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

🥳 But there’s more:

Walkabout MiniGolf has a Christmas theme.

Apple wants to add PS VR controllers to Vision Pro.

Metallica comes to Beat Saber.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #46

Discounts and Tips

🤩 Meta Quest 3S (256GB) is on holiday sale with a $30 Amazon credit, free Batman: Arkham Shadow, and a 3-month Quest+ trial, running through December 24.

🤯 PlayStation VR 2 sales surged 20-fold on Amazon US thanks to a 42% Black Friday discount, with the promotion extended until January 2, 2025.

XR Games

🥳 MixRift (my company) launches Crit Attack, a free-to-play, family-friendly mixed reality arcade wave shooter for Meta Quest, combining nostalgic 80s-inspired gameplay with casual, immersive fun. Play the game here (and watch the trailer below).

🐈 I Am Cat, a sandbox adventure transforming you into a mischievous feline exploring Granny’s house, is now fully released on Meta Quest, featuring new characters, a story, and physics-enabled chaos.

👊 UNDERDOGS, a physics-based sci-fi brawler praised as a VR arena combat benchmark, is coming to PlayStation VR2 in early 2025 after its success on Quest, Steam, and Pico.

⛳️ The Holiday Hideaway DLC for Walkabout Mini Golf VR transports players to a festive North Pole cabin with new courses, cosmetics, and interactive elements, perfect for the holiday season.

🤜 Path of Fury: Episode I — Tetsuo's Tower, an 80s kung fu-inspired VR action game, launches on Meta Quest in early 2025 for $9.99, delivering on-rails martial arts combat through a fortress filled with enemies.

🩹 Skydance's Behemoth will receive a major patch today, December 12, addressing performance, gameplay, and visual issues across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR platforms. 

🏋️‍♀️ DodgeCraft, a new VR sports training game from INCISIV Ltd, is now available on Quest, featuring agility-testing modes like asteroid dodging and tackling bots, with mixed reality support.

🤖 Iron Rebellion, a VR multiplayer mech game inspired by Titanfall and Hawken, exits early access with its 1.0 release on Quest and Steam today, December 12. 

🌉 Bridge Constructor Studio brings its popular engineering puzzle sim to Quest today, December 12, featuring 70 VR and mixed reality challenges, a custom Scenario Creation Mode, and no default budget limits. 

🚜 Crystal Commanders, a VR and mixed reality RTS inspired by Halo Wars and Command & Conquer, launches on Meta Quest on February 27, 2025, featuring immersive gameplay and a fully voiced campaign.

XR Entertainment

🐶 Stay: Forever Home, a mixed reality virtual pet simulator featuring a magical canine companion named Ember, is coming to Quest in early 2025, blending AR, VR, and AI for a personalized and unscripted experience.

🦎 The mixed reality terrarium simulator Vivarium, previously exclusive to Pico, will launch on Meta Quest headsets in April 2025. 

🥁 Beat Saber launched its 17-track Metallica Music Pack, featuring iconic hits like Master of Puppets and Enter Sandman, along with challenging new levels and gameplay features, for $19.99 USD or $1.99 USD each song.

🤳 You can now quickly scan rooms and objects with your smartphone and view them in VR on Meta Quest 3(S) using Niantic's Into The Scaniverse, with results ready in just five minutes.

XR News

💺 Roto VR secures £2.4M ($3.06M) funding to globally launch its interactive VR gaming chair, the Roto VR Explorer, enhancing immersion and addressing VR challenges like motion sickness.

⛴️ Meta partners with James Cameron's Lightstorm Vision to revolutionize 3D entertainment on Meta Quest, spanning live sports, films, and immersive storytelling.

🎮 Apple and Sony are collaborating to add PSVR 2 controller support for Vision Pro, enabling enhanced gaming and app functionality, with plans for Apple to sell the controllers directly.

🔨 Shapelab Lite, a 3D modeling app tailored for Quest headsets, launches in early access, bringing professional-grade sculpting tools to beginners and experts for $15.

🪟 Quest 3 introduces experimental seamless Windows 11 integration, enabling single-tap PC mirroring and virtual monitors, but requires a local network connection.

🦍 Here is an analysis about how Gorilla Tag has become a $100M success, redefining VR gaming as a scalable, immersive, and social experience.

🖥️ The Vision Pro's updated ultrawide Mac Virtual Display in visionOS 2.2 transforms it into a versatile, high-resolution workspace, edging closer to being its killer app.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu