Recently updated on June 19th, 2023 at 11:42 pm
Recently, Meta company held an event called “Meta Quest Gaming Showcase” for year 2023. During this event, they announced some new game titles, gameplay first-looks and also the updates to some existing games. This is a must watch event for Quest fan…
Table of Contents
- About Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023
- 1) Meta Quest 3
- 2) Samba De Amigo
- 3) I Expect You To Die 3
- 4) Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire
- 5) Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
- 6) Underdogs
- 7) NFL Pro Era
- 8) Racket Club
- 9) Vampire the Masquerade: Justice
- 10) Dungeons of Eternity
- 11) The 7th Guest
- 12) Arizona Sunshine 2
- 13) Stanger Things VR
- 14) Attack On Titan VR: Unbreakable
- 15) Bulletstorm VR
- 16) Assassin’s Creed: Nexus
- 17) Asgard’s Wrath 2
- 18) Talk Show with VR Developer and Content Creator
- Lastly on Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023…
About Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023
This is an annual event from Meta and this is the third time this event being held. The duration is around one hour and it took place online on 1st June 2023 at 10AM PT. This event is hosted by Ruth Bram, the Executive Producer of Oculus Studios.
The showcase was broadcasted live via Facebook Live, Horizon Worlds, YouTube and Twitch. In case you missed it, here we are sharing with you the top main highlights of the event below…
1) Meta Quest 3
As an opening, Ruth shared that this morning, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta Quest 3 will be launched later this year. Comparing with Quest 2, Quest 3 will have more strength in the aspect of MR (Mixed Reality). This is a really, really big news for the Quest fan! We can’t wait to try it…
2) Samba De Amigo
The first game announced during this showcase is “Samba De Amigo“. This is a fun rhythmic game that will have a lot of song, dancing and shaking stuffs. Time for virtual samba, guys!
3) I Expect You To Die 3
“I Expect You To Die” game is a very popular VR games in Quest Store. Soon, we will have the third one coming with the theme “Cog In The Machine“. A must have for the James Bond wannabe…
4) Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire
A stealth VR game where you can pretend that you are a “Vampire Slayer“. Awesome!!
5) Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
This legendary action, comedy and horror movies are coming soon to VR. Must be cool to zap and capture the ghosts with the Proton Pack.
We feel very impressed when seeing Ruth Bram donned the Ghostbuster jump suit inside the Ghostbusters Headquarter. And together with her is the Ecto-1 car at the back and the Proton Pack as well. It looks really awesome!! See below to believe it..
6) Underdogs
This is an action fighting game where you will be controlling a big, gorilla-like mech and smashing down your enemies.
7) NFL Pro Era
Andrew “Hawk” Hawkins, the President and Co-Founder of StatusPRO , gave us on what to expect in the upcoming update to “NFL Pro Era” game. From what we heard, the emphasize is on expanding the multiplayer capability and enhanced the community aspect of the game.
8) Racket Club
Showing the new look and update to the “Racket Club” game such as multiplayer and solo career..
9) Vampire the Masquerade: Justice
In this game, we are not hunting the vampire, but we are the vampire itself. Set in Venice, the environment in this VR adventure RPG game looks really good and awesome.
10) Dungeons of Eternity
Looks like this will involve a lot of sword fight, archery, crossbow and throwing magic kinda fight. Must be a fun battle game.
11) The 7th Guest
The 7th Guest is a puzzle, adventure VR game which is based on the classic bestseller with millions of fan globally. The spooky atmosphere and beautifully rendered environment in this game really looks enchanting.
12) Arizona Sunshine 2
The popular VR zombie fighting game is back. This time, you will have new friend to accompany you called Buddy.
13) Stanger Things VR
For the Netflix fan, this must be something that you are waiting for…
14) Attack On Titan VR: Unbreakable
This high-flying VR battle game is a must for the die hard fan of the manga and anime of this same title.
15) Bulletstorm VR
From the trailer, this monster and mutant battle shooting game sure looks fun.
16) Assassin’s Creed: Nexus
Yeah guy, your most anticipated master assassin game is coming out at last. You can tune in to Ubisoft Forward on 12th June 2023 at 10AM PT for the full game reveal.
17) Asgard’s Wrath 2
This is the sequel to one of the most critically-acclaimed VR games ever. While “Asgard’s Wrath 1” requires a PCVR to play with, but for “Asgard’s Wrath 2“, you can play it just by using your standalone Quest 2 or Quest 3.
There will be new realms for you to explore in in the Ancient Egypt. The world environment and characters’ design really looks beautiful and awesome. You will have a chance to explore a very massive, free-roaming and living world and solve mind-bending puzzles.
During this showcase, Mat Kramer, the Studio Creative Director, shared us what we can expect from this game and what is so cool about it. One of them is that it will be a very massive place for you to explore with around 60 hours of gameplay. Niceee!! Can’t wait for it to coming out in Winter 2023.
18) Talk Show with VR Developer and Content Creator
The last part of this Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023 is the talk show hosted by Travis Williams, Head of Production at Oculus Publishing. The guests for this talk are the key persons behind the most anticipated VR games right now which are “Asgard’s Wrath 2” and “Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord“.
Below is one of the guest who is Mat Kramer, the Studio Creative Director of Sanzaru Games that produced “Asgard’s Wrath 2“.
They also have Jasmine from “VR with Jasmine“, Jeff a.k.a “A Wolf in VR” and Thomas a.k.a “VooDooDE” to “grill” the guest. Yeap, the guys from left to right in the picture below…
Mat Kraemer sounds very energetic, enthusiastic and we can feel the fire of passion when he’s explaining about the game and answering the questions from the panel.
Next, is the “Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord“. As you can see, the combination of the panelist wearing the Ghostbusters jumpsuit together with the Proton Pack and PKE plus with the Ghostbusters HQ background make the set looks extremely cool. Great work, guys!!
For this session, they have Jack Bromhead, the Art Director of nDreams to be grilled.
The other panelist are content creators who are Techman_Ju, OtterWorldly and Gamertag VR. They are from left to right in the picture below.
Lastly on Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023…
If you like the home environment where Ruth Bram is standing most of the time, it is available now for you to download. For those who missed it, you can still watched the recorded event in their FB page at “Meta Quest“ or you can continue to watch it here below:
We think that’s all for now. See you all again next year for the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2024. If you would like to see other events related with VR, you can get it from here as well.