Explore every episode of the podcast VR Gamescast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Another VR Studio Goes Flat, Among Giants Reviewed, and VR Games That Turn Ten | 18 May 2026 | 00:36:43 | |
We discuss VR developers like Polyarc bringing their games to flatscreen PCs and consoles, and share our impressions of Among Giants on Meta Quest. We also celebrate the ten-year anniversary of SteamVR alongside several classic VR titles. Here's the full topic list, in order: First episode feedback and future plans 1. Moving the Gamescast to a live format 2. The VR Download is not dead VR developers exploring flatscreen PC and console options 3. Polyarc announces Moss: The Forgotten Relic for PC and consoles 4. Other VR studios making the move to flatscreen We both played Among Giants on Meta Quest 5. James' 4.5-star review 6. Mike's impressions of the game Games & SteamVR itself celebrating ten years of success in VR 7. Valve and HTC's launch of SteamVR and the original Vive 8. H3VR, Superhot, Job Simulator, & Arizona Sunshine turning ten 9. Rec Room shutting down on its ten-year anniversary | |||
| H3VR2, Creature Feature Recap, New VR Game Bundles | 11 May 2026 | 00:37:44 | |
We discuss the highlights from the recent Creature Feature and Friends Showcase, including the announcement of H3VR2 and several other new titles. We also cover a strong week of new VR releases, Cyan porting Myst and Riven to PS VR2, and a new Humble Bundle for PC VR games. Here's the full topic list, in order: The Creature Feature and Friends Showcase Highlights - Aired May 6 1. H3VR2 Announcement 2. Trebuchet Studios Updates (Prison Boss rename and Compass release date) 3. Content updates for Laser Dance, Deadly Delivery, Sweet Surrender, and Beat the Beats 4. Four New Games Announced: H3VR2, Project Heist Boss, Janet's Planets, and R.A.I.D. A Strong Week of New Releases 5. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity VR (Early Access, PC VR) 6. Spymaster (Early Access, Quest, PC VR) 7. Walkabout MG Blokhaven DLC 8. Golf+ Muny DLC with IRL Texas course story 9. Crepe Master 10. Evil Inside VR Other News 11. Cyan porting Myst & Riven to PS VR2 12. New month, new Horizon+ games 13. MR puzzler Wordbound getting a hybrid Steam version 14. Memoreum price cut 15. New PC VR Humble Bundle from Creature and VR Kiwi | |||
| Team Beef VR Mods For Quest Spotlight | 03 Mar 2025 | 01:16:20 | |
| Running Crysis, Orbus Shutdown, & Darknet Remastered | 03 Mar 2025 | 01:06:09 | |
| Rafael Brochado, Airspace Defender & Tablecraft On Quest With Not Suspicious | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:58:52 | |
| Arken Age, Gears & Goo & VR Gaming At CES | 21 Jan 2025 | 01:40:16 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Arken Age, Gears & Goo on Apple Vision Pro and gaming experiences at CES 2025. | |||
| HALO VR Mod, VRChat Adult-Only Locations & Figmin XR Cross Headset Colocation | 04 Dec 2024 | 01:05:27 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Halo: Combat Evolved getting a full VR Mod, VRChat adding age verification, Figmin XR’s ability to be used in colocation between an Apple Vision Pro and Quest 3 & much more. | |||
| Flight Simulator 2024’s Bumpy Takeoff, Arkham Shadow’s Roadmap & Spatial Ops Hands On | 26 Nov 2024 | 01:12:53 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss a new game mode coming to Batman Arkham Shadow, saving the world from your living room, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s launch & much more. | |||
| Full VRChat Game, Pirates Jolly Roger Premiere & Trapping Friends With Mixed Reality | 20 Nov 2024 | 01:00:09 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss a full 8-hour VRChat game, the Pirates Jolly Roger game and a game which lets you trap your friends in mixed reality. | |||
| Virtual Kombat, Spinning Chair, Killing Metro’s Spiders, Alien Delay | 12 Nov 2024 | 00:57:18 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper premiere the trailer for Virtual Kombat and talk about the game and its interesting control scheme, Alien: Rogue Incursion being delayed into 2025, Vertigo games bringing an Arachnophobia mode to Metro Awakening & much more. | |||
| Metro Awakening Review, Making Batman: Arkham Shadow & Gorilla Tag Cross-Play | 05 Nov 2024 | 00:58:35 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss our review of Metro Awakening, our in-depth breakdown of the making of Batman: Arkham Shadow, Gorilla Tag's PSVR 2 launch and more. | |||
| Alien: Rogue Incursion Hands On, Walkabout Goes 8-Bit & Best Mixed Reality | 30 Oct 2024 | 01:12:10 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Ian’s hands-on demo of Alien: Rogue Incursion, Walkabout Mini Golf’s new 8-Bit Lair course, the best of mixed reality, VR games to play for Halloween & much more. | |||
