Meta Connect 2024 Content Recap: Every Meta Quest Game and App Showcased
Connect is one of the biggest events of the year for our community, and it can be difficult to keep track of every single thing announced and/or on display during the week. To help make sure you don’t miss a beat, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest content highlights including games, apps, and fitness experiences.
Each piece of content is listed in alphabetical order—let’s get to it!
Mysterious events are taking place at a Gemini Exoplanet Solutions research facility. Everyone is dead—and soon, that may include you.
Alien: Rogue Incursion is a next-gen, single-player action-horror VR game from Survios, developer of Creed: Rise to Glory - Championship Edition™. Players will take on the role of Zula Hendricks, an unbreakable ex-Colonial Marine, on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend and former squadmate, Benjamin Carver. There she will need to survive deadly attacks from the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered and discover new horrors and threats that, once unleashed, could spell the end for humankind.
Immerse yourself in the authentic and terrifying aesthetics of the Alien film franchise. You’ll have to stay on your toes as Xenomorphs learn from the surrounding environment and react to players’ movements. Make a lot of noise? Something might take notice.
Alien: Rogue Incursion is set to release on Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S on December 19. Pre-order today!
Prepare to embark on a new wellness journey with Alo Moves XR from Magnopus, a groundbreaking sanctuary that seamlessly blends your physical space with immersive natural landscapes. In Alo Moves XR, you can move, breathe, and relax with top instructors in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness no matter where you are. Volumetrically captured 3D instructors are there to guide you, with mini-instructors you can view from any angle and place anywhere to help you perfect your poses.
Challenge your fitness with yoga and Pilates or hack your mindset with energy-shifting meditations and sound baths. You’ll watch your strength, flexibility, and balance improve with classes from five to 30 minutes.
Headset on, distractions out. Block out the noise and quiet your thoughts with ambisonic audio-guided meditations and sound baths set in elevated environmental landscapes. You can even change your backdrop to match your mood and stay in the environment long after class ends.
Alo Moves XR launches October 10 for Quest 3 and Quest 3S.
Who doesn’t want to immerse themselves in their favorite music? As announced during Connect, Amazon Music just launched on the Meta Quest Platform. Now you can surround yourself with all of your favorite tracks.
Prime Video also launched a new experience on Quest today. If you really want to get immersed in your favorite movies, series, sports, and more, check out Prime Video’s vast entertainment destination in Quest’s Theater Mode, transforming your viewing area into an enormous cinema-sized screen.
And if you want to watch content from your favorite creators, check out the official Twitch app on Quest. You can log in with your Twitch account and relax as you watch your favorite creators share their passions for gaming (VR or otherwise), cooking, dancing, or whatever else they’re up to at that very moment.
You’ll find all of the above on the Meta Horizon Store!
It’s hard to believe that Arizona Sunshine® is already eight years old. That’s an eternity in VR terms—and so it’s fitting that this beloved zombie-killing classic is getting a fully modernized remake, completely rebuilt from the ground up, taking advantage of everything Vertigo Games has learned in the years since (and with last year’s sequel, Arizona Sunshine® 2).
The Arizona Sunshine® Remake keeps the original story but overhauls and improves the visuals, upgrades the combat engine to feel more realistic, and adds a new mutation and gore engine so you can dismember zombies in style. Traverse the apocalypse solo or in four-player co-op, as you do your best to survive the dusty Arizona desert and search for fellow survivors. You can see the latest gameplay trailer here, viewer discretion is advised.
You can pre-order Arizona Sunshine® Remake today ahead of its October 17 launch. Those who already own Arizona Sunshine on Quest can get the remake as a $9.99 USD upgrade on launch day. Otherwise, you can get Arizona Sunshine® Remake for $29.99 USD (which includes all of the original add-on content).
Our biggest and most-anticipated release of 2024 is Batman: Arkham Shadow, a groundbreaking new entry in the celebrated Arkham series developed by Camouflaj and Oculus Studios, in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC.
You won’t have to wait much longer. Today at Connect, we revealed that Batman: Arkham Shadow will release on October 22, exclusively on Quest 3 and Quest 3S. Plus, any new 512GB Quest 3 or 128GB or 256GB Quest 3S purchased and activated between today and April 30, 2025 at 5:00 pm PT will receive a copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow bundled with the headset (plus three months of our Meta Quest+ subscription service). Or you can grab the game itself for $49.99 USD and add it to your growing library of amazing Quest titles.
Batman: Arkham Shadow reimagines the core Arkham experience for VR, mixing the series’ signature freeform combat with exploration and puzzle-solving. Deliver bone-crunching blows, or pick off foes one by one from the shadows. Use Detective Vision to scour crime scenes for hidden clues. Glide down from the rooftops and strike terror into your enemies.
