We reported last week on some leaked details for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh processors. As a refresh, these new chips don't seem to do much to differentiate themselves from the extant Core Ultra 200S family, but one small upgrade mentioned in that leak was a move to DDR5-7200 memory as standard. Now, we have confirmation on that direct ENDORFY has expanded its lineup of ATX 3.1‑ready power supplies with three new additions – the Vero L6 750W, Vero L6 650W, and Vero L6 550W. All three units are equipped with a fixed 12V‑2×6 cable to support current and future generation RTX graphics cards, a Stratus 120mm fan co‑developed with Synergy Cooling, and high‑quality capacitors rated for operation at up to 105°C.
The series is certified for efficiency and low noise, with Cybenetics Silver and 80 PLUS Bronze ratings across the range. Cybenetics also rates power supplies for noise, with the 750W and 650W models achieving a Standard ++ rating in the noise test, while the 550W model achieves an A- score. For those who don't know, a Cybenetics Standard++ noise rating means the fan runs between 30dB and 35dB, while the A- rating means the fan operates under 30dB. Each unit also carries the Cybenetics ATX 3.1 Pass badge, confirming compliance with the latest specification.
Cooling is handled by the Stratus 120mm fan mounted on an FDB bearing, designed to deliver smooth airflow and quiet operation. Internally, the units use a double‑sided PCB manufactured through an automated process to improve heat dissipation and overload resistance. Electrical and thermal protections are included to safeguard against overloads, voltage spikes, short circuits, and overheating.
The new Endorfy L6 series power supplies will be available soon. Exact UK retail pricing is still to be confirmed but previous L5 series units sold between £50 and £75, so we should expect prices in a similar range for these newer units.
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The post Endorfy launches trio of budget-friendly Vero L6 PSUs first appeared on KitGuru.The latest AOC Gaming monitors have been announced with some very impressive specs. The U27G4XM is a 27‑inch MiniLED display with Dual Hz mode, giving you the best of both worlds with a 4K/160Hz mode and a 1080p/320Hz mode for competitive gaming. If you want an even higher refresh rate, then the 25G4KUR boasts an impressive 420Hz refresh rate.
The U27G4XM features a Fast IPS panel with MiniLED backlighting across 1152 local dimming zones. This allows the monitor to achieve DisplayHDR 1000 certification, with a peak brightness of 1200 cd/m². It offers wide colour coverage at 151.8% sRGB and 98% DCI‑P3, making it suitable for both gaming and content creation. A key feature is Dual Frame Mode, which allows users to switch between 4K resolution at 160Hz for detailed visuals and Full HD at 320Hz for faster‑paced competitive play. Connectivity includes HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4, ensuring compatibility with modern graphics cards and consoles, including 4K/120Hz support for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
The 25G4KUR is built around a 24.5‑inch Fast IPS panel with a native 400Hz refresh rate, overclockable to 420Hz. It delivers response times of 1ms GtG and 0.3ms MPRT, with DisplayHDR 400 certification and 121% sRGB coverage. The Full HD resolution ensures high frame rates are achievable on a wider range of hardware, while NVIDIA G‑SYNC Compatible and Adaptive‑Sync support ensure you won't have to deal with screen tearing. The monitor includes Low Input Lag mode, Shadow Control, Game Color optimisation, and an ergonomic stand with height, tilt, swivel, and pivot adjustments. Consoles haven't been left behind here either, with support for 120Hz modes as well.
The AOC GAMING U27G4XM will be available in January 2026 at £399.99, while the AOC GAMING 25G4KUR is scheduled for release this month, priced around £209.99.
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The post AOC launches two new esports-grade 320Hz and 420Hz gaming monitors first appeared on KitGuru.NVIDIA has added four titles to its DLSS lineup this week. Project Motor Racing, Prologue: Go Wayback! and Whiskerwood now support DLSS, while Eclipse Glow Games has released a new gameplay trailer for Tides of Annihilation, which will debut with full DLSS 4 support.
Tides of Annihilation is a single‑player action‑adventure set in a warped version of modern London, transformed by an otherworldly invasion. The latest four‑minute trailer showcases combat and exploration, with GeForce RTX users set to benefit from DLSS 4 features including Multi Frame Generation at launch.
Project Motor Racing, developed by Straight4 Studios and GIANTS Software, launches with 28 tracks, more than 70 cars and 13 racing classes. Players can compete in a single‑player career or online, with RTX 50 Series GPUs supporting DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, RTX 40 Series cards enabling DLSS Frame Generation, and all other users able to activate DLSS Super Resolution for improved image quality.
