The VR Developer Direct June 2025 stream has just wrapped! The took a deep dive on three key titles: Reach, Roboquest VR, and Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow.
So check out the full summary below to make sure you’ve not missed anything, or relive your favourite trailer.
Summer Game Fest 2025 roles on and Gamer Social Club is covering as many of the events as we can.
Let’s see what was on offer at the VR Developer Direct June 2025.
Watch the full direct with interviews here:
VR Developer Direct June 2025 – 10 June 2025
Reach (Meta Quest, PC VR, PS VR2)
The ground-breaking cinematic action-adventure from nDreams Elevation - the VR immersion expert's pioneering new studio.
Embody a reluctant hero, wield extraordinary abilities, and journey into a perilous world of crossed realities. Make every move matter to shape your destiny. Are you ready to make the leap?
- Full-body awareness and true-to-life interactions deliver unmatched presence in every moment. You’re not just a pair of hands in the VR game, you’re a full body.
- Delve deep into a spectacular world packed with mythical threats, and secrets to uncover.
- Freely jump, climb, and zip-line across breathtaking environments with smooth, intuitive traversal designed for VR.
- Engage in thrilling and emergent combat encounters against imposing, deadly adversaries.Â
- A bow and arrow with a range of elemental attacks that can freeze, shock, and take down enemies. You can use your bow and arrow for sneaky sneaky kills.
It’s aiming to release in 2025.
Annoucement trailer:
Roboquest VR (Meta Quest, PC VR, PS VR2)
The future is in flames, overrun by ruthless machines"”but you're built to fight back. Roboquest VR is a lightning-fast roguelite FPS where speed, firepower, and reflexes are your best weapons. Play solo or team up in two-player co-op"”adapt, survive, and reboot the future!
With over 100 weapons at your disposal, every run is an experiment in destruction. Wield everything from shotguns and energy rifles to bows, ninja stars, and flamethrowers, each designed for intense, visceral combat. Dual-wield pistols for stylish takedowns, charge up powerful rocket launchers for devastating blasts, or get up close and personal with high-speed melee attacks.
Roboquest VR keeps you on your toes with handcrafted levels and dynamically shifting enemy encounters, ensuring that no two runs are ever the same. Adapt to new challenges, discover powerful upgrades, and push your Guardian's abilities to the limit as you uncover the mysteries of a long-forgotten civilization.
Grow stronger with every battle. Unlock new abilities, perks, and upgrades, tailoring your Guardian to match your playstyle. Build a relentless tank, a high-speed assassin, or an explosive powerhouse"”the choice is yours.
Roboquest VR features full-fledged two-player co-op, letting you and a partner blast through the mechanized hordes together. Combine abilities, revive fallen allies, and unleash synchronized devastation in the ultimate test of teamwork.
It’s aiming to release in 2025.
Announcement gameplay trailer:
Thiev VR: Legacy of Shadow (Meta Quest, PC VR, PS VR2)
Step into the shadows in Thief VR. You are Magpie, a cunning thief orphaned by Baron Northcrest and shaped by the streets. Use VR mechanics to steal, evade, and outsmart the City’s forces. Your goal? A relic in Northcrest’s vault uncovers a far greater artifact with a powerful legacy. The game takes place between the original Thief trilogy and the 2014 reboot, “centuries before it” in fact. Good news too, Garrett is back with the voice of Steven Russell (the original voice actor).
The City is a place of shadows, ruled by the powerful and feared by the oppressed. Its rooftops form a labyrinth above the narrow, twisting streets. The City Watch prowls relentlessly, enforcing the iron will of Baron Ulysses Northcrest, a tyrant who crushes rebellion before it can take root.
You are Magpie, a cunning thief orphaned by Northcrest's brutality and shaped by the streets, who steals as the only means to survive. That is, until you uncover something greater: a legendary artifact holding a legacy from the past. Use immersive VR mechanics to steal, evade, and outsmart the forces controlling The City. Unravel its darkest secrets and expose a sinister conspiracy that looms over its very foundation.
- Pickpocket guards, pry open hidden compartments, and bypass locks with tactile VR interactions.
- Use an array of arrows and tools to distract, disable, or eliminate threats with immersive VR archery.
- Climb rooftops, sneak through back alleys, and uncover secrets in a dark, steampunk-inspired world.
- Every heist offers multiple paths and playstyles"”sneak past guards unseen or take them down from the shadows.
It’s aiming to release in 2025.
Announcement trailer:
That was all the announcements from the VR Developer Direct June 2025! What did you think? What was your favourite reveal?
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There are many more showcases coming up over the next couple of weeks, and the GSC team will be doing its best to cover as many as we can. Be sure to check back for more news from the upcoming Summer Games Fest, the Xbox Showcase, and more!
