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Picking the best VR games at the moment is tough. Sure, there are loads of titles to choose from on both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that may even make their way to HoloLens down the line. But, games like Battlezone and The Climb - titles specifically authored for the virtual reality experience - are substantially more enticing than some of our favorite existing titles that don't translate quite as seamlessly to virtual reality.
While you may be excited for the promising catalog of PlayStation VR titles, the barrier of entry for VR is getting steeper (no thanks to the overly expensive Oculus Touch controllers). Perhaps Google will be the one to change that with the Daydream View , though HTC wants to rid reliance on external devices altogether.
Nevertheless, what we're focused on here are games; more specifically, the best games on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and mobile VR platforms that you can enjoy right now. Inclined to disagree? Let us know your favorite VR games in the comments section below.
Gabe Carey has also contributed to this article
Virtual reality is still an emerging medium, and developers are only just getting to grips with it. Here are our top picks of the best VR games on the horizon.
Arizona Sunshine
Arizona Sunshine
There will probably come a time when we're sick of zombie games played in VR; for now, though, the thought of getting close enough to smell the rotting flesh of the undead hordes is strangely alluring. In development by Vertigo Games, Arizona Sunshine asks the classic question of run or gun in a graphically impressive zombie apocalypse setting.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen
As an unofficial follow-up to the Wing Commander series, Star Citizen is promising to combine gutsy first-person shooting on space stations and planets, exploration of its crazy-large universe in a variety of hand-crafted spaceships and a huge storyline with a cast of movie stars. Let's just hope it delivers on its ambitious premise upon its (eventual) release.
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Eagle Flight
If you hated everything about Assassin's Creed III save for the Eagle Flight component, we have some good news for you. Ubisoft's first VR title, appropriately dubbed Eagle Flight, takes that idea and applies it to a full-fledged game for unspecified "Virtual Reality Devices." Interestingly enough, Eagle Flight takes you on a trip through an alternate version of Paris, France that's completely unoccupied by humans. Not only is the concept unique, but one glance at the art style will leave you craving more.
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Superhot VR
Superhot, described by its developer as "the FPS where time only moves when you move" is coming to Oculus Rift as Superhot VR, complete with dual-wielding action only improved by the still-unreleased Oculus Touch controllers. The "reimagined and redesigned" VR game will release later this year, surely to its fair share of Twitch coverage.
Elite Dangerous
It may be over thirty years old, but the Elite franchise is still kicking, thanks to creator David Braben's endless fight at reattaining the license.
Drawing elements from the first game - e.g. trading, exploring and engaging in combat within a massive, procedurally-generated universe - Elite: Dangerous is an Elite game for the 21st century crowd. It's even represented as such in its depictions of our galaxy in the future.
Oh, and did we mention the gameplay is massively-multiplayer? Navigating the next frontier has never felt so real.
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