About: Kevin Joyce

Kevin Joyce has been a writer in the video games industry for more than 20 years, dedicated to XR for the latter half. He has launched numerous initiatives in the XR space, including media outlets such as VRFocus and AR/VR Pioneers, hackathons, marketing and community management organisation Tiny Brains, and not-for-profit educational platforms.

Posts by Kevin Joyce:

The Best VR Mods That Completely Transform Their Games

Posted on: 07 Nov 2026

Some of the best new VR experiences aren’t actually VR games. Over the years, modders have transformed conventional PC games into VR experiences, adding motion controls, physical interaction and entirely new ways to explore familiar worlds. Some of these projects are remarkably complete, while others remain experimental, but the best VR mods demonstrate just how […]

The Best VR Horror Games to Play in 2026

Posted on: 31 Oct 2026

Halloween is here, and there are few better ways to celebrate than putting on a headset and stepping into a genuinely terrifying world. VR has become home to some excellent horror games, ranging from full-length survival horror adventures to psychological thrillers, supernatural investigations and multiplayer ghost hunts. The best take advantage of VR in ways […]

The Best VR Games that Almost Nobody Played

Posted on: 24 Oct 2026

VR has no shortage of games worth playing. The problem is finding them. A handful of major releases dominate conversations while hundreds of smaller projects compete for attention across Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2 and PC VR. Some of these games are easy to overlook because they were released early in VR’s history, when the audience […]

The VR Games That Deserve a Sequel

Posted on: 17 Oct 2026

VR has produced plenty of games that left players wanting more. That’s partly because VR developers have often had to work within much tighter budgets than their flatscreen counterparts. Even some of the medium’s most ambitious games can finish just as they feel like they’re getting started. Then there are games that establish a fantastic […]

The Biggest VR Games That Never Happened

Posted on: 10 Oct 2026

VR has now been around long enough to have its own graveyard. Over the years, publishers and developers have announced ambitious VR projects based on some of gaming and entertainment’s biggest names. Some were cancelled before they were ever shown publicly. Others disappeared after years of development, sometimes after playable builds already existed. But all […]

The Biggest VR Fails: 10 Games That Fell Short of Expectations

Posted on: 03 Oct 2026

VR has produced some of gaming’s most memorable experiences over the last decade. It has also produced some spectacular misfires. Since consumer VR began in earnest in 2016, developers have experimented with established franchises, enormous open worlds, licensed properties and entirely new forms of interaction. Some of those experiments worked brilliantly. Others demonstrated just how […]

The Most Anticipated VR Games Still to Come in 2026

Posted on: 26 Sep 2026

2026 has already delivered a healthy selection of new VR games, but there is still plenty to look forward to. When we published our original look at the most anticipated VR games of 2026, many of the titles were still months away from launch. That has changed considerably. Some have now arrived, and others have […]

The Best Fallout 4 VR Mods in 2026

Posted on: 19 Sep 2026

Fallout 4 VR launched back in 2017, but the game has continued to benefit from a dedicated modding community. While the vanilla version remains one of the biggest open-world games available in VR, it doesn’t always feel like a game that was designed specifically for the medium. The player has no proper visible body, weapon […]

The Best Bethesda VR Games & Mods: From Skyrim VR to Starfield and Morrowind

Posted on: 12 Sep 2026

Bethesda has one of the most interesting histories with VR of any major game publisher. The company embraced VR during the first major wave of consumer headsets, bringing some of its biggest franchises to virtual reality with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR and Fallout 4 VR. It also experimented with shorter VR-specific projects based […]

The Best Comic Book VR Games in 2026

Posted on: 05 Sep 2026

Comic books and VR should be a natural fit. Both mediums are built around putting audiences into extraordinary worlds, whether that’s Gotham City, New York during a zombie apocalypse or a universe filled with superheroes. VR takes that concept a step further, allowing players to actually step into the role of their favourite characters rather […]