If you’re hoping to add to your virtual reality HMD collection or are making your first leap, one of the more accessible options is getting a couple of new bundles. The PSVR headset is being paired up with some of the top tier new virtual reality experiences coming to PS4 in Blood & Truth, Five Nights At Freddy’s: Help Wanted, Trover Saves the Universe!, and Everybody’s Golf VR in two different bundles that you can purchase at Walmart. The two bundles, which are $350 and $300, give you everything you need to start your immersive dive into gaming on the PlayStation 4.
Each one of the bundles comes with the four-star rated PSVR HMD, the PlayStation Camera for tracking purposes, and a VR demo disc featuring Moss, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, and Thumper.
The bundle that includes Everybody’s Gold VR and Blood & Truth also comes with two PlayStation Move Motion controllers, which is why that particular bundle is $50 more. Both bundles are available for pre-order and release at the end of May. When you grab one of these bundles you’re getting some of the most highly anticipated VR games around, but you can check out our list of the best virtual reality games for PlayStation VR to round out your library in the future.
Blood & Truth casts the player as an action hero fighting and shooting through the London underworld with an original orchestral score playing in the background. Once you’re done dodging bullets, you can wind things down and take your VR gaming to the golf course. Everybody’s Golf VR features three courses and a practice space so you can work on your swing. This bundle releases on May 28.
Trover Saves the Universe! is a virtual reality experience from the co-creator of Rick and Morty. It’s an end-of-the-world comedy tale that fans of Justin Roiland will surely enjoy. Once you’ve laughed to the point of bursting, it’s time to flip things to the opposite end of the scales. Five Nights at Freddy’s has evolved from an indie hit to a long-running franchise that may get a film adaptation and Help Wanted puts a VR spin on the series’ frightening animatronics. This bundle releases on May 31.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
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Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.