| Going To the Video Store & Watching Movies With Spatial Effects | 30 Apr 2025 | 00:31:02 | |
Join Ian and Don today for a discussion around new apps for Apple Vision Pro and Quest 3 that bring back the physicality of going to the video store and explore the idea of AI-powered spatial effects that appear around your traditional movie frame. | |||
| Just Dance VR, Avalanche, Bonelab Body Tracking | 15 Oct 2024 | 01:09:15 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss the appearance of Meta’s Avalanche cloud service and what it could mean for high end gaming on Quest, Walkabout Mini Golf for iPhone debuting as one of Apple's top selling paid games, Laser Dance having to be delayed until 2025 due to Meta’s scene drift issues & much more. | |||
| Favorite Games For Quest 3S, VR Pet Adoption & Metro Awakening | 08 Oct 2024 | 00:28:05 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss early access pet adoptions for a new pet on Quest 3, our Metro Awakening graphics comparison, and favorite game recommendations to check out for new Quest 3S owners getting their headsets soon. | |||
| Meta Connect 2024 Recap, Spatial Ops, Starship Home & Peridot | 01 Oct 2024 | 01:20:28 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss all of the gaming news coming out of Meta Connect 2024, Spatial Ops, Starship Home’s launch, Peridot and much more! | |||
| Subside’s SteamVR Release, Starship Home Update & Marvel Powers United VR Shut Down Again | 24 Sep 2024 | 00:56:29 | |
Don Hopper discusses Subside's amazing graphics in its Steam release, Starship Home’s claims of being the first full mixed reality game and Meta killing Marvel Powers United… Again! | |||
| Airspace Defender Early Access, VRChat Top 10 & VR Pets | 17 Sep 2024 | 00:56:47 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Airspace Defender’s take on Missile Command focused around hand tracking, our top 10 picks from our first odyssey across VRChat’s vast universe, and a dive deep into the challenging task of realizing digital pets in AR & VR. | |||
| FLAT2VR's Sky Runner, Hitman Misses The Mark, Uneasy Spaces & More | 10 Sep 2024 | 01:04:45 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss FLat2VR’s Bomber Drone rebranding to Sky Runner, Hitman 3 VR’s rough launch on Quest 3, spaces that make you feel uneasy in Virtual Reality and much more. | |||
| Batman: Arkham Shadow Hands-On, Gamescom 2024, Playing With Reality | 27 Aug 2024 | 01:00:49 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Batman: Arkham Shadow Hands-On, Gamescom 2024, Impulse: Playing With Reality, and much more. | |||
| Meta Quest HDMI Link For Games, FlatOut & Behemoth | 20 Aug 2024 | 01:16:20 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Meta Quest HDMI Link for multitasking games in VR with Steam Deck, PS4, Nintendo Switch or other HDMI sources via a capture card. We also discuss Behemoth, FlatOut, Alien: Rogue Incursion, and By Grit Alone. | |||
| Ready At Dawn Closure & Most Downloaded VR Games | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:30:01 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Ready At Dawn’s closure, the top downloaded games in VR last week and much more from UploadVR.com in this pre-recorded episode. | |||
| Zero Caliber 2, Flat2VR, Bomber Drone & Magnetize VRChat | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:54:26 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Zero Caliber 2 launching on Quest, Magnetize and other worlds explored inside VRChat, Bomber Drone turning Quest 3 owners into mixed reality pilots, Flat2VR and more. | |||
| VR Gamescast: GDC 2025 Recap | 12 Apr 2025 | 01:11:54 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss what they saw at GDC 2025 & much more. | |||
| Alien: Rogue Incursion, Wallace & Gromit in Walkabout Mini Golf, Solara One & Real Racer XR | 30 Jul 2024 | 01:21:14 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss the upcoming Alien: Rogue incursion, Walkabout Mini Golf’s new Wallace & Gromit course, the relaxation of floating in Zero G with Solara One on Quest, Driving a mini RC car in virtual reality and much more. | |||
| Quest Summer Games Sale, Aces of Thunder & Attack On Titan VR | 23 Jul 2024 | 01:26:58 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Aces of Thunder coming to PC, Attack On Titan VR’s review-in-progress, the Quest summer games sale and much more! | |||
| Ramen VR Stops Work On Zenith, Riven & Blade & Sorcery Reviews | 16 Jul 2024 | 01:15:41 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper talk about Ramen VR ceasing development on Zenith, Riven & Blade & Sorcery Reviews and much more Vr gaming news. | |||
