SXSW 2025, Thief Simulator VR, Wet & More

This week’s latest XR News Round-Up is live with a few additional news stories.

It’s been another busy week across VR gaming, with numerous reveals and launches in particular for PlayStation VR2. Alien: Rogue Incursion is now available on Quest 3, Skydance’s Behemoth received a second major patchwhile Waltz of the Wizard became the first PS VR2 game to support hand-tracking. Palmer Luckey’s Anduril is taking over the US Army’s Ivas program, Android XR will let apps access the passthrough cameras, and John Carmack weighed in on PC VR.

SXSW XR Experience Returns Next Month With Experimental New Projects

SXSW is back next month with an XR Experience Exhibition that runs from March 9-11. Featuring over 30 projects with familiar names like Address Unknown: Fukushima Nowthis year’s line-up also features three Quebec-supported projects via SODEC.

That includes Traces: The Grief Processor: an interactive VR experience that explores loss. The Secret Life of Monsters – The Gateway Experience promises an immersive adventure that looks at the potential of advancing MR technology, while Chom5ky vs Chomsky: A Playful Conversation on AI lets you engage in questions with the “vast digital trace” of Noam Chomsky.

Wet

Created by SUPER HYPER MEGA (Noun Town, Project Aeroes), Wet is a new puzzle sandbox strategy game where you manipulate terrain and guide water to rescue the rock spirits. That’s out now for free for 30 days on Quest 3 and 3Swhile the upcoming Steam versions (flatscreen and VR) have a free demo each that’s available now before next month’s launch.

Phasmophobia Confirms 2025 Roadmap With Two Major Updates Planned

Following last October’s launch on PlayStation VR2 and flatscreen consoles, Kinetic Games announced the 2025 updates roadmap for Phasmophobia. That includes a ‘Chronicle’ that revamps how you record evidence, a player character overhaul, reworks for existing maps alongside a brand-new map, plus seasonal events.

Ghosts of Tabor Adds Improved Scope And A Redesigned Adventure Bag

The latest Ghosts of Tabor update is now live across Quest, Steam and Pico. Update 0.9.1 adds an Adventure Bag redesign with the ability to fold armors, a new NRS system, a GRIM skin if you own the survival game, improved scopes, streamer items, and more. You can find the full patch notes here.

Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street Celebrates Over 300k Copies Sold

Joining Into The Radius in sharing its sales figures, 3R Games announced that sandbox burglary game Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street has now sold over 310,000 copies since release. The studio later clarified that this specifically refers to sales on the Quest version, so that figure doesn’t include sales on Steam or PlayStation VR2.

Other Updates

For even more news, here’s everything else we’ve spotted across this week.