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:

Yes, Thief VR is Also Coming to Meta Quest & PCVR

Posted on: 05 Jun 2025

Unless you were living under a rock (or, you know, generally busy) VR fans will undoubtedly have heard the news that the Thief franchise is getting a new outing built exclusively for VR. Revealed at Sony’s PlayStation State of Play event and reported on the PlayStation Blog, you might well be thinking the title is […]

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked Details Revealed

Posted on: 04 Jun 2025

Resolution Games have revealed many new details from their forthcoming Demeo follow-up, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked. Chief among them being exactly how Demeo benefits from the use of the Dungeons & Dragons license, and which platforms the game will grace at launch.

PSVR 2’s Cave Crave Horror Mode ‘Too Scary for Most’

Posted on: 01 Jun 2025

3R Games are becoming quite prolific of late. Following the success of Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street, the studio announced the upcoming physics sandbox builder Besiege VR. And now, new title Cave Crave has taken a dark turn, with a community requested featured apparently being too much for most players to handle.

Plasmaborne Launches in Early Access

Posted on: 31 May 2025

German developer Cybersnake-X has announced the Early Access version of Plasmaborne is now out for  Meta Quest. According to the studio, Plasmaborne is an ‘intense VR action roguelike inspired by classics like DOOM and modern hits like Hades‘. Well, that certainly sounds like an interesting combination.

Hard Bullet Review – Easy Action Affair

Posted on: 30 May 2025

The Meta Quest edition of Hard Bullet has been a long wait for fans. The game launched for PCVR via SteamVR back in 2020. That’s five whole years of engaging in furious, fast-paced combat on PC before standalone VR gamers got in on the action. But now, the Meta Quest version has arrived, and 131XR […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City Brings the Half-Shell Heroes to VR

Posted on: 29 May 2025

Gamers of a certain age will no doubt have an enduring connection with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) universe. It’s a franchise that has been through peaks and troughs over the years, both in live action and animated series’. In video games however, there’s a few titles that still standout as champions in their respective genres. […]

World War Z VR Brings the Hordes to Headsets this Summer

Posted on: 28 May 2025

Saber Interactive’s World War Z is a hugely popular co-op zombie shooter on PC and consoles. And now, the studio has announced that World War Z VR is set to shamble onto headsets this summer. What’s more, according to the studio, the masses of undead bodies will make the transition to VR. In all their […]

FYR: The Lost Island Gets a Prequel Demo

Posted on: 27 May 2025

FYR: The Lost Island is a new PC VR title set to launch via SteamVR. However, ahead of its arrival, developer Breach wants you to get a taste of the action. Hence a new demo, acting as a prequel to the full release of FYR: The Lost Island, is available to download now, for free.

The Biggest Developments in VR Gaming in 2025

Posted on: 26 May 2025

VR gaming has experienced explosive growth in 2025. Not necessarily in terms of sales, but rather in the use of the technology available to consumers and developers alike. Game developers are transforming how players interact with digital worlds. Rapid advancements in hardware, software, and game design have lead to the VR landscape becoming more immersive, […]

Quantum Threshold Review – A Slow-Burn Roguelike

Posted on: 22 May 2025

Shooting games in VR are nothing new. Neither are roguelikes. But a VR shooting roguelike where you’re bound to a wheelchair? That’s different. Quantum Threshold aims to deliver something new, and while it doesn’t nail the experience, with this review you’ll learn that it’s at least trying.

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