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Resolution Games takes solitaire into virtual reality for the Samsung Gear VR

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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If you’re going to create a simple game for a brand-new medium, it might as well be a take on … solitaire.

Resolution Games, the Swedish virtual reality game studio that Candy Crush Saga leader Tommy Palm created, is showing off its first game, Solitaire Jester, for the Samsung Gear VR today. It’s “the world’s first virtual reality solitaire game.” That might sound like a dubious accomplishment, but it does show how just about any game can work with VR — and still seem like it’s groundbreaking.

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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.