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Final Fury is a VR fighting game in the vein of Street Fighter and Tekken. I have been playing this game in beta for months and now there is a FREE demo available on Steam as part of October's Steam Next Fest. I go over all the details of the game, my thoughts on how it has evolved, and give some gameplay at the end.

Notice: This game was provided by the Meta Quest Creator Program. I'm 11 hours into Batman Arkham Shadows and there are so many things I would've done differently at the start if I knew better. So I'm passing my best ten tips for new players in this guide. Expect more Arkham Shadow guides in the feature. All footage captured on Meta Quest 3. This guide is spoiler free.

A lot of VR games you already own may have put out Halloween updates that you missed. I've got you covered with a rundown on the ones I could find. Opening footage from Metro Awakening was provided by the Meta Quest Creator Program. #questcreatorpartner Games covered: Among Us VR Stilt Outta Hand No More Rainbows Grokit Hunt Together Sky Climb The Exorcist Medieval Dynasty: New Settlement Pencil Hyper Dash Death Horizon Reloaded Epic Rollercoasters Subscribe at https://youtube.com/@liveopenmike?sub_confirmation=1 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvJlXV9YVs7UyvPyR8SRj7A/join Live Open Mike is a virtual reality gaming channel with list videos, VR game reviews, VR gameplay footage, and VR gaming news. For full VR livestreams, check out Live Open Mike on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/liveopenmike Follow on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/liveopenmike Follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/liveopenmike Join the Discord at https://t.co/0xkWhpsQiA VR Gaming Merch! https://liveopenmike.creator-spring.com

Digging into the latest in VR news with sales info on the Meta Quest 3S, a new Meta Quest feature coming soon, more games get delayed, and more layoffs at Meta. Check out Dig VR's hilarious trailer here:

https://youtu.be/i-6qntykAsM?si=Oak4XWOnqBu0En8B

Moss is one of my favorite games and Polyarc Games is celebrating the release of Quest 3S with an upgrade to Moss and Moss Book 2. ENTER TO WIN META QUEST KEYS FOR MOSS 1 & 2 HERE: https://gleam.io/ZCU6C/moss-book-1-2-meta-quest-3-giveaway

I received a Meta Quest 3S via the Quest Creator Program and spent the last two weeks putting it through its paces. Like all VR headsets, it has its strengths and weaknesses. I go over five of each and why I cannot continue using it regularly.

This past summer, Meta released an experimental feature to use an external USB microphone in place of the Quest 3's internal mic. I tested this feature with the Antlion USB ModMic 2. Thanks to Antlion for providing a unit for this feature. Check out the Antlion ModMic 2 here: https://antlionaudio.com/products/modmic-usb-2 Adapters from Amazon: https://a.co/d/a9b5kOC https://a.co/d/4EhUECS

Quest 3 is now a year old, so let's go through all of the highs and lows of Meta's last headset before the 3S hits the market.

After its last game, Hitman 3 VR Reloaded on Meta Quest flopped, XR Games is letting go of over 70 employees, including their entire IT and QA departments. This podcast was recorded live during a stream on Twitch.

Starting to work back into a routine. Here's a quick hitter review on a wonderful game I played, Escaping Wonderland from Cortopia Studios.

On this Live Open Daily, we look at the closure of Archiact, developers of Journey to Foundation, Freediver Triton Down, and Doom 3 VR, among other games.

On this Live Open Daily podcast, I go over another batch of VR game updates. Games covered are Among Us VR, Vail, Asgard's Wrath 2, Mudrunner VR, Dungeons of Eternity, Sweet Surrender, & Medieval Dynasty: New Settlement. The discount code to get 45% off Among Us VR on Quest is Vault45-8686E7.

On this Live Open Daily, we take a look at the changes to the Meta game referral program and why these changes were made.

Back from an unexpected week off to the news that Ready At Dawn, the studio behind the Lone Echo franchise, has been closed immediately by Meta. We break down the news, my concern for Meta's remaining studios, and where the industry is right now, with more layoffs in 2024 already than all of 2023.

On this Live Open Daily, I go over the 10 VR games that got big updates in the month of July.

