The VR Game Launch Roundup: The First September Offerings

After a strong selection over August, here are some early VR releases for September to help cure those post-summer blues. Here are five VR titles that have confirmed release dates over the course of next week. Also, make sure to check out our helpful little video guide freshly made for our YouTube channel. In addition, be sure to check out our post-Gamescom articles full of exclusive insights and interviews discussing various VR content.

Honor and Duty: D-Day All Out War Edition – Strange Games

Complete with single and multiplayer modes, Honor and Duty: D-Day All Out War Edition is a WW2 shooter featuring upgradeable weapons, 4 player classes to choose and training your own soldiers over the course of 40 game stages.

• Supported Platforms: PlayStation VR (Retail copy)
• Launch Date: 3^rd September

Gamedevvr – Frederik Handberg

Put yourself in the shoes of a 1990s game developer in this unique game within a game experience. The action takes place in your developer’s basement where, along with developing games of your own, make sure to stay hydrated, eat regularly and take out your development frustrations on your surrounding environment.

Elven Assassin – Wenkly Studio

This well-received single and multiplayer action title was first released in 2016. It has now been given the Oculus Quest treatment where players can relive fond memories of defeating hordes of enemies with crossbows while dodging axes when war breaks out in your kingdom.

• Supported Platforms: Oculus Quest
• Launch date: 5^th September

Spice and Wolf VR – Spicy Tails

Based on the Japanese Light novel series by Isuna Hasekura, the story follows the adventures of travelling merchant Kraft Lawrence and Holo, who can transform herself into a wolf. You join them as they seek refuge in an old abandoned house. Working with the original creators of Spice and Wolf, this VR animation has been developed and published by SpicyTales and can still be enjoyed in 2D by non-VR users.

• Supported Platforms: PlayStation VR
• Launch date: 5^th September

The Angry Birds Movie 2: VR Under Pressure – XR Games

The popular Rovio Entertainment videogame series flung its way onto mobile devices late 2009. Now almost a decade on, the battling birds have continued to reach new heights with their ever-growing universe of books, comics, TV shows, two feature films and of course new games. This newest release is a PlayStation VR exclusive couch co-op based off the most recent feature film, The Angry Birds Movie 2, and takes place on board the Piggy Gadget Lab from the same film.

• Supported Platforms: PlayStation VR (Retail copy)
• Launch date: 6^th September

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