In a word, Sony’s upcoming PlayStation VR2 is on track to provide a respectable range of games in its first year of availability. In addition to the games already announced for the second-generation headset, Sony has unveiled 13 additional titles, many of which will be available in the first month launch window.
Highlights include titles from popular franchises such as No Man’s Sky, Resident Evil Village, and Horizon Call of the Mountain. There’s also a free PS VR2 update for Gran Turismo 7 set to release on launch day.
Developer Polyphony Digital said the GT7 will take full advantage of the headset’s next-generation features, including eye tracking and foveal rendering. Split-screen two-player racing won’t support virtual reality, we’re told, but all other race modes, including online competition, will.
The first VR game with official NFL and NFLPA licenses is called NFL Pro Era. Players will be tested to determine if they have what it takes to carry their favorite team to the Super Bowl, or they can choose a more laid-back option like playing wrestling with friends at a well-known stadium.
Additionally coming to PS VR2 is Kayak VR: Mirage. This beautiful simulator, which debuted last summer, emphasizes images. Enjoy photorealistic graphics, a wide variety of wildlife, and a well-rounded audio as you paddle alongside dolphins in Costa Rica, sail through ice caves in Antarctica, or soak up the sun against Australian canyons.
If adrenaline is more your thing, raise your heart rate and take on your friends and family in race mode. How you play is up to you.
Sony’s PlayStation VR2 will launch on February 22 for $549.99 and will include headphones, a pair of Sense controllers and stereo headphones. The full range of the launch window is as follows:
- After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
- Altaïr breaker (third to)
- Before Your Eyes (Skybound Interactive, Launch Window)
- VR Cities (fast-paced travel games)
- Cosmonious High (Owlchemy)
- Creed: Rise to Glory – Championship Edition (Survios, Launch Window)
- The Dark Pictures: Switchback (Supermassive, launch window)
- Demeo (Resolution Games)
- Dyschronie: Chronos Alternate (MyDearest Inc., Perp Games)
- Fantavision 202X (Cosmo Machia, Inc.)
- Gran Turismo 7 (via a free upgrade to the PS5 version of GT7)
- Horizon Call of the Mountain (Firesprite, Guerrilla)
- Work simulator (Owlchemy)
- Jurassic World Aftermath (Coatsink)
- VR Kayak: Mirage (Better Than Life)
- Kizuna AI – Touch the rhythm! (Gemdrops, Inc.)
- The Last Winder (Pontoco/Cyan Worlds)
- The Light Brigade (Funktronic Labs, purchase includes PS VR and PS VR2 versions)
- Moss 1 & 2 Remaster (Polyarc)
- NFL Pro Era (StatusPro, Inc., free PS VR2 update)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games, Launch Window)
- Pavlov VR (Vankrupt)
- Pistol Whip (Cloudhead, free upgrade)
- Mysterious Places (Realities.io, free update)
- Resident Evil Village (Capcom, via a free upgrade to the PS5 version of RE Village)
- Rez Infinite (Enhance)
- Song in the Smoke (17 bits)
- STAR WARS: Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy (ILMxLab)
- Synth Riders (Kluge Interactive, free update)
- The Tale of Onogoro (Amata KK)
- Sprawling (Devolver)
- Tetris effect: Connected (enhanced)
- Panpan (Drool LLC)
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners: Chapter 2: Retribution (Skydance, Launch Window)
- Holiday simulator (Owlchemy)
- What is the bat (triband)
- Zenith: The Last City (Ramen VR, free update)
SUMMARY
Sony has unveiled 13 titles for PlayStation VR2, many of which will be available in the first month launch window. Highlights include No Man’s Sky, Resident Evil Village, and Horizon Call of the Mountain. There’s also a free PS VR2 update for Gran Turismo 7 set to release on launch day.