On this Live Open Daily, after the recent discount of Playstation VR2 & the PC adapter coming next week, I'm strongly considering buying one after being convinced I never would.

On this Live Open Daily, I'm going over the backlash to Alien Rogue Incursion, including the disgusting prejudice against its black female lead, Zula Hendricks.

Meta announces that they are bringing their Llama AI to the Quest 3 and it will have full passthrough camera access, even though developers still do not. Also, the Horizon store rebrand is official. Sho Futuristic joins me to break it out down.

On this Live Open Daily, I bring in my friend Sho Futuristic to discuss the upcoming headset from Samsung & Google and where it fits in the overall XR ecosystem with Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, Pico, HTC, and others.

Apologies for missing a few days. I fell ill over the weekend and needed some time to recover.

On this Live Open Daily, we review the reports of the next line of Quest headsets, Meta reducing spending in Reality Labs, and the two new 1 hour trials for Quest games this weekend

On this Live Open Daily, Polyarc Games is starting a new VR Creator Program with some fairly strict requirements and I talk about the general state of VR content creator. Disclaimer: My opinions are my own

On this Live Open Daily, I take a look at four games coming soon to VR that a lot of people aren't talking about. Check out TruGamer4Realz's video on Arcaxer 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwG4A6k3zdk

On this (short) episode of Live Open Daily, I review the Destiny 2 VR world in Rec Room. Footage is from my livestream on Twitch using the Meta Quest Developer Hub cinematic casting mod. Apologies for the vignettes.

Follow me on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/liveopenmike

In this Live Open Daily podcast, we cover a bunch of VR gaming news include the end of Zenith Nexus (The Last City & Infinite Realms), new info on Metro Awakening, nDreams' new shooter Frenzies, Zero Caliber 2's delay, and a handful of survival games going to early access.

In this episode of Live Open Daily, we look the details of at Meta's new free game weekend promotion and the new options for financing a Quest 3.

On this episode of Live Open Daily, we look at Oculus Rift exclusives that Meta should absolutely port to Quest.

On today's Live Open Daily, we take a look at the upcoming Meta Quest 3S finally another leak of information including the headset's specifications. Credit to Luna on X: https://x.com/Lunayian

On this episode of Live Open Daily we take a lookt at the history and pending end of Meta's App Lab store. Read the full developer's post here: https://developer.oculus.com/blog/get-apps-ready-app-lab-meta-horizon-store-meta-quest-developers/

On this episode of Live Open Daily, Meta is in the final stages of ending the Quest 1 altogether with security updates ending in August and the Quest 2 should not be far behind with the pending arrival of the Quest 3S this year.

Note: TRAILER FOOTAGE CONTAINS NUDITY On this Live Open Daily, we check in with Attack On Titan VR: Unbreakable after getting a release date, price, and new gameplay footage.

Full trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci5erIMabtc&pp=ygUjYXR0YWNrIG9uIHRpdGFuIHZyIGdhbWVwbGF5IHRyYWlsZXI%3D

On this episode of Live Open Daily, we go over an easy way to increase retention that Meta is missing the boat on, the new games featured this month on Quest Plus, and more industry layoffs.

In this episode of Live Open Daily, we look at all of the sales going on in VR gaming right now and whether or not any game merits a full price purchase these days.

On this episode of Live Open Daily, we get a leaked sneak peek of Project Avalanche, Meta's PCVR cloud gaming service from Gamergen.com and Gamergen on Youtube. Also, Meta and LIV have announced a partnership for mixed reality capture tools.

Check out Gamergen at https://gamergen.com and https://youtube.com/@gamergen_

On today's Live Open Daily, are hybrid games (games with both flat and VR modes) truly the key to VR's success? I'm doubtful.

In this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, Meta is making two moves to once again try to extend their reach in VR/MR/AR outside of gaming. What are the chances that these succeed?

On this Live Open Daily, I double down on my take that Quest 3 should not have had eye tracking, in spite of compelling reasons from Apple and Sony saying otherwise AND a new third party solution on the way.

