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Contractors spinoff 'Contractors Showdown' announced, Releases 2024 (store.steampowered.com)
 

Caveman Studios, the devs behind one of VR's most popular shooters, Contractors, have announced a spinoff project titled 'Contractors Showdown.'

Set to release in 2024, Contractors Showdown is a battle royale taking place on a 4km x 4km map, releasing on "multiple platforms." It will support cross-platform matchmaking, and introduce new features such as a tactical PDA, 'call-in support,' and customizable weapons to name a few. The teaser trailer briefly shows the game's map, which appears to have a heavy focus on roads; possibly suggesting the addition of player controlled vehicles.

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Pavlov VR Update 29: PSVR Crossplay, OpenXR, UE5 (store.steampowered.com)
 

Pavlov has received its long awaited Update 29, which introduces PSVR2 cross-platform lobbies, and switches over to Unreal Engine 5 and OpenXR. Previous mods are unfortunately bjorked, but a new mod browser has been added to replace Steam Workshop.

Users running eye-tracking hardware compatible with OpenXR toolkit should now able to enable eye-tracked foveated rendering as well; I can confirm it is working on my Quest Pro.

If it's been a while since you've played Pavlov, consider giving it a shot! The increased player count from PSVR has been great, and it feels good to be back after mostly playing Contractors for several months.

Virtual Reality Community! in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] Semi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good looking out, I'll add it to the list!

Overwatch 2 is charging you for the PvE it didn't cancel in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] Semi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This sucks, but they were upfront when PVE was announced that it would be paid, while PVP would be free.

That doesn’t excuse the PVP effectively not being so free with the hero unlock system, the $20 OW1 skins, or announcing that they’ve reduced the PVE scope to the point of invalidating the point of making a sequel and then STILL charging for it.

But it was always going to be paid.

What I'm waiting to see is whether there’s anything worth paying for here, or if we’re just being milked for the Archives missions we were already getting for free. Blizzard being Blizzard, I’m expecting the latter. This whole thing is just a masterclass in shitting the bed and being surprised when the community recoils.

What's everyone playing right now? in c/virtualreality@lemmy.world
[–] Semi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve mostly been in Contractors as per usual, but today I plan to check out the new major Pavlov update. I’m also curious to check No Man’s Sky since you mention it and it’s gotten a bunch of updates since I last played.

How is NMS’ performance these days? I always struggled to get a playable experience even with some pretty thorough tweaking

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A “Morality Clause” just sounds like Santa’s boring older brother. (lemmy.world)
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Virtual Reality Community! (lemmy.world)
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Edited for clarity and to add the PSVR community. If anyone would like me to add another VR comm to the list, just let me know!

Calling all VR enthusiasts, here are a couple of spaces for discussion!

Virtual Reality | https://lemmy.world/c/virtualreality

PSVR | https://lemmy.world/c/psvr

Meta Quest | https://lemmy.world/c/metaquest

Quest Pro | https://lemmy.world/c/questpro

Apple Vision | https://lemmy.world/c/applevision

Hope to see you around!

How’s everyone liking this so far? in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
[–] Semi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I definitely feel the content drought, but switching my feed to All + Active, and just watching all of the random crap go by has been interesting.

Once the hobby communities start picking up speed again, I think it could be really good