The Steam Frame launches during one of the slowest periods for VR on Steam, but Valve hopes to ‘rekindle the excitement’ for PCVR

There was a time when VR was pretty much exclusive to the PC. I’m talking about when the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift were the pinnacle of technology, circa 2016. I have very fond memories of those two headsets, often borrowing them from friends and colleagues, then ferrying them around to various spots to evangelise…

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Bungie delays next Marathon update and ends ‘strict seasonal schedule’ as it goes all-in on Destiny-like features

Bungie is changing how it updates Marathon going forward, saying it is “moving away from a strict seasonal schedule to give the team more flexibility to build, test, and improve features before release.” As a result, the content planned to launch as part of this month’s seasonal refresh has been delayed into December, and will…

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Valve had next-gen VR ‘headsets ready three, four years ago and they were big, bulky devices’ but went back to the drawing board after actually putting them on

The Steam Frame is here and it’s one of the best VR headsets I’ve ever had attached to my face, just don’t ask me about the price. But when we spoke to two of the people at Valve who helped create the device—Joy Lyons and Jeremy Selan—they told me the company actually had its new…

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Rayman Legends Retold Has Been Delayed

No Way, Man. We were just a few weeks away from Rayman Legends Retold launching on Switch 2 on 1st October, but the game has been delayed at the eleventh hour. As shared in an announcement post on social media, the Rayman dev team at Ubisoft Montpellier revealed that it is pushing back the 2.5D…

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Valve targeted a lower price for the Steam Frame, then the memory crisis happened: ‘I wish we could have shipped it at the price that we were at last year’

After many years of waiting and a few false starts over on Reddit, the Steam Frame is finally here. We even have a price for the virtual reality headset, which is set to ship imminently to customers. Hold onto your headsets… Steam Frame (256 GB) w/ VR controllers: 1,059 USD/ 1,529 CAD/ 1,049 EUR/ 889…

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