Echo Combat

Echo Combat hands-on — This zero-gravity multiplayer shooter shines in VR

Lone Echo and Echo Arena debuted in 2017 on the Oculus Rift, introducing immersive zero-gravity movement in virtual reality. And it didn’t make me feel like throwing up.

Now Ready At Dawn Studios will be launching Echo Combat, an arena-based shooter game in zero gravity, on November 15 on the Oculus Rift and Touch. I played it at a recent Oculus event, and it’s still one of the most enjoyable multiplayer experiences in VR.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.