What you could know
Alien: Rogue Incursion and Batman: Arkham Shadow have been introduced as Meta Quest 3-exclusive video games.Neither title might be coming to the Meta Quest 2 (Oculus Quest 2).Meta has lately been promoting the Quest 2 at an all-time low value, signaling the tip of life for the favored VR headset.
Two big-name IPs simply introduced AAA video games for Meta Quest headsets, however solely the Meta Quest 3 is receiving both of them. Alien: Rogue Incursion and Batman: Arkham Shadow are on the way in which later this 12 months however neither sport might be obtainable on the Meta Quest 2 which has lately seen huge reductions to skinny out stock.
Batman: Arkham Shadow comes from Camouflaj, a first-party Meta developer underneath the Oculus Studios model and the identical developer behind the wonderful Iron Man VR launched on PlayStation VR and Meta Quest platforms. It is a brand-new Meta Quest 3-exclusive entry into the mainline Batman Arkham sequence.
Because the teaser trailer suggests, the sport ought to match properly in with the Arkham sequence of video games. That ought to embody loads of stealth missions, high-action battle scenes, utilizing loads of Batman’s in depth catalog of devices, and possibly even flying across the metropolis, all in wonderful VR. On condition that Iron Man VR’s gameplay revolved totally round flying, it could be shocking to see this explicit mechanic lacking from Batman: Arkham Shadow.
Extra particulars might be revealed throughout Summer time Recreation Fest on June 7 at 2:00 p.m. PT.
In the meantime, Alien: Rogue Incursion comes from veteran VR developer Survios, who was behind video games like Creed: Rise to Glory, Uncooked Information, and Westworld Awakening. Alien: Rogue Incursion marks the primary time a sport based mostly within the Alien universe is formally obtainable in VR, making the single-player action-horror expertise much more actual than ever earlier than. This one is popping out for PSVR 2 and PCVR as nicely, however not the Meta Quest 2 natively.
Similar to with Batman: Arkham Shadow, there’s solely a teaser trailer for Alien: Rogue Incursion at the moment with gameplay particulars anticipated over the following few months.
Primarily based on the outline, the sport sounds prefer it takes after the wonderful Alien: Isolation that debuted a full decade in the past. As that is nonetheless one of many scariest video games ever made, enjoying it in absolutely immersive VR is bound to place loads of gamers on edge as they make their manner via an area station all whereas being hunted by a killer Xenomorph.
Whereas we have been recommending the Meta Quest 2 as an incredible funds headset to choose up for underneath $200, we’re altering our advice beginning immediately. Whereas the Meta Quest 2 remains to be a incredible budget-priced headset to have round the home, we not suggest shopping for one if it may be your solely VR headset.
As an alternative, we suggest both getting a Meta Quest 3 or ready for the rumored Meta Quest 3 Lite, which has been mentioned to be priced fairly a bit decrease than the Quest 2 whereas nonetheless providing the identical horsepower because the common Quest 3. Meaning next-generation video games like Alien: Rogue Incursion and Batman: Arkham Shadow would work on that system simply as they’ll on an everyday Meta Quest 3.
Choosing up a Meta Quest 2 for underneath $200 remains to be an incredible purchase should you plan to make use of it for enjoying PCVR video games wirelessly or if you need a secondary headset in your house, nevertheless it’s clear that the system’s library of native titles is simply going to proceed shrinking as time goes on. Townsmen VR was the primary Meta Quest 3-exclusive sport simply after the New 12 months 2024, and different upcoming Meta Quest video games like Starship Residence are additionally Quest 3-exclusive titles.