patch Will Improve Image Quality in PSVR Mode
Beyond blur
No Man's Sky's Beyond update has rejuvenated the colourful space exploration title, acting as a sort of re-launch. Among many other things, the game-changing expansion added in support for PlayStation VR, a feature many players had been asking for since launch. While the VR mode is well implemented, it does significantly reduce the...
Wednesday4th Sep 2019
Random Beat Saber Player Uses Staff to Turn the Game into a Darth Maul Simulator
Something for the sequel
Beat Saber has to be one of the coolest games to watch from a distance and play yourself, but one Twitter user just took things a step further. User @KathrynGamer put out a short clip of the PSVR title being played with a staff, and combined with in-game footage, it's something we need to try out for ourselves. Check it out...
Friday30th Aug 2019
News Latest Beat Saber PSVR Update Adds New Free Songs, Ability to Change Colours, and More
Update 1.15 out now
Beat Saber is one of our favourite PlayStation VR games, and as with many titles these days, it's only getting better post-launch. The addictive, box-slashing rhythm game has just received a meaty new update, taking the software to version 1.15. The biggest addition is OST 3, a new music pack that introduces six more tracks for...
Wednesday28th Aug 2019
News Audica Swaps Beat Saber's Blades for Guns on PSVR Later This Year
Check out these guns
Harmonix is making a return to PlayStation in the form of its new VR game, Audica. Announced earlier in the year, the rhythm shooter has now been confirmed for PSVR over on the PlayStation Blog. The above teaser doesn't reveal much, but in simple terms, this looks to play similarly to Beat Saber -- only instead of hitting...
Tuesday27th Aug 2019
News Sony's Sending Select PS4 Fans a Great Free Game
Check your emails
Are you feeling lucky? You may want to check your emails regardless, because Sony is sending out free copies of the absurdly good Astro Bot Rescue Mission to select PlayStation 4 fans. It’s unclear whether this goodie is reserved for PlayStation VR owners, but we’d recommend you rifle through your inbox regardless to see if...
Monday19th Aug 2019
News Groundhog Day Replays on PSVR from 17th September
One more time
Tequila Works’ unexpected continuation of the Bill Murray cult classic Groundhog Day will release on PlayStation VR from 17th September. Playing as the son of original protagonist Phil Connors, the Sony Pictures Virtual Reality-published narrative adventure will find you “solving puzzles and exploring the world introduced by the...
News Battlewake Takes the Fight to the High-Seas on PSVR Next Month
A pirate's life for me
Battlewake is the next title from VR experts Survios, and it's hitting PlayStation VR in less than a month on 10th September. We didn't get around to covering its announcement a couple of months ago, but the reveal trailer above is still worth taking a look at. Coming from the studio that made Raw Data and CREED: Rise to...
Tuesday13th Aug 2019
News L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files Age Rating Suggests a PSVR Release Isn't Far Off
PEGI spills the beans
When L.A. Noire came to PS4 a couple of years back via a remaster, it released alongside a sort of spin-off experience for virtual reality headsets that rebuilt specific cases from the main game. It was only available for headsets compatible with the PC such as the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but it looks like the PlayStation VR...
Monday12th Aug 2019
News Firewall Zero Hour Takes to the Dark Web in Next Operation, Launching Tomorrow
New maps and contractors
Firewall Zero Hour has to be the best supported PlayStation VR game out there, right? Despite middling reviews last August, developer First Contact Entertainment has stuck with the PSVR shooter through thick and thin, and it's planning on enhancing the experience yet again with more content. Titled Operation: Dark Web, check...
Friday9th Aug 2019
Review The Copper Canyon Shootout - A Fun, Compact Light Gun-Esque Experience in VR
Once upon a time in PSVR
The Copper Canyon Shootout's name evokes a specific image. What kind of game might it be? Some sort of Western, maybe a cowboy shooter is probably your first thought. If you pictured that, you’d be partially correct. Does it make you think of robots? Probably not, but as it turns out, all of your enemies are made of metal...
Friday2nd Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky's Beyond Update Launches 14th August Along with PSVR Support
Three big updates in one
No Man's Sky's next big update, titled Beyond, will arrive on PS4 in just a few short weeks on 14th August. It also brings with it one of the community's biggest requests - PlayStation VR support. The patch, free for all players, is said to be three huge updates rolled into one large content offering at once that is a mix...
Thursday1st Aug 2019
Review Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot - An Unexpectedly Impressive PSVR Excursion
I, robot
Machine Games and Arkane Studios’ Wolfenstein collaboration spans two titles, but much of the emphasis during marketing was on the cooperative shooting of Wolfenstein: Youngblood. The PlayStation VR title, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, has hardly gotten any attention. It was shown – briefly – at this year’s E3, and apart from the odd...