| Summer Showcase 2024 Recap, Upcoming Games for July & More VRChat Exploration | 02 Jul 2024 | 01:09:39 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper recap the UploadVR Summer Showcase, talk about upcoming VR games for July 2024 and much more. | |||
| Batman: Arkham Shadow, Just Dance & Flight Simulator 2024 | 14 Jun 2024 | 00:46:56 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss the upcoming Batman: Arkham Shadow, Just Dance coming to Meta Quest, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and much more. | |||
| Marvel's What If, Tomb Raider, I Am Cat & Homeworld | 07 Jun 2024 | 00:51:35 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper reboot the weekly VR Gamescast checking out What If from Marvel on Apple Vision Pro as well as Tomb Raider, I Am Cat & Homeworld on Quest 3. | |||
| 2024 Spring VR Gaming News Review: Flat2VR, Laser Dance, Arkham: Shadow & Alien: Rogue Incursion | 13 May 2024 | 01:06:23 | |
Don Hopper and Ian Hamilton meet to discuss some of the biggest trends in VR gaming from the first few months of 2024, including Flat2VR Studios converting classic games into VR experiences, impressive new mixed reality games, and upcoming Arkham and Alien VR games. | |||
| UploadVR's Best of VR Awards - 2023 | 21 Dec 2023 | 00:47:14 | |
| Gamescom 2022 Special - Tilt Five, Hellsweeper VR, Espire 2 Impressions & More | 02 Sep 2022 | 01:39:36 | |
Join Ian and Harry for this Gamescom 2022 special of the VR Gamescast, featuring all the news and impressions direct from the Gamescom show floor last week. | |||
| Walkabout Mini Golf Labyrinth DLC Impressions, Splinter Cell VR Cancelled - VR Gamescast | 02 Aug 2022 | 00:51:05 | |
Join Ian and Harry as they discuss Walkabout Mini Golf's Labyrinth DLC, the cancellation of Splinter Cell VR and more of the latest VR games news. | |||
| PC VR With An RTX 5090 & Double Shifts With Job Simulator | 14 Mar 2025 | 01:01:04 | |
Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss what improvements a 5090 brings for PC VR gamers, a recap of our interview with Andrew Eiche, CEOwl of Owlchemy Labs & much more. | |||
| 2022 H2 Game Preview! - VR Gamescast | 30 Jun 2022 | 01:19:03 | |
NOTE: We've got some tech issues this week. Apologies for the robot voices - we'll have that fixed next week! | |||
| Interview: Little Cities Gets Hand Tracking Support | 27 Jun 2022 | 00:05:42 | |
| Interview: The Story of Unplugged - Innovating With Hand Tracking | 19 Jun 2022 | 00:32:50 | |
| Upload VR Showcase Round-Up, Mothergunship: Forge Impressions | 16 Jun 2022 | 01:08:11 | |
This week on the VR Gamescast Jamie and Harry are reviewing Green Hell VR on PC and Mothergunship: Forge, recapping the Upload VR Showcase and more! Coming up this week: | |||
| Predicting PSVR 2's Launch Line-Up - VR Gamescast | 26 May 2022 | 00:50:58 | |
Join Jamie and Harry as they pick apart the week's VR gaming news and impressions, including talk on PSVR 2's launch line-up, Joy Way cancelling Outlier, and a rereview of Beat Saber. | |||
| Will Project Cambria Be A Game Changer For VR Gamers? VR Gamescast | 19 May 2022 | 00:44:35 | |
Join Jamie and Ian as they talk over the week's latest headlines and go in-depth on big discussions. | |||
| Unplugged 2.0 Impressions, New Game Reveals | 16 May 2022 | 00:45:13 | |
Jamie and Harry are back for another (technically imperfect) of the VR Gamescast! Coming up this week: | |||
| Assassin's Creed VR, Cities VR Impressions | 05 May 2022 | 00:50:53 | |
| Meta Showcase Reactions, Bonelab, Ghostbusters VR Announced | 22 Apr 2022 | 01:18:01 | |
Jamie and Harry return for another week of VR news! This time we're talking about the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, running down each announcement and our impressions of them. | |||
| Pico Neo 3 Link Games, Walking Dead Returns, In Death Updates | 19 Apr 2022 | 00:54:33 | |
Join Jamie and Harry for another dose of VR news and reviews in this week's VR Gamescast including: | |||
| Job Simulator To Dimensional Double Shift with Andrew Eiche Of Owlchemy Labs | 03 Mar 2025 | 01:18:43 | |
| Little Cities Impressions, Green Hell Review & More | 08 Apr 2022 | 01:09:14 | |
Join Jamie and Harry for another dose of VR news and reviews in this week's VR Gamescast including Green Hell VR and Little Cities | |||
| Interview: Ilysia VR MMO Dev Talks Release, Features & More | 05 Apr 2022 | 00:23:40 | |
| New AAA Game From Pistol Whip Devs, Moss: Book II & Cosmonious High Reviews | 01 Apr 2022 | 01:00:20 | |
Join Jamie and Harry for another dose of VR news and reviews in this week's VR Gamescast including Moss: Book II and Cosmonious High | |||
| Phasmophobia VR Updates, NFL VR Game, Tentacular Impressions | 30 Mar 2022 | 01:04:12 | |
Join Jamie and Harry for another dose of VR news and reviews in this week's VR Gamescast including Phasmohobia VR and Tentacular | |||