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The Oculus Go virtual reality headset is now available at a starting price of $200, and Facebook showed off its flagship VR social apps at its F8 developer conference today. It supports 1,000 existing apps, but Oculus is hoping to coax users to try out its latest hardware with the launches of 21 games and aps.
In addition to titles launching on to Oculus Go, games like Cortopia Studios‘ magical duelist Wands and Futuretown’s Cloudlands: VR Minigolf are now in the Oculus store. Wands and Cloudlands were previously available on the Rift and the Samsung Gear VR.
Oculus Go launch titles are, for the most part, available cross-platform except for Forcefield VR’s Pet Lab. Some are new, like Robot Invader’s Dead Secret Circle, a followup to 2015 horror mystery game Dead Secret. They also include previous Google Daydream exclusives, like Tender Claws‘ twisty-turny dystopian adventure V-VR (also known as Virtual Virtual Reality).
Here are all the new games and other apps launching for Oculus Go:
Al Jazeera Contrast VR
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Al Jazeera
News network Al Jazeera’s VR app features 360-degree videos, documentaries, and livestreams.
Anshar Online
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Big Red Button Entertainment, Inc.
This “cyber-Western” has 15 levels of gunslinging. It’s a roguelike that pits players against a big bad named Gold Smoke and his gang of nefarious ne’er-do-wells.
Astraeus
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: E McNeill
Indie dev E McNeill has developed three other real-time VR strategy games, including the cyberpunk hacker title Darknet. Astraeus shuttles players into outer space where they must build an asteroid mining operation.
Bigscreen
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Oculus Rift
Developer: Targem Games
BlazeRush is a multiplayer racer that debuted on PC and PlayStation 3 in 2014. Unlike other racing games, it’s top-down — and the cars don’t have brakes.
B-Team
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Superbright
Claro is a relaxing puzzle game that features Zen-like islands, which float in mid-air as you try to unravel their secrets.
Dead Secret Circle
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Discovering VR Limited
Discovering Space 2 is an educational VR experience that enables players to explore outer space.
International Space Station Tour
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Mel Science
Educational startup Mel Science‘s mission was to get VR chemistry sets into classrooms in the U.K. Mel Chemistry VR enables players to try its virtual lessons on their home headsets as well.
Melody VR
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: MelodyVR
MelodyVR is the virtual reality take on the concert-going experience, and users can pick which spot they’d like to view the show from.
Pet Lab
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Temple Gates Games
Two to four players can play Race for the Galaxy across platforms. It’s a card-based game about conquering the galaxy, and it’s an adaptation of the board game of the same name by Rio Grande Games.
République VR
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: SculptrVR
SculptrVR enables players to make their own 3D creations — alone, as well as with up to 15 other people cross-platform.
They Suspect Nothing
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: Coatsink Software
Coatsink’s They Suspect Nothing is a darkly humorous game about a human who must pretend to be a robot. To survive, players will have to past 12 “tests” in the form of mini-games to prove that they’re just another ordinary metal citizen.
Trains VR
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Platforms: Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
Developer: OtherSide Entertainment
Underworld Overlord is a tower defense game where you must fend off heroes and adventurers from your dungeon by planting traps and deploying monsters.
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Source: Venture Beat