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Send us Fan Mail We discuss whether Valve dropped the ball with its Steam Frame rollout, review Shil, and share our horror game staff picks. We also go over the latest VR news, including the shutdown of Ultimechs and new updates for Synth Riders, Real VR Fishing, and Walkabout Mini Golf. Here's the full topic list, in order: Housekeeping notes 1. Moving into the new UploadVR Studio 2. UploadVR Showcase Winter Edition submissions are open Main topics 3. Did Valve drop the ball with its Steam Frame rollout? 4. Game Review: Shil 5. UploadVR horror game staff picks Other VR News 6. Ultimechs is shutting down 7. New Coltrane series from VR Noir creators 8. Synth Riders adds hand tracking & visual updates on Quest 9. Real VR Fishing Halloween update 10. Walkabout MG's new course, hand tracking, and mulligans

Send us Fan Mail We discuss a full recap of VR gaming in September, alongside our impressions of the Titanfall 2 VR mod, Tiny Flock, and the No Man's Sky Cosmos Expedition. We also cover the new Horizon+ monthly games, the latest Walkabout Mini Golf course, and recent layoffs at Mighty Coconut. Here's the full topic list, in order: Intro & Recap of VR Gaming In September 1. September's Major Game Updates 2. UploadVR's September Gameplay Coverage 3. James' Highlight of the Month 4. Mike's Highlight of the Month Games of the Week 5. Titanfall 2 VR Mod 6. Tiny Flock 7. No Man's Sky Cosmos Expedition The News 8. New Horizon+ Monthly & Catalog Games 9. New Walkabout Mini Golf Course & Mighty Coconut Layoffs 10. Trimming Hedges in Evangelion 11. Just Hoops 2.0 Hand Tracking & Accessibility 12. Birdseed VR Coming to Steam 13. New Game: Arizona Truck Driver 14. New Game: Shil 15. House of the Dead Event in Florida Coming This Week 16. New VR Releases & Updates 17. Upcoming Spooky Season Articles 18. Upcoming Gameplay Coverage

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the biggest VR gaming reveals from Meta Connect 2026, including a breakdown of the new Meta VR Glasses, Supernatural separating from Meta ownership, and a recap of the newly announced titles. We also cover the Android XR Bridge tool bringing Quest exclusives to PC VR, the H3VR2 Quest release date, and our impressions of the Dungeons of Eternity Tomb Extraction update. Here's the full topic list, in order: Show Intro 1. VR Gamescast and VR Download schedule updates Meta Connect Recap 2. Breaking down the Meta VR Glasses 3. Beat Saber's Flux update 4. Supernatural separating from Meta ownership 5. Payday Aces High October beta 6. New games announced for Meta VR Glasses & Quest 3 Other News 7. Spymaster leaving Early Access in October 8. Dungeons of Eternity Tomb Extraction update 9. Android XR Bridge tool bringing Quest exclusives to PC VR 10. H3VR2 Quest release date Games of the Week 11. James can't talk about Tiny Flock yet 12. Jupiter and Mars 13. James bought a Nintendo Labo 14. Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked Twilight's End 15. Dream Hackers VR demo impressions 16. Dungeons of Eternity Tomb Extraction impressions

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the official prices and reservation system for the Steam Frame, the return of Meta Connect this week, and the sad news that Polyarc Games is shutting down. Plus, we announce that the VR Gamescast is going live starting September 28th and run through the latest games of the week. Here's the full topic list, in order: Announcement 1. VR Gamescast goes live starting September 28th The News 2. Steam Frame official prices and reservation system 3. Meta Connect returns this week 4. Polyarc Games shuts down Games of the week 5. Sol Protocol 6. Transformers: Beyond Reality Redux 7. I Am Your Beast VR 8. Cleansheet Soccer 2 coming to Quest 9. Dream Hackers VR demo available now 10. Betas open for Exoshock and Primal Rumble

