XR League announces Racket Club singles and doubles leagues season 1 set to begin January 22. Both XRL and Resolution Games’ Racket Club were launched in December and continue the tradition of VR sports that began with the release of consumer headsets HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in 2016. Since then, the quality of headsets…
Another Axiom established a name for itself with Gorilla Tag, which had generated over $26 million from in-app purchases by January 2023, just under two years after launching on Steam Early Access & Sidequest. Gorilla Tag is also the most-rated app on the Quest store, with over 93,000 reviews, nearly twice as many as the…
Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) was established in January 2018 as a fun, friendly community that would cater specifically to the needs of collegiate level VR and esport enthusiasts. Since that time, over 50 different universities, colleges, and post-secondary schools have participated. CVRE recently launched their 11th season and there are already 29 different universities…
Fitness and esports enthusiasts will soon have a new game to enjoy in Resolution Games’ Racket Club. While there are similarities to other racket sports like tennis and pickleball in physical reality, Racket Club is a brand new racket sport built from the ground up for VR. This is fantastic news for those of us…
For the VR esports enthusiasts in our midst, we’re pleased to share that Thirdverse is launching the inaugural season of X8 League, featuring a $10,000 prize pool and an eight-week season that will begin September 25. Thirdverse has partnered with Virtual Athletics League (VAL) to present the league. About X8 X8 is a VR multiplayer…
Virtex is excited to announce their first live event, which will feature Echo Arena, a VR esports game from Ready At Dawn, in Virtex Stadium, an immersive entertainment platform that enables fans to experience esports competitions in live 3D with other fans. Unlike anything we’ve seen before, Virtex is designed to put spectators in the…
In April, Rezzil launched a major update for their VR sports platform which included the announcement of one of the biggest competition series’ ever for the VR community. Each month there will be $5000 cash and an assortment of other prizes, such Fitbits and jerseys, up for grabs for the highest performing players. The catch,…
Metropolis arrives today in the world of BigBox VR’s Population: One battle royale game and while it’s touted as a new map, it’s much more than that. Let’s get real for a minute and recognize that despite the huge area of this map, which offers more square footage than the entire map combined, the real…
The 17-year-old arrived home, slipped off his shoes, and looked around his room, which had been cleared of all but essential items. He was eager to hang out with his friends and excited to see if his sport team could finally defeat their greatest rival so he stepped onto his gaming mat, picked up his…
Editor’s Note: Credit for this article goes to Codasleuth with minor editing from VRFI staff. Echo Combat Lounge and ECRanked announce the release of The Flamingo Challenge, an ongoing event for Ready At Dawn’s Echo Combat (an in-app purchase for Echo VR by Ready at Dawn for the Oculus/Meta platform) that will run parallel to…