VR gaming's spring hot streak is good news for the Steam Deck.
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VR gaming is having a moment thanks to great games like Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City.
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Fortnite D4vd emotes are hidden under a setting now, and it s upsetting fans Resident Evil 2026 director reveals his new movie takes place on the periphery of Resident Evil 2 Arc Raiders massive April patch won t save the game from going stale VR's unexpected moment is good news for the Steam Frame Image: Cortopia Studios/Beyond Frames Entertainemnt Sign in to your Polygon.com account If you follow the news, you know that it hasn’t been a great year for VR gaming. That’s a bit of an understatement: it has been dire. Meta shut down four of its internal VR studios , including Twisted Pixel ( Marvel’s Deadpool VR ) and Sanzaru Games ( Asgard’s Wrath 2 ). Ubisoft shut down game development at Red Storm Entertainment, the team behind Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR . Moss developer Polyarc laid off
And yet, VR is having an unlikely moment right now. In the last month, we’ve seen the launch of three major game releases: Little Nightmares VR Altered Echoes , The Boys: Trigger Warning , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City . All three IP-driven projects are high-profile efforts from studios that remain committed to taking VR seriously. That’s on top of a stream of regular releases that are pushing the tech forward, from Star Trek: Infection to the Apple Vision Pro showpiece Retrocade .
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