Send us Fan Mail We discuss our thoughts on Gunman Contracts Stand Alone, The Lightkeepers, and No Man's Sky's Cosmos update. We also cover Triangle Factory canceling Breachers: Outbreak and Golf+ adding Immersive Putting on Quest 3, before finishing off with a rapid-fire VR gaming Q&A. Here's the full topic list, in order: What We Played This Week 1. Gunman Contracts Stand Alone 2. The Lightkeepers 3. No Man's Sky's Cosmos Update 4. Other VR game releases this week A Busy Week of News 5. Triangle Factory cancels Breachers: Outbreak 6. Golf+ adds Immersive Putting on Quest 3 7. I Am Your Beast VR out on September 17 Rapid fire VR gaming questions with Mike and James 8. First remembered VR experience 9. Most played VR game 10. Non-VR genre enjoyed in VR 11. First game to cause motion sickness 12. VR experiences impossible to explain in words 13. Number of headsets and daily drivers 14. Proudest UploadVR story 15. Bucket list developer to interview 16. An UploadVR review that surprised us 17. Most anticipated VR game

Send us Fan Mail We discuss our reviews of Knights of Fiona and Discovery: Rogue Planet. We also cover higher refresh rates for Quest 3, Steam Link adding USB support, and Meta spinning Horizon Worlds off from the Horizon mobile app. Here's the full topic list, in order: What We've Been Playing 1. Knights of Fiona Review 2. Discovery: Rogue Planet Review The News 3. Gunman Contracts Release Date 4. Higher refresh rates for Quest 3 5. New Horizon+ Games this month 6. Steam Link adds USB Support Discussion Topic 7. Meta spinning Horizon Worlds off from the Horizon mobile app

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Supernatural splitting from Meta, Snoop Dogg coming to VR via Hitman, and the recent layoffs at Schell Games. We also look ahead to VR's fall outlook, discussing the lack of a major flagship title, upcoming hardware like the Steam Frame, and our impressions of playing Payday: Aces High together. Here's the full topic list, in order: Catching Up 1. James' Disney vacation and Trombone Champ Disney DLC 2. Mike's VR gaming in James' absence The News 3. Supernatural splits from Meta and will relaunch soon 4. Snoop Dogg coming to VR via Hitman 5. Demeo Battlemarked gets a new paid add-on 6. Layoffs at Schell Games 7. Into the Radius 1.0 on Quest and PS VR2 8. The Light Brigade's final update 9. Garden of the Sea's flatscreen port flopped VR's Fall Outlook 10. A lot of games on the horizon, but no flagship title 11. We played Payday: Aces High together 12. New hardware coming, including Steam Frame 13. Is standalone more important as parts get more expensive?

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the design philosophy and mechanics of Payday: Aces High in a special interview with Fast Travel Games' Erik Odeldahl. We dive into what didn't make the cut from the flatscreen games, translating heist roles and stealth into VR, and how much content players can expect at launch. Here's the full topic list, in order: The Design Philosophy 1. What didn't make the cut from the flatscreen games 2. Creating world interactions based on player expectations 3. Making the heists replayable Gameplay Mechanics 4. Using specialized tools 5. Falling into natural roles during heists 6. Stealth gameplay 7. Accommodating solo players with bots Content & Inspirations 8. How much content to expect at launch 9. Doing real world research 10. Developing character archetypes through progression 11. Erik's personal gaming

Send us Fan Mail We discuss combating cheaters in VR with Ghosts of Tabor's Scott Albright. We dive into why the Tomahawk anticheat solution was needed for standalone headsets, the specifics of VR cheating like modified APKs, and how developers are realizing the scale of the issue. We also explore Tomahawk's expansion to PC VR and why PS VR2 remains mostly safe. Here's the full topic list, in order: Why Tomahawk was needed 1. Common anticheat solutions don't work for standalone VR 2. Meta's existing software is not good enough Specifics of VR cheating 3. Modified APKs are the primary issue 4. What it means to root a headset Extending Tomahawk beyond Tabor 5. The raw numbers of cheaters 6. Kids in free-to-play are the biggest offenders 7. Meta did not believe cheating is an issue on Quest 8. Pico's ecosystem is vulnerable right now Developers are realizing the issue 9. The VR cheating community migrates from game to game 10. The number of cheaters is going down with Tomahawk The Tomahawk team and expansion 11. Tomahawk's team is comprised of real-life cheaters 12. Evolving Tomahawk for PC VR & Steam Deck 13. Steam Frame will be problematic 14. PS VR2 is mostly safe from cheaters 15. Tabor pays for the Tomahawk servers

