Releases Recap: February 27 – March 3
This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Meta Quest Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights:
Beat Saber - New Imagine Dragons Singles
Beat Saber’s Imagine Dragons Music Pack got an upgrade. Expand your music library with chart-topping hits “Enemy” and “Bones” from the award-winning Pop Rock band, or get the updated 12-song Imagine Dragons Music Pack with the advanced in-game environment and lighting, new colors and revamped original levels, which include Arc & Chain Notes. The Imagine Dragons Music Pack and new singles are available now for purchase as additional content for the game.
Perfect For: Fans of Pistol Whip, Synth Riders, and Audio Trip
Developer: Beat Games
Available On: Meta Quest Platform
More Info: “‘Beat Saber’ Adds “Enemy” & “Bones” to the Imagine Dragons Music Pack”
Among Us VR - Custom Lobby Settings
With countless matches played in the last few months, it’s high time we start changing the game in Among Us VR. This week Among Us VR rolled out the (free) Custom Lobby Settings update. Tweak the rules however you see fit. Want a six-person game with two impostors? Or maybe only one Impostor, but the Kill Cooldown timer is reduced to only 10 seconds? Or a game where nobody can report bodies? Do it! Experiment! Over 9 billion customization configurations are being added to Among Us VR with this feature. The “Pizza Time” hat is also being added to everyone’s Wardrobe with this update—but if that doesn’t satiate your hunger for hats, the new “Hat Pack: Accidental Favorites” DLC features some go-to toppers from the original game, including “MoRawk” and “Peeled.”
Perfect For: Fans of Demeo, Gorilla Tag, and Cook-Out
Developer: Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy
Available On: Meta Quest 2 + Pro
More Info: “Change the Game: ‘Among Us VR’ Adds Custom Lobby Settings and Accidental Hats Today”
Reimagined Volume I: Nyssa
This week marks the debut of Reimagined—an animated VR series showcasing lesser-known fairy tales, fables, myths, and folklore. Reimagined Volume I: Nyssa is available now for free on Meta Quest TV. Hand drawn and animated in VR using Quill by Smoothstep and inspired by the Brothers Grimm folktale “The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was,” it follows a precocious and mischievous young witch who, after losing her best friend, Broom, is guided by her familiar spirit through the depths of the Dark Migration where she must learn about fear and how to harness it in order to protect her village from the wrath of the evil Teemencaag.
Perfect For: Fans of BATTLESCAR: Punk Was Invented By Girls, Wolves in the Walls, and Madrid Noir
Developer: Very Cavaliere Productions
Available On: Meta Quest Platform
More Info: “Celebrate Women’s History Month with ‘Reimagined Volume I: Nyssa,’ Out Now on Meta Quest TV”
ARK and ADE
ARK and ADE is an action-jammed FPS shooter in which you get to experience the glory of the ‘80s arcade era in a neon infused setting. Shoot your way through retro-futuristic levels filled with enemies, iconic over-the-top bosses, and never-ending bullets! Collect secrets and trophies, enjoy destructible environments and cover, as you utilize an array of immersive features such as bullet time, shield, and dual-wielding weapons. Protect the ARK at all costs and help fight back the AI threat! Insert coin to play!
Perfect For: Fans of Wings 1941, Arcade Legend, and Shooty Fruity
Developer: Castello Inc.
Available On: Meta Quest Platform
Flipside Studio
Turn any room into a stage with Flipside Studio! Packed with features, Flipside Studio is a virtual production studio that allows creators to use VR to make real-time animated shows for Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and more. Share your live-streamed or recorded adventures. Choose from pre-loaded characters, sets, and hundreds of props. Create characters in-app using Ready Player Me, or customize characters, sets, props, and effects with the free Unity plugin, Flipside Creator Tools. Use show tools like cameras, teleprompters, monitors, slideshows, and more. Create on your own or collaborate remotely in-real time with folks world-wide, and then stream online, on social, Zoom, and more with the free Flipside Broadcaster (PC) companion app.
Perfect For: Fans of Figmin XR, Gravity Sketch, and ShapesXR
Developer: Flipside XR
Available On: Meta Quest 2 + Pro
Smash Drums - Favorites Update + New Songs
Hey drummers, want more songs for Smash Drums? Introducing four new free songs. Smash Drums launched with 30 rock songs in 2021, got 20 more in 2022 and...it’s not done yet! Enjoy these four new free tracks, and expect much more to come in the future. A long-requested feature also just landed—the ability to bookmark songs and quickly find your favorites. With 54 songs to choose from (and counting) it can be hard to find your favorites in the list. Now you can bookmark them for quick access.
Perfect For: Fans of Ragnarock, Unplugged: Air Guitar, and OhShape
Developer: PotamWorks SAS
Available On: Meta Quest Platform
Puzzling Places - Monthly Pack #11: Skogaholm Manor
Hey Puzzlers, a brand new variety puzzle pack is here! Introducing Monthly Pack #11: Skogaholm Manor for Puzzling Places. This puzzle pack invites you to explore the elegant interiors of the Skogaholm Manor in Stockholm, Sweden. Puzzles include The Baroness’s Chamber, The Presidential Chamber, The Nursery, The Yellow Chamber, The Chinese Cabinet, and the Skogaholm Manor itself. Happy puzzling!
Perfect For: Fans of Cubism, Silhouette, and Shadow Point
Developer: realities.io
Available On: Meta Quest Platform
Visit the Store on the Meta Quest and Rift Platforms for even more immersive content. We’ll see you back here next week for another batch of releases.
