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Meta revealed several games coming to its VR platforms on today’s Connect event. These include ports, updates, and new titles, including Iron Man VR and Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. Microsoft is also bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to the Meta Quest store. Here’s everything announced for Meta Quest 2 during the show.
Xbox Cloud Gaming for Quest
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella revealed during the show that the company is bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to the Quest platform. Users can connect Xbox controllers to their Quest headsets and play Game Pass titles in VR as if they were on a big screen TV. Neither Meta nor Microsoft has announced a launch window, but promised to reveal more in the future.
Iron Man VR
The first game announced was Iron Man VR, which launches on Meta Quest 2 on November 3. Originally launched in 2020 for PlayStation VR, the game puts players in the titular suit of Tony Stark during dogfights. Perhaps more exciting than the Quest 2 port is the announcement that developer Camouflaj will be joining Oculus Studios alongside Twisted Pixel and Armature Studios.
Among us VR
The new harbor looks like this — and it launches on November 10.
colossus
Meta has announced a new game from developer Skydance Interactive. We know it’s called Behemoth, but there’s very little other information to go on — other than it should launch in 2023. The teaser trailer may have been one of the shortest I’ve ever seen.
Updates for FPSs
Meta also announced a few new updates to some of its titles, including The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Chapter 2: Retribution and Population: One. Saints & Sinners Chapter 2 will have a slightly narrower release window, with the game launching on December 1, 2022.
BigBoxVR is launching a UGC-friendly update to its first-person shooter game. Named ‘Sandbox’, users can build their own custom games.
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