Send us Fan Mail We discuss an explosion of new VR mods, Beyond Frames selling Combat Waffle Studios' publishing rights, and the upcoming relaunch of Altspace. We also talk about Virtual Desktop getting USB support, the release of the XR Replay app, and whether or not you can account for taste. Here's the full topic list, in order: What We've Been Playing This Week 1. James' games of the week 2. Mike's games of the week VR News 3. A VR mod explosion 4. Beyond Frames sells Combat Waffle's publishing rights 5. Half-Life 2 VR Mod gets Steam Frame Verified 6. Altspace relaunching soon 7. Dream Hackers VR is James' most anticipated game 8. Quest Games Optimizer releases XR Replay app 9. Virtual Desktop gets USB support Hot Topic 10. Can't account for taste

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Yacine Salmi's background in VR game development, dive into the details of Salmi Games' upcoming title Drifters: Blackout Crew, and explore the process of porting to the Steam Frame. Here's the full topic list, in order: Yacine's background 1. Getting started in game development & VR 2. Being candid in the UploadVR guest column and dev diaries Drifters: Blackout Crew 3. What is Drifters: Blackout Crew 4. The artstyle in Sweet Surrender and Drifters 5. Why go the sci-fi route 6. Lessons learned from previous games 7. Will Drifters: Blackout Crew come to PS VR2? Working With the Steam Frame 8. The process of porting to Steam Frame 9. The possibility of Drifters coming to standalone Steam Frame Wrapping It Up 10. What Yacine is playing and detaching personal gaming from work 11. The worst and best parts of being a game developer

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Roboquest VR launching on Quest with crossplay co-op, the 'Great on Frame' collection highlighting over 20 games, and Horizon+ adding a 'starter' edition of Gamepass. We also go over One More Delve leaving Early Access, the upcoming shutdown of Hyper Dash, Incuvo porting StarRupture to Quest, and our top picks for demoing VR to new users. Here's the full topic list, in order: What We've Been Playing This Week 1. James' games of the week 2. Mike's games of the week VR News 3. Roboquest VR launches on Quest with crossplay co-op 4. 'Great on Frame' has 20+ games 5. Horizon+ adds 'starter' edition of Gamepass 6. One More Delve leaves Early Access 7. Hyper Dash shutting down in November 8. Incuvo porting StarRupture to Quest 9. Good demo games for new VR users

Send us Fan Mail We discuss our favorite new VR games and updates of 2026 so far. We also share our biggest "wow" moments in VR gaming this year, and look ahead to the games we're most excited about for the rest of 2026. Here's the full topic list, in order: 2026 Mid Year In Review 1. Favorite new VR games of 2026 thus far 2. Favorite VR game updates so far this year 3. WOW moments in VR gaming this year 4. Games we're looking forward to for the rest of 2026

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Steam's new 'Great on Frame' verification system for VR games, Vertigo Games reportedly working on a Tomb Raider game, and John Carmack offering a $1 million guarantee for official Team Beef ports. We also cover Sony's plans to cease game disc production in 2028, along with newly announced titles like Ghosts of Tabor: Legacy and H3VR finally leaving Early Access after 10 years. Here's the full topic list, in order: Back From Holiday Hiatus 1. What has James been up to? 2. What has Mike been up to? Catching Up On The News 3. 'Great on Frame' verified titles 4. Vertigo Games reportedly working on a Tomb Raider game 5. John Carmack offering $1M guarantee for official Team Beef ports 6. Survive The Night shelved by The Binary Mill 7. Sony to cease production of game discs in 2028 8. Golf+ hosting VR Open with an amazing grand prize New Games Announced 9. H3VR leaves Early Access after 10 years 10. Hellsplit Labyrinth 11. Ghosts of Tabor: Legacy

Send us Fan Mail We discuss our overall thoughts on the VR Games Showcase, highlighting the new games featured and updates for known titles. We also cover the release of the Walkabout Mini Golf Homestar Runner Distraction Pack, recent layoffs at Combat Waffle, and the impending closures of Quantaar and A Township Tale. Here's the full topic list, in order: VR Games Showcase recap 1. VR Games Showcase overall thoughts 2. New games featured 3. Updates for known games 4. Dev spotlights In Other News 5. Walkabout Mini Golf Homestar Runner Distraction Pack out now 6. Combat Waffle layoffs; Quantaar & A Township Tale shutting down 7. James' review of Color-A-Cube 8. Memoreum halts full-time development due to low sales 9. VR summer sales have started 10. New music for Synth Riders & Beat Saber