Facebook held its first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase today. The biggest news that comes out is that Lone Echo II has a release time frame. It’s coming out this summer. Developer Ready at Dawn, who acquired Oculus last year, first announced the game in 2018 and since then we hadn’t seen or heard much about it, leaving some to worry about the status of the project. Oculus also shared a detailed look at the upcoming one Resident Evil 4 remaster.
Aside from news of its flagship VR titles, the company had a lot of news about Star Wars. When Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge Part II Released later this year, the game will introduce players to a new character, Dok-Ondar. The Ithorian made his first appearance in Star Wars lore with an entry in Solo: A Star Wars Story and he is one of the characters you can meet at Disney’s Galaxy Edge theme park.
In the meantime, fans can look forward to playing Star Wars Pinball VR when it comes out next week on Oculus Quest, PSVR and Steam VR. Prior to release, developer Zen Studios shared a preview of the game. It will feature eight tables, including two new ones that the studio designed specifically for VR. One of them takes inspiration from, of course The Mandalorian. All tables will be available in a virtual space called the Fan Cave, which you can customize with your favorite Star Wars memorabilia.
When Facebook announced the showcase, it said there would be surprises and it delivered. Nintendo 64 gem 1080 ° Snowboarding gets a spiritual sequel from Giles Goddard, one of the programmers who worked on the original. Chuhai Labs, the studio working on the game, promised to share more details in the coming months. Until then, if you like more active VR experiences, you’ll want the latest update for the Climb 2. The game’s new Freestyle expansion pack, available tomorrow, introduces six new levels to check out, with six more to follow at a later date. All in all, VR fans have a lot to look forward to between and the end of the year.
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