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Oculus shows off its first virtual reality games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Oculus VR announced its virtual reality headset moments ago and wasted no time showing the games that will go with it.

These include Eve Valkyrie, which was previously announced with Rift compatibility and looks, at least on a big non-VR screen, like a full-blown space combat simulator. But they also include some other heavy-duty games from well-known developers — and the Rift will come with an Xbox One controller and adapter to play these games with.

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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.