You are Batman. See Gotham City through Batman’s eyes as you race to stop the Rat King, a dangerous new foe with a cultish following. An incredible cast brings this Arkham adventure to life, including Roger Craig Smith as Batman, Troy Baker as Harvey Dent, Tara Strong as Dr. Harleen Quinzel, and more.
You can wishlist Batman: Arkham Shadow today—though remember, if you buy a new Quest 3 (512GB only) or Quest 3S between now and 5:00 pm PT on April 30, 2025, you’ll receive a copy once the headset is activated and the game launches on October 22.
The innovative minds at Owlchemy Labs, creators of iconic VR games like Job Simulator, Vacation Simulator, Rick & Morty Virtual Rick-ality, and Cosmonious High, are back with a brand-new take on what co-op multiplayer in VR can be like with Dimensional Double Shift.
Dimensional Double Shift is a hand tracking-only game for Quest that aims to make you rethink the spirit of teamwork and cooperation. Players will have to work together like never before in this mind-bending otherworldly experience that puts the latest hand tracking technology to the test.
Come back next week for our deep-dive interview with Owlchemy Labs and learn more about the wild new adventures in store for you in Dimensional Double Shift.
If you love dark humor and whimsical takes on potentially fatal situations, then have we got the game for you! Dumb Ways: Free for All from PlaySide Studios is the latest entry in the popular Dumb Ways to Die franchise, a series well-known for its iconic song and popular mobile games enjoyed by hundreds of millions of players worldwide.
Dumb Ways: Free for All brings a strong and recognizable IP to the Meta Quest Platform. The game’s quirky humor coupled with its iconic characters and song are a significant part of its appeal.
Playing either solo or with up to five friends, Beans start their journey greeted by a very hard-working Ninny at the Dumb Tours airport check-in gate, where they must choose between a selection of “totally” blissful and “usually” safe destinations to compete in a fun-packed mini-game extravaganza!
Dumb Ways: Free for All is slated to launch November 7.
Escaping Wonderland is a fresh and unique take on Lewis Carroll’s iconic world of Wonderland that is sure to send Quest players into a truly spellbinding experience. As a standalone adventure, you don’t need to have played the previous game, Down the Rabbit Hole, before diving into this one—but you’ll certainly have a deeper appreciation for the story and characters if you do.
Escaping Wonderland takes place after the previous game, and both entries occur prior to Alice’s adventures in the famous stories. Think of these as immersive VR prequels where you get to explore the wondrous worlds yourself before Alice ever tumbles into the realm.
This is a brilliant adventure that could only happen in VR, as it manipulates your sense of scale and really turns everything on its head with wild puzzles and engaging storybook moments across its gorgeous environments. Get ready to burrow back down the rabbit hole as Escaping Wonderland is out for the Meta Quest Platform tomorrow.
Get ready to play, laugh, and move in Home Sports, a collection of fun social sports available for the first time in mixed reality! Whether you’re ready to get silly with friends or out to prove you’re the best in the group, you and up to three friends can get moving in five different sports.
Experience pickleball, hockey, bowling, mini golf, and badminton—all from the comfort of your very own play space for local or online multiplayer fun. Coming soon to the Meta Quest 3 family of devices, so stay tuned for more updates!
Step into a world of music that surrounds you and get ready to take your dancing to a whole new level with Just Dance VR, releasing on October 15 for Quest 2, 3, and Pro. This all-new experience was announced at Ubisoft Forward, and it brings the world of Just Dance to life like never before with incredible 360-degree universes where you can compete against and interact with up to six total players.
With 25 chart-topping hits included, this is sure to be one of the most exciting ways to experience the music you love. And with this new entry in the franchise, Ubisoft is going a step further by allowing players to visit Dancity itself in an all-new and immersive way thanks to VR so players can socialize, meet up from anywhere in the world, and set up matches together.
We can’t wait for you to see what’s in store when Just Dance VR drops on the Meta Quest Platform this October.
The year is 2028. Moscow—and much of the world—is a burnt-out husk, a radioactive ruin silently crumbling in the aftermath of nuclear war. But below the streets, civilization (of a sort) remains. Survivors crowd the Moscow Metro, eking out a life among the darkness.
In Metro Awakening, you play as Serdar, a doctor braving the treacherous tunnels in search of his missing wife. As his sanity is pushed to the limit, Serdar confronts the edge between life and death, ultimately awakening as Khan, the legendary mystic figure whose wisdom and understanding of the tunnels' supernatural forces will echo through time, becoming the spiritual guide shaping the fate of those who dwell in the Metro depths.
Experience the Metro series for the first time ever in VR with this supernatural origin story from Metro creator Dmitry Glukhovsky and developer Vertigo Games. Pre-order Metro Awakening on the Meta Horizon Store now to get the field medic pack in-game plus a 10% discount. Prepare to delve into the dangerous underground when Metro Awakening releases on November 7.
