Show Notes
It’s award season folks! We’ve had all the biggest games release now so it’s time to figure out what is the VR Game of the Year? Thanks for everyone who voted over the last 3 weeks, we have Hidden Gem of the Year, Surprise of the Year, Mixed Reality Game of the Year, VR Game of the Year and Personal Game of the Year. It was good fun and we also learned about new games! Please send us your comments on Spotify, Youtube, Discord etc. We’d love to hear what you think!
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Hidden Gem Nominees Formula X Iron Guard: Salvation The Midnight Walk VRacer Hoverbike/ Plasmaborne Dawn of Jets Super RC Pencil! (2024 release, but many cool updates in 2025) Crafting Crimes Scared by Squares Deadly Delivery Pixel Dungeon Putt window Escape from Hadrian’s Wall Starship Troopers Continuum Surviving Mars: Pioneer
Most Surprising Game Nominees Crowbar Climber Lumines Arise Super RC Wall Town Wonders Ghost Town Of Lies and Rain Cave Crave Arken Age Forefront Boxing underdogs Men In Black Most Wanted Into Black Smurf’s Flower Defense The Pirate: Republic of Nassau
Best MR Game Nominees Miracle Pool Banners and Bastions Laser Dance Starship Home Demeo Dungeons and Dragons: Battlemarked Thrill of the Fight 2 Little Critters Mythic Realms Blumhouse experience Hotel Infinite Spatial Ops Star Wars Beyond Victory
VR Game of the Year Nominees Titan Isles Forefront Ghost Town Scared by Squares Surviving Mars: Pioneer Arken Age Deadpool VR Of lies and rain Demeo D&D
Bonus: Personal Game of the Year Half life alyx Walkabout Mini Golf Racket Club Dungeons of Eternity Forefront Batman: Arkham Shadow Arken Age Into The Radius 2 Alien Rogue Incursion Puzzline Places Demeo D&D
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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 4:39 Hidden Gem of the Year 16:37 Surprise of the Year 33:53 Mixed Reality Game of the Year 43:52 VR Game of the Year 57:21 Personal Game of the Year
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