Play VR RTS ‘Skyworld’ This Weekend for Free on Rift, Vive & Windows VR

Vertigo Games is hosting a free access weekend starting now for their VR RTS Skyworld, which will be available through both Steam (Rift, Vive, Windows VR) and the Oculus Store (Rift).

Starting now and going through May 20th at 1PM PT (local time here), you’ll be able to play Skyworld for free. Vertigo is also putting the game on sale for 50% off of the game’s regular $40 MSRP through the weekend, with the offer ending May 21st.

Players taking advantage of the free weekend will also be able to play the newly released ‘Lost Worlds’ DLC, which adds two playable Skyworlds to the game including a desert world and a volcano world.

Skyworld is a classic node-based RTS that combines turn-based strategy and fast-paced real-time battles.

Check out Skyworld on Steam and Skyworld on the Oculus Store.

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Oculus Mobile Store Now Lets Devs Offer DLC, Coming to Rift Store Soon

It appears the age of paid downloadable content in VR is rapidly approaching us. Oculus developers will now be able to add discrete DLC to their games on Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. Oculus Rift support isn’t far behind.

Oculus is rolling out the new DLC support on mobile VR, which will be suited for games that are preparing to offer discrete (paid or free) extras like new characters, levels, additional images, media files, or new chapters. Rift support is said to arrive sometime “soon.”

“DLC support will enable larger application sizes and additional revenue from your application after it has been purchased,” the company writes in an Oculus developer blog post.

 

DLC support is now available in beta. Oculus says they’re encouraging developers to “experiment with it using Release Channels before pushing asset files or DLC to live users.”

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Oculus & ESL Partner on eSports VR League with $220,000 in Prizes, Including ‘Echo Combat’

After launching the VR ‘VR Challenge League’ last year, Oculus and ESL are partnering once again for what they’re calling “Season 2” of their VR eSports initiative. Rebranded as ‘VR League’, the new season is offering $220,000 in prizes for competitors and an expanded game roster which will include the highly anticipated Echo Combat when it launches later this year.

VR esports is getting boost thanks to Oculus and ESL. The new VR League is a continuation of the previous VR Challenger League initiative, but this time with an expanded game roster and a more flexible structure, the companies say. The VR League will feature Echo Arena, The Unspoken, and Sprint Vector, while Echo Arena will be added to the roster when it launches later this year, along with two “yet to be determined titles.” The season’s finale will be held at Oculus Connect later this year.

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VR League kicks off today (!), beginning with a month of The Unspoken competition, followed by a month of Sprint Vector. May 20th will begin four months of Echo Arena competition. Echo Combat and the two other undetermined titles will come later in the year. A non-prized ladder hosted by the VR League for three other undetermined titles will also come later in the year. Head here to learn now to participate in the VR League.

Additionally, VR League is supporting the community-based VR Master League by facilitating an Onward invitational event from June 15–17, with a $10,000 grand prize presented by Oculus, ESL, and Stack Up.

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