Wednesday31st Jul 2019
Hands On WipEout PSVR Will Totally Melt Your Mind
Free patch is a game changer
What the freakin’ heck? Sony casually dropped the PlayStation VR patch for WipEout Omega Collection, and it’s transformed the fast-paced futuristic racer into one of the best virtual reality experiences you’ll find on the platform. This is an extraordinary achievement – it’s so impressive that we’re...
Tuesday30th Jul 2019
Hands On Concrete Genie's Colourful PSVR Experience Could Cure Sadness
Short but sweet
You need to know one thing about being a games writer: publishers will always ask you what you think when you hand them back the controller. In the case of Concrete Genie, the ever-affable folks at Sony wanted our reaction to the title’s PlayStation VR experience, which is included for free alongside the main game. “You’ve...
Monday29th Jul 2019
News First Doctor Who: The Edge of Time PSVR Gameplay Is Very Brown
We're not impressed
The first slice of footage for Doctor Who: The Edge of Time has just hit the internet, and we can't say this is the most impressed we've ever been by a trailer. Take a look for yourself in the clip above. It's all incredibly brown? We see the player first collecting items while a voiceover plays from what we assume is Jodie...
Thursday25th Jul 2019
News Free Update for PSVR Shooter Blood & Truth Adds New Game Plus, New Challenges, More
Lovely jubbly
Cor blimey, it's hot, innit? On the hottest day of the year, London Studio has released a cool new update for its brilliant PlayStation VR action title, Blood & Truth. The free update adds a couple of new features to the game, making it an even more complete package for fans of VR firefights. The headline addition is New Game Plus...
Wednesday24th Jul 2019
News There Are Two New Wolfenstein Games Out This Week
You could be forgiven for forgetting
This week sees the release of not one but two new Wolfenstein titles: Youngblood and Cyberpilot. The tangentially related titles will drop on 26th July, with the former introducing co-op to MachineGames’ likeable franchise reboot for the first time. Playing as the so-called ‘Terror Twins’ – the daughters...
News The Angry Birds Movie 2 Game Drops Asymmetrical Multiplayer on PSVR
Fowl play
Did you know there’s a second movie in the Angry Birds franchise? Nuts, eh? Not only that but XR Games has teamed up with Sony Pictures and Rovio to create The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure – a brand new PlayStation VR title with an emphasis on asymmetrical co-op play. This leverages the hardware’s social screen feature,...
Monday22nd Jul 2019
Review Telefrag VR - A Slight But Slick PSVR Arena Shooter
Quake-ing in our boots
When a shooter is at its best, everything just feels right. Controls are snappy, shooting is satisfying, the environments are fun, and getting a “frag” is appropriately rewarding. Keep each of these elements in mind, and then toss PlayStation VR into the mix, and that’s how it feels to dive into Telefrag VR. Telefrag VR...
Friday19th Jul 2019
News Iron Man VR Developer Video Showcases a Ton of New Gameplay Footage
Suit up
Are we the only ones more interested in Iron Man VR than next year's Marvel's Avengers? It's shaping up to be a really great PlayStation VR game, and it looks the part too in this latest behind the scenes trailer. Check it out above. Amongst snippets of interviews with the developers of the title, we get brief glimpses of new gameplay that...
News Marvel Games' Comic-Con Panel Was a Whole Load of Nothing
Avengers gameplay after Gamescom
We already knew that the Marvel's Avengers gameplay demonstration wouldn't be making its way out of the San Diego Comic-Con panel in Hall H, but it really doesn't sound like there much was for attendees to get excited about anyway. We followed the panel through a live blog, and for saying that surprises were most...
Thursday18th Jul 2019
News Oculus Wants to Trade with Sony for PSVR Exclusives
"We've thought about it"
In what would be an unprecedented instance of video game swapsies, Oculus bigwig Jason Rubin has said that his company would “love” to trade exclusive games with competitor Sony. The former Naughty Dog man told Kotaku that “they have great stuff that they’ve funded and we have great stuff that we’ve funded”. The...
Wednesday17th Jul 2019
News PSVR Shooter Blood & Truth Is Getting a Free Demo Tomorrow on PlayStation Store
Have a butcher's
Blood & Truth is one of PSVR's best action games. The full-length follow up to PlayStation VR Worlds' London Heist, it's a brilliantly tactile shooter with some incredible moments. If you've yet to take the plunge, you're in luck; Sony has just announced a free playable demo will arrive on the PlayStation Store tomorrow...
Thursday11th Jul 2019
Guide How to Fix PSVR's Blurry Image
Clean up the unfocused image quality of your PlayStation VR headset
How do you fix PSVR's blurry image? It’s the ultimate immersion killer, after all – there’s a beautiful virtual world rendered all around you, but you’re fighting fog to see it. There’s always going to be some degree of fuzziness when you’re playing PlayStation VR due to...