Shortly after PSVR2 launched, much of the chatter was about classic PSVR1 games like Farpoint, Astro bot Rescue Mission, Blood and Truth, and Rush of Blood not being ported to the new headset. I was curious, so I dug into each of them.

In this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, did you know that Meta owns 9 different VR developers under the Oculus Studios umbrella? So where are all the games? I run through each developer, going through their history and current projects and speculate on what the future may hold for each.

On this edition of the Live Open Daily podcast, we take a look at Somnium Space, who are releasing their own headset, the VR1. Somnium is following in the footsteps of other app devs like Immersed and Bigscreen. We go over all the available info and examine the viability of the new hardware.

In this episode of Live Open Daily, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth all but confirmed there will NOT be a Meta Gaming Showcase this year. Also why doesn't the Quest 3 come with an elite strap as standard and other news tidbits.

Watch the full AMA for yourself at https://instagram.com/boztank

In this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, I go through a list of what I feel are the 10 best stories ever told in VR gaming and why storytelling in VR tends to be lacking for me. I go into pretty deep detail on all of these games, so if you want to avoid spoilers, see the list below. SPOILER WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING GAMES Into The Radius Half Life Alyx Lone Echo The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners chapter 1 The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners chapter 2 Another's Fisherman's Tale Journey to Foundation Moss Moss Book 2 Dyschronia Chronos Alternate Ruins Magus Asgard's Wrath 2

In this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, another VR company, and a large one at that, is going through a staff reduction. We review all of the available information and recap the concerning trend of layoffs in VR development over the last year and a half.

On this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, I played every PCVR game demo from the Steam's Summer Next Fest and I have gameplay, impressions, and rankings for each game.

In this episode of Live Open Daily, Max Mustard soared to the top of the Quest store's sales charts, but at a discount of 90% off. What does this say about the general perception of value with VR gamers?

On today's Live Open Daily podcast, we learn about the ins and outs of UEVR from my friend KroyVR, who has spent well over 100 hours using the tool. UEVR is a program that allows for (most) any game build with Unreal Engine 4 or 5 to be playable in virtual reality to some degree.

To get started with UEVR, check out Flat2VR's website and Discord

http://uevr.flat2vr.com/ https://discord.com/invite/ZFSCSDe

For more KroyVR, follow him on Twitter/X and Twitch

https://twitter.com/kroyvr

https://twitch.tv/kroyvr

We recently got some insight in Batman: Arkham Shadows from Camouflaj & Alien: Rogue Incursion from Survios that concerned the VR community. In this episode of Live Open Daily, I tackle both subjects head on and offer a different perspective.

BMF's interview with Camouflaj:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pugQK-mALI
Android Central's Inteview with Camouflaj: https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/batman-arkham-shadow-gameplay-story-interview Survios' interview on IGN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7436FFXfnl0

In this episode of Live Open Daily, I review the new Phoenix Royale game mode for Population One & Virtual Desktop's multi-monitor update. Spoiler alert: I loved them both.

In this episode of the Live Open Daily Podcast, we follow Mixed Realms, the developers of Hellsweeper VR, and their journey through updating the visuals for that game and how they had to break the game and rebuild it. In this episode, I reference a couple of articles and a video I previously did on the channel. These are all linked here. My Video on Hellsweeper's Release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POXqKa_gWyk Inverse article https://www.inverse.com/gaming/ps-vr-2-developers-issues-unity-resolution Mixed Realms' Dev Blog https://www.mixedrealms.com/post/hellsweeper-vr-implementing-dynamic-foveated-rendering-for-psvr2-and-cross-platform-optimization

In this episode of Live Open Daily, we catch up on the news that Hitman 3 is being rebuilt for Meta Quest 3, the new changes to the Meta Horizon store for App Lab, new game on the Quest Plus subscription service, and a rundown of updates for existing VR games. Here's my Youtube video about my issues with the Quest store that I mentioned in this episode: https://youtu.be/XHf8hO6DPkQ

Sony released details for their PC adapter for PSVR2 with some missing features, we have a date for Meta Connect 2024, and new updates for Sweet Surrender and Guardians Frontline.