VR Gamescast

UploadVR's weekly show about VR games & content.

VR Gamescast is a leisure podcast hosted by UploadVR, with 90 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

UploadVR hosts VR Gamescast, a leisure show with 90 episodes published.

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  Snoop Dogg, PayDay, and More

  Aug 30, 202652 min

  Send us Fan Mail We discuss Supernatural splitting from Meta, Snoop Dogg coming to VR via Hitman, and the recent layoffs at Schell Games. We also look ahead to VR's fall outlook, discussing the lack of a major flagship title, upcoming hardware like the Steam Frame, and our impressions of playing Payday: Aces High together. Here's the full topic list, in order: Catching Up 1. James' Disney vacation and Trombone Champ Disney DLC 2. Mike's VR gaming in James' absence The News 3. Supernatural splits from Meta and will relaunch soon 4. Snoop Dogg coming to VR via Hitman 5. Demeo Battlemarked gets a new paid add-on 6. Layoffs at Schell Games 7. Into the Radius 1.0 on Quest and PS VR2 8. The Light Brigade's final update 9. Garden of the Sea's flatscreen port flopped VR's Fall Outlook 10. A lot of games on the horizon, but no flagship title 11. We played Payday: Aces High together 12. New hardware coming, including Steam Frame 13. Is standalone more important as parts get more expensive?

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  Talking Payday: Aces High With Fast Travel Games' Erik Odeldahl

  Aug 24, 202639 min

  Send us Fan Mail We discuss the design philosophy and mechanics of Payday: Aces High in a special interview with Fast Travel Games' Erik Odeldahl. We dive into what didn't make the cut from the flatscreen games, translating heist roles and stealth into VR, and how much content players can expect at launch. Here's the full topic list, in order: The Design Philosophy 1. What didn't make the cut from the flatscreen games 2. Creating world interactions based on player expectations 3. Making the heists replayable Gameplay Mechanics 4. Using specialized tools 5. Falling into natural roles during heists 6. Stealth gameplay 7. Accommodating solo players with bots Content & Inspirations 8. How much content to expect at launch 9. Doing real world research 10. Developing character archetypes through progression 11. Erik's personal gaming

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  Ghosts of Tabor's Scott Albright On Combating Cheaters In VR

  Aug 17, 202621 min

  Send us Fan Mail We discuss combating cheaters in VR with Ghosts of Tabor's Scott Albright. We dive into why the Tomahawk anticheat solution was needed for standalone headsets, the specifics of VR cheating like modified APKs, and how developers are realizing the scale of the issue. We also explore Tomahawk's expansion to PC VR and why PS VR2 remains mostly safe. Here's the full topic list, in order: Why Tomahawk was needed 1. Common anticheat solutions don't work for standalone VR 2. Meta's existing software is not good enough Specifics of VR cheating 3. Modified APKs are the primary issue 4. What it means to root a headset Extending Tomahawk beyond Tabor 5. The raw numbers of cheaters 6. Kids in free-to-play are the biggest offenders 7. Meta did not believe cheating is an issue on Quest 8. Pico's ecosystem is vulnerable right now Developers are realizing the issue 9. The VR cheating community migrates from game to game 10. The number of cheaters is going down with Tomahawk The Tomahawk team and expansion 11. Tomahawk's team is comprised of real-life cheaters 12. Evolving Tomahawk for PC VR & Steam Deck 13. Steam Frame will be problematic 14. PS VR2 is mostly safe from cheaters 15. Tabor pays for the Tomahawk servers

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  Mods, News & Much More

  Aug 10, 202657 min

  Send us Fan Mail We discuss an explosion of new VR mods, Beyond Frames selling Combat Waffle Studios' publishing rights, and the upcoming relaunch of Altspace. We also talk about Virtual Desktop getting USB support, the release of the XR Replay app, and whether or not you can account for taste. Here's the full topic list, in order: What We've Been Playing This Week 1. James' games of the week 2. Mike's games of the week VR News 3. A VR mod explosion 4. Beyond Frames sells Combat Waffle's publishing rights 5. Half-Life 2 VR Mod gets Steam Frame Verified 6. Altspace relaunching soon 7. Dream Hackers VR is James' most anticipated game 8. Quest Games Optimizer releases XR Replay app 9. Virtual Desktop gets USB support Hot Topic 10. Can't account for taste

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  Salmi Games' Yacine Salmi talks Drifters: Blackout Crew and porting to Steam Frame

  Aug 3, 202640 min

  Send us Fan Mail We discuss Yacine Salmi's background in VR game development, dive into the details of Salmi Games' upcoming title Drifters: Blackout Crew, and explore the process of porting to the Steam Frame. Here's the full topic list, in order: Yacine's background 1. Getting started in game development & VR 2. Being candid in the UploadVR guest column and dev diaries Drifters: Blackout Crew 3. What is Drifters: Blackout Crew 4. The artstyle in Sweet Surrender and Drifters 5. Why go the sci-fi route 6. Lessons learned from previous games 7. Will Drifters: Blackout Crew come to PS VR2? Working With the Steam Frame 8. The process of porting to Steam Frame 9. The possibility of Drifters coming to standalone Steam Frame Wrapping It Up 10. What Yacine is playing and detaching personal gaming from work 11. The worst and best parts of being a game developer

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