Immerse yourself in the world of the hit NBC Original series The Office like never before by stepping foot inside the Dunder Mifflin paper company's offices in VR thanks to Meta Horizon Worlds. Get to "work" with fun mini-games that embrace the hilarious tedium of the show's iconic brand of humor, answer niche trivia topics, and more in this hilarious social experience.
Sticking to the lore of the series, you can earn "Schrute Bucks" by participating in activities to customize your desk and purchase all kinds of interactive trinkets. Hopefully you don't accidentally get your stapler stuck in a Jell-O mold in the process.
You can dive into The Office World on October 10 in Meta Horizon Worlds. If you want to make sure you don't miss any news or updates on The Office World, subscribe to the RSVP page here. And if that's not enough, you can even watch The Office series itself via the Peacock app on the Meta Quest.
The tundra shakes under your feet. You raise your bow—and then, emerging from the snow, you see it: a fearsome giant towering over you.
Welcome to Skydance’s BEHEMOTH, the latest action-adventure game from Skydance Games, developers of the award-winning The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. Take on the role of Wren the Hunter, wandering the Forsaken Lands in search of the titular Behemoths. Killing these massive giants—if it’s even possible—may be the only way to break the rot curse that plagues Wren’s village.
Simply stabbing these fearsome creatures in the ankle won’t be enough to end it, so you’ll need to rely on your wits, your reflexes, and (yes) your climbing abilities if you want to take these monsters down. And we haven’t even touched on the marauders and other ne’er-do-wells who might get in your way. Master Skydance’s BEHEMOTH’s physics-based combat and ensure that nobody—not even the gods—can stop you.
Skydance’s BEHEMOTH releases on December 5 for $39.99 USD. Pre-order today!
What happens when you take the amazing and immersive blood-pumping virtual reality workout platform of Supernatural and transform it into a group-based workout class? You get Supernatural Together on the Meta Quest Platform.
This has been in the works for a long time, and now we can finally share details about Within’s expansion of Supernatural into an immersive, collaborative, and even more encouraging experience to be enjoyed with friends near and far.
Supernatural Together launches today, so you can try it out for yourself as soon as you’re ready to work up a sweat!
Coming to Early Access this November—the undisputed champion of VR boxing games returns with a stunning, fully-reimagined sequel to the original breakout hit!
The original The Thrill of the Fight was one of the first VR games to blur the line between exercise and entertainment, with a surprisingly deep and realistic boxing simulation underpinning its rise-the-ranks story. Now, the sequel returns to the ring with a number of improvements, starting out with long-awaited multiplayer support, character customization, new breathtaking arenas, and more. And that’s just in Early Access. Once The Thrill of the Fight 2 hits full release, it will expand to include a single player career mode with dynamically-generated opponents, expanded training modes, and more.
The Thrill of the Fight 2 releases in Early Access on November 21. Wishlist it today, and get ready to step into the most authentic VR boxing ring to date.
Originally released in 2022, Triangle Strategy is a critically-acclaimed turn-based tactical role-playing game from legendary developer Square Enix. Now, for the first time ever, Square Enix is bringing one of their iconic RPG properties to VR on the Meta Quest Platform.
Command a group of units as Serenoa, heir of House Wolffort. You can recruit over 20 playable characters with distinct skills and steer your party in a tangled plot where control of the realm is at stake. Your decisions truly make a difference as key choices you make influence the story.
With the VR adaptation of Triangle Strategy, you’ll get a whole new look at the battlefield before you. Reach out and issue commands directly, gaze across the environments from new vantage points, and enjoy new aspects of Norzelia that you couldn't find in the original.
We can’t wait for everyone to experience the epic, sweeping, role-playing action of Triangle Strategy when it comes to Quest later this year.
Chances are you’ve played Wordle since it took the world by storm in 2021. The game is simple: Guess the five-letter word in six tries or less. Right letter, wrong spot? Yellow square. Right letter, right spot? Green square. With a new puzzle released daily, Wordle is a phenomenon that’s played billions of times a year by people around the world.
And now New York Times Games is bringing Wordle to a new audience on Quest, releasing a dedicated MR app that’s free-to-play—meaning there’s no need to log in to your New York Time Games account.
Find Wordle on the Meta Horizon Store, and be sure to read our interview with New York Times Games’ General Manager Jonathan Knight about the joy of Wordle and other New York Times Games, common Wordle starting words, and more.
Phew, that was a long one. This is only a small taste of what’s in store right now and coming soon for the Meta Quest Platform. With tremendous VR apps and games available now and even more on the horizon, alongside cutting-edge mixed reality experiences, there’s never been a better time to dive in.
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