Prologue: Go Wayback! is the latest project from Brendan Greene and PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions. The open‑world survival roguelike generates a new 64km² wilderness each playthrough, challenging players to reach the distant Weather Tower. Released into Early Access with a year of updates planned, it supports DLSS 4 on RTX 50 Series GPUs, DLSS Frame Generation on RTX 40 Series, and DLSS Super Resolution across other hardware.
Whiskerwood, from Minakata Dynamics and Hooded Horse, is an Early Access city builder where players manage industrious mice under the rule of cat overlords. A free demo includes DLSS Super Resolution for higher frame rates and DLAA for maximised image quality.
Nvidia is also running two giveaways to end the year. If you have the Nvidia App installed, you can now grab a free weapon skin for Battlefield 6. In a much more substantial giveaway, Nvidia is also offering up an RTX 5090 graphics card – you can find details on that giveaway HERE.
KitGuru Says: Will you be keeping your eye on any of the newly announced DLSS-supported titles? Tides of Annihilation sounds pretty interesting, although it won't be releasing until sometime next year.
The post Four more DLSS-supported games have been announced first appeared on KitGuru.With the Golden Joystick Awards concluded and The Game Awards candidates announced, the annual awards season is in full swing. The Steam Awards 2025 have officially opened for nominations, giving PC players the chance to champion their favourite titles across 11 categories.
Finalists will be revealed on December 18th, coinciding with the launch of the Steam Winter Sale. The final winners of the 11 public-voted categories will be announced before the sale concludes, on January 3rd at 18:00 BST.
The Steam Awards nomination process is currently active for all 11 categories: Game of the Year, VR Game of the Year, Best Game You Suck At, Best Game on Steam Deck, Labor of Love, Better With Friends, Outstanding Visual Style, Most Innovative Gameplay, Best Soundtrack, Outstanding Story-Rich Game, and Sit Back and Relax.
All categories work the same (any game released this year on Steam can be nominated), except for Labor of Love, which is for older games (released at least a year ago) still receiving significant developer support. All titles released before last year's Autumn Steam Sale are eligible, except previous winners such as Warframe, Grand Theft Auto V, Counter-Strike 2, Terraria, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Elden Ring.
To participate in the nominations, users must have a non-limited Steam account that has spent at least $5 in the store. Those who participate will receive a Steam Badge that can be leveled up by completing tasks such as nominating a game for every category, playing a nominated title, and writing or updating a review for a nominated game. Each level achieved awards an additional 25 XP.
KitGuru says: Have you already voted for this year's Steam Awards? What games are your nominees?
The post Steam Awards 2025 voting begins first appeared on KitGuru.Acer UK is cutting prices across its Predator and Nitro gaming laptop ranges this Black Friday, with discounts of up to £400 on selected models.
Amazon lists the Predator Helios Neo 16 AI at £1,599, down from £1,899.99. It combines an RTX 5070 Ti GPU with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU and a 240Hz WQXGA display, delivering smooth performance for AAA gaming. The Predator Helios Neo 14 is also reduced at Amazon, priced at £1,499.99 down from £1,799.99. This compact 14-inch model houses an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, an RTX 5070 and a 120Hz OLED display.
If you want a larger model, then the Nitro 18 AI can be found at Currys for £1,499, down from £1,899.99. This model swaps out the Intel CPU for an AMD Ryzen AI 9 processor, paired with an RTX 5070 Ti GPU and a 165Hz QHD display.
The Nitro V 15 is the most affordable of the group, dropping from £999 to £849 at Currys. Pairing an Intel Core i7 with RTX 5060 graphics, along with a 1080p 165Hz display. This particular unit is capable of up to 150FPS in games like Call of Duty, so you will be able to make good use of that refresh rate.
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The post Acer cuts Predator and Nitro gaming laptop prices by up to £400 for Black Friday first appeared on KitGuru.Thermal Grizzly has introduced a new specialised tool for PC builders – the TG Caliper, designed to make measurement tasks easier when planning out a custom liquid cooling loop.
The TG Caliper is constructed from high-hardness, rust-resistant ABS plastic, making it lightweight and dust- and splash-resistant (IP54). It features an ergonomic thumbwheel and an LCD readout that displays values in both metric (0.1 mm resolution) and imperial (0.01 inch resolution) units. The measuring range is up to 150 mm (6 inches), and a zero function makes comparative measurements easy.
