X8 is a VR game from Thirdverse.
X8 is a VR game from Thirdverse.
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Thirdverse touts engagement for free-to-play X8 VR multiplayer hero shooter

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Thirdverse is one of the companies that believes in virtual reality games as part of the path to the metaverse. And the Japanese company said it is happy with the first week of play for its free-to-play X8 VR multiplayer hero shooter since a big update.

The game launched in May on Meta App Lab and Steam. In its first week since major updates, players engaged in more than 27,000 matches and completed 327,000 rounds of five-versus-five shooter gameplay. I played the game before it launched and I was particularly bad at it. But it was a fast-action title where you had to work with your team to take down the enemies in an arena. I wasn’t very good at this.

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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.