The biggest announcements from Meta’s Quest Gaming Showcase

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Meta has just wrapped its latest Quest Gaming Showcase, where it previewed a bunch of virtual reality games coming to its Quest headsets. This year could prove to be an important one for Meta in gaming: it just announced the Quest 3, and with Sony’s recent launch of the PSVR 2 and Apple’s rumored headset likely having some major games of its own, there’s growing competition for VR gamers. But for players invested in Meta’s VR platform, it seems like there will be some good games to look forward to.

Below are some of the most notable announcements from the show. If you want to see the full list of what was revealed, check out Meta’s blog post.

One of Meta’s biggest spotlights was for Asgard’s Wrath 2, a sequel to the well-regarded action-adventure RPG Asgard’s Wrath. Gameplay footage during the show featured swordfighting, ax throwing, puzzles, minigames, and even fishing, and Meta is promising that it will be a big game, with a campaign exceeding 60 hours and a roguelite dungeon mode. Asgard’s Wrath 2 is set to launch in winter 2023 for Quest headsets, and you can watch a nearly nine-minute developer walkthrough here.

Assassin’s Creed is available on just about every gaming platform out there, and this year, you’ll be able to add Quest headsets to that list thanks to a new game, Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR. Meta didn’t say much else about the title during Thursday’s show, but Meta said that Ubisoft will share more at its Ubisoft Forward event on June 12th. 

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