XR = eXtended Reality (everything VR, AR, MR)

🥳 But there’s more:

☔ The story-based VR shooter Of Lies & Rain will enter early access on September 10th,

⚽ The immersive sports app Xtadium has launched in the UK,

🎥 BeamXR Live empowers users to stream VR and mixed reality games directly to Twitch and YouTube from a Quest headset

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #74

Discounts and Tips

🤩 Don’t forget you can get up to 25% discounts when you buy a game from the Meta Quest store. Go here and look for your game (we’re not affiliated with the website, but it’s a great tool).

XR Games

🛡️ Originally a well-regarded PC VR and PSVR 2 game, Arken Age is now slated for a November release on Quest 3 and 3S, where its engaging single-player action-adventure will run at a native 72 FPS with full content parity.

🔫 An open alpha for Forefront, a Battlefield-like VR shooter, has launched, offering players a limited-time opportunity to experience 16 vs. 16 multiplayer action with vehicles and provide feedback.

☔ A new trailer has confirmed that the story-based VR shooter Of Lies & Rain will enter early access on September 10th, bringing its post-apocalyptic narrative to Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR platforms.

🏞️ The studio behind Green Hell VR has announced a new original VR survival game called TRACKED: Shoot to Survive, which will launch this fall on Quest 3 and 3S, immersing players in the Canadian tundra with gesture-based mechanics.

🧟 World War Z VR has officially launched on the Meta Quest platform, reimagined for a single-player experience with bigger, faster, and more dangerous zombie hordes from the original game.

🧙 Vex Mage is an adrenaline-fueled arena shooter arriving on Meta Quest and PC VR later this year - and a high-speed, spell-slinging demo already available.

🐢 The developer diary for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City revealed pre-alpha gameplay footage on Quest, showcasing an "anime parkour" movement system involving sprinting, dashing, and climbing.

XR Entertainment

🎨 Resolution Games' new mixed reality experience, Twenty Guys, is now in Early Access, using the Meta Quest's passthrough to place twenty physics-driven, imaginary characters into a player's real-world environment.

🍔 McDonaldland VR launches in Meta Horizon Worlds and Web VR - step into interactive zones with Grimace, Hamburglar, Birdie, mini-games, collectibles, and cosmetic rewards.

⚽ The immersive sports app Xtadium has launched in the UK, offering highlights and behind-the-scenes clips of events like Wimbledon and boxing.

📸 Lushfoil Photography Sim VR, a photography simulation game for PC VR, is coming soon to Steam, allowing players to explore detailed nature maps and control in-game camera settings.

⛪ The Exorcist: Legion VR has an official themed world in Meta Horizon Worlds, featuring a parkour course and offering discount codes for the full game to visitors and players who complete the course.

XR News

📊 Despite announcing the end of its PlayStation support, Beat Saber unexpectedly claimed the top spot on the July 2025 PlayStation VR2 download charts.

🌍 Niantic's new Spatial SDK provides developers with advanced mixed reality capabilities for Quest 3 and 3S, including centimeter-accurate outdoor Visual Positioning System (VPS) and live scene meshing.

🎨 Adobe and Meta have launched the new Substance 3D Reviewer app on the Meta Horizon Store, enabling designers to collaboratively review 3D models at scale within a shared virtual environment.

💻 Meta has released the new Quest Runtime Optimizer, a user-friendly tool designed for Unity developers to easily identify and fix performance bottlenecks in their applications, ensuring smoother gameplay.

🎥 BeamXR Live empowers users to stream VR and mixed reality games directly to Twitch and YouTube from a Quest headset, bypassing the need for a PC.

⚔️ Noetic Realms has been announced with plans to create content-creator-friendly and narrative-driven games, starting with a debut action RPG that will feature an early access launch with a free sandbox mode.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu