Eye-tracking is making quite a presence.
Sony has announced 13 more PlayStation VR 2 titles – after announcing 11 back in November – and added that these titles are all expected to arrive within one month of the PS VR2 February 22 launch date, meaning the console will have more than 30 games at or just after launch if we include announced PS VR upgraded titles, as reported on PlayStation.blog.
Before Your Eyes is one that caught our eye, as that seems designed to utilize the PS VR 2 headset’s front-facing camera to immerse players in a new experience where their blinks define story outcomes. Gran Turismo 7 is also going take full advantage of the VR 2 features like eye tracking and foveated rendering, so players will surely have a blast with more than 450 cars available upon launch. It will have a free upgrade to PS VR 2, though it won’t include two-player split-screen races.
Song in the Smoke: Rekindled is also designed for PS VR2 with an all-new free jump and clamber mode unique to the PS VR2, and Kayak VR: Mirage is a visually stunning game that seems to benefit the most from VR 2’s visual fidelity in creating a realistic and believable boat-rowing experience like no other. Rez Infinite is also coming back — thought it doesn’t include a free upgrade — but it will support PS VR2’s eye tracking and haptic feedback from the controllers and the headset, so players will be able to track and aim at enemies in a totally different way from the original PS VR version.
Eye tracking seems to be the name of the game in this launch, as even Tetris Effect is getting it. Players can enter zones by closing and opening their eyes, and haptic feedback as well as similar gimmicks are also supported. Creed: Rise to Glory is also mentioned to have new content and game modes alongside a reworked online PvP, cross-play and optimized matchmaking. This game in particular has its release date set as March 3, but the exact release date of other games within the one-month launch window is not yet confirmed.
A list of all launch window games for PS VR2
- After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
- Altair Breaker (Thirdverse)
- Before Your Eyes (Skybound Interactive, launch window)
- Cities VR (Fast Travel Games)
- Cosmonious High (Owlchemy)
- Creed: Rise to Glory – Championship Edition (Survios, launch window)
- The Dark Pictures: Switchback (Supermassive, launch window)
- Demeo (Resolution Games)
- Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate (MyDearest Inc., Perp Games)
- Fantavision 202X (Cosmo Machia, Inc.)
- Gran Turismo 7 (via free update to PS5 version of GT7)
- Horizon Call of the Mountain (Firesprite, Guerrilla)
- Job Simulator (Owlchemy)
- Jurassic World Aftermath (Coatsink)
- Kayak VR: Mirage (Better Than Life)
- Kizuna AI – Touch the Beat! (Gemdrops, Inc.)
- The Last Clockwinder (Pontoco/Cyan Worlds)
- The Light Brigade (Funktronic Labs, purchase includes PS VR and PS VR2 versions)
- Moss 1 & 2 Remaster (Polyarc)
- NFL Pro Era (StatusPro, Inc., free PS VR2 upgrade)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games, launch window)
- Pavlov VR (Vankrupt)
- Pistol Whip (Cloudhead, free upgrade)
- Puzzling Places (Realities.io, free upgrade)
- Resident Evil Village (Capcom, via free update to PS5 version of RE Village)
- Rez Infinite (Enhance)
- Song in the Smoke (17 Bit)
- STAR WARS: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge (ILMxLab)
- Synth Riders (Kluge Interactive, free upgrade)
- The Tale of Onogoro (Amata K.K)
- Tentacular (Devolver)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (Enhance)
- Thumper (Drool LLC)
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners: Ch. 2: Retribution (Skydance, launch window)
- Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy)
- What the Bat (Triband)
- Zenith: The Last City (Ramen VR, free upgrade)