Wednesday3rd Jul 2019
Review Sairento - A Fun, Kinetic Ninja Action Game for PSVR
Be a slicer and dicer while wearing your visor
PlayStation VR is seeing quite the resurgence recently; it seems like every month in 2019 we’ve been treated to an excellent new game or experience to enjoy when we put on our headset. Sairento looks to continue that hot streak, and offers a short but sweet burst of ninja justice on PSVR. Do you...
Friday28th Jun 2019
News PS Plus Members Can Play PSVR Shooter Firewall Zero Hour for Free This Weekend
Double XP, too
Firewall Zero Hour is probably one of PlayStation VR's better multiplayer offerings, with its tactical skirmishes and intense firefights. If you've yet to sample this PSVR exclusive title, you're in luck: this weekend, all PS Plus members are able to play it for free. Starting today and ending on the 30th June, you'll be able to join...
Tuesday25th Jun 2019
Review Vacation Simulator - It's a Jolly Holiday with You, Bot
Trip Ad-visor
We're sure the irony of taking a fake holiday within the confines of virtual reality isn't lost on Owlchemy Labs, a studio that revels in the absurdity of what it's making. Job Simulator was one of PlayStation VR's first games, a series of silly sandboxes stuffed with interactive objects and madcap characters. It's about as far from...
News PSVR Adventure Moss Updated Today with Free Twilight Garden Content
Expands the miniature world
One of the only real criticisms we had of PlayStation VR title Moss was that there isn't more of it. Over a year later, developer Polyarc has now released a content expansion for the cutesy adventure, and it's available to download now as a free title update. Coming in at about 3GB, the update adds the Twilight Garden to...
Monday24th Jun 2019
News Another Spider-Man PSVR Experience Releases This Week to Coincide with Far From Home
Get ahead of the cinemas
Spider-Man: Far From Home doesn’t hit cinemas until the very beginning of July, but a new PSVR experience coming later this week will give you the chance to don the Spidey suit early. The release sounds a lot like the experience that released alongside Spider-Man Homecoming - a short but sweet swing across Queens as Peter...
Thursday20th Jun 2019
Review Luna - A Sweet, Meditative PSVR Excursion
By the light of the silvery moon
Every now and again, it's nice to just play a game that makes you smile. In between all the games about shooting and killing and gore, there are games that are just so unabashedly sweet that you can't help but grin as you play them. Enter Funomena's Luna, a PlayStation VR puzzler that tells a tale about connectedness...
News Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Brings Localised Chaos to PS4 in Early 2020
PlayStation VR support included
After initially launching in Japan in October 2018, Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories will finally make its way west via a localised port on PS4, courtesy of NIS America. It's set to release in early 2020, so check out the announcement trailer above to build up some hype. The Disaster Report series is known for its...
Wednesday19th Jun 2019
News Penn & Teller Bring Scam Minigames to PSVR Next Month
As pointless as it looks
You may be familiar with Penn & Teller Smoke and Mirrors for SEGA CD, a daft minigame compilation designed specifically to scam your friends with. It never came out, but titles like Desert Bus have become urban legends, prompting remakes of their own. Now the American duo are back with PlayStation VR release Penn &...
Tuesday18th Jun 2019
Review Mini-Mech Mayhem - Silly Turn-Based Strategy from the Makers of Velocity
Go ahead, Mech my day
PlayStation VR really is a treasure trove of new ideas, and FuturLab’s latest is certainly just that. The developer of the excellent Velocity 2X has brought multiplayer turn-based strategy to the platform, and while it isn’t without its issues, it offers something wholly unique. Mini-Mech Mayhem begins with customising an...
Monday10th Jun 2019
E3 2019 The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets Told on PSVR This Year
Watch dogs
Apex Construct was just about the blandest sci-fi virtual reality story told thus far, but it played nicely on PlayStation VR and had some impressive visuals and ideas. The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets looks to be packing a bit more personality, and it’s due out this year for Sony’s headset. This is effectively an easy-going puzzle...
E3 2019 Imagine Dragons Song Pack Comes to Beat Saber Today on PSVR
Welcome to the new age
If you're a fan of chopping up neon coloured blocks in time with music, we have some good news for you. The excellent PlayStation VR rhythm game, Beat Saber, has its second DLC song pack, this time putting the spotlight on Imagine Dragons. What's more, it's available right now. For £9.99, you'll get 10 tracks from the...
E3 2019 Arizona Sunshine Reloads with The Damned DLC in August
It, er, takes place in a dam
We weren’t overly keen on it, but Arizona Sunshine sure has a lot of fans – enough for developer Vertigo Games to continue supporting it with DLC packs. The next expansion is due out on 27th August in the form of The Damned – a standalone story experience which promises to feature the series’ “largest mission...
E3 2019 Arizona Sunshine Dev Announces After The Fall, a Shared-World FPS for PSVR
Destiny-like via the headset
UploadVR's E3 2019 Showcase has just gotten underway, but we can already tell you about one of its more notable announcements. Vertigo Games, the team behind Arizona Sunshine, is developing a new title for PlayStation VR named After The Fall. It