This device is particularly useful for a few applications. For water cooling, it allows builders to accurately verify the inner and outer diameters, as well as the wall thickness, of soft and hard tubes. This is critical for custom loops where imperial-to-metric conversions often lead to frustrating rounding errors.
It's also useful for thermal Pads, as it allows measuring used thermal pads for replacement. The device must be used carefully to avoid compression. Thermal Grizzly advises users to use the flat backs of the jaws over a wide area and apply only light pressure, averaging the results from multiple points to ensure accuracy. Another example is for screws and components, where the caliper can be used to measure lengths, distinguishing between countersunk screws (measured total length with the outside jaws) and cylindrical-head screws (measured depth with the depth gauge).
The Thermal Grizzly TG Caliper is now available for $11.58/€9.90.
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Skyrocketing memory prices are threatening the PC gaming landscape, as building a new rig from the ground up is suddenly a bigger challenge than it had been. The timing is especially frustrating because we've finally the market for modern generation graphics settle down. The solution? Either wait it out and hope that things improve, or consider 
In 2026, Voyager 1, humanity's farthest reaching Energizer Bunny of a probe, will travel toward an almost comprehensible benchmark: being a full light-day away from Earth. According to NASA's data, the milestone is projected to occur around November 15 next year.
To call the distance vast is an understatement; one light-day translates to 
Early whispers are suggesting that Apple’s first foldable iPhone could debut at a cost that will either push the loyalty of Apple fans or turn the phone into a sales dud. Currently referred to as the iPhone Fold, the phone will effectively sit in the luxury side of the mobile world, costing around $2,400, which is $500 more than a Galaxy Z 
If you're not feeling a pair of Xbox-themed Crocs this holiday season, then what about a new Android phone? Don't worry about asking for Santa to come through because with a bunch of Black Friday discounts on Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices in play, you're better off buying your own phone and asking for something bigger from the holiday 
Microsoft is once again collaborating with Crocs on a custom themed pair of clogs (just as Nintendo did earlier this year), with the latest abomination creation taking inspiration from the Xbox brand. It's as if an Xbox controller and a pair of Crocs made a baby in what can only be described as an unholy union. Unless, of course, you're a POOLS brings the eerie walking simulator to PS VR2 today with native 120Hz support, and a free VR-supported demo is now live.
Developed by Tensori, POOLS is an eerie walking simulator where you wander through these strange swimming pool environments looking for the exit. Originally released as a flatscreen PC game last year, you may recall it received PC VR support in May's free update. Now, it's launching on PS5 with optional PlayStation VR2 support and the Chapter 0 expansion.
Speaking to UploadVR before today's release, Tensori informed us that it's been “very pleased” with the reception to the PC VR release. Stating it focused heavily on performance to ensure things ran smoothly, this pushed the team to learn more about its tools and then apply these same principles to the PlayStation VR2 release.
“We applied the same principle to the PS VR2 version. We actually went so deep that we had to rebuild most of the visual aspects of the game from the ground up to get our target performance. We wanted the foveated rendering to work as best as it could, and in order to do that, we needed to create a custom solution for our water visuals. To do that, we’ve learned a ton about shader programming. It was a serious amount of work, but we feel it was worth the effort.”
Delving into specifics about the PlayStation VR2 edition, Tensori confirmed this work means POOLS runs at native 120Hz. However, the developer warns there might be a few frame rate drops in larger areas if you're using a standard PS5 console. Performance will benefit naturally from the PS5 Pro's improved specs, though dedicated Pro enhancements are planned as a post-launch update.
While today's release uses eye-tracking for foveated rendering, Tensori informed us that more “advanced” use of the headset's haptics isn't available at launch. Though it didn't elaborate on what they specifically are targeting for improvements, the studio confirmed that “we are planning to include improved haptics soon-ish in a future update.”
Finally, given that POOLS has made its way to iOS, can we expect to see it reach Apple Vision Pro, or other VR platforms like Quest? Tensori didn't commit to further platforms yet, though it's not ruling them out either.
“We are always looking to bring POOLS to as many players as we can. If it’s a platform that we feel we can create a great experience on, then we will have a look and see if it’s something we can do. We’re huge fans of Apple Vision Pro and the Quest, so we will definitely have a look and see if POOLS can make its home on these platforms.”
POOLS is out now on PC VR and PlayStation VR2. Free VR-supported demos are available on both platforms.
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As we close in on the first couple post-launch weeks for Call of Duty Black Ops 7, the team at Treyarch have been slowly but surely teasing their plans for Season 1. Described as “biggest Season 01 ever” a full content roadmap has been shared, featuring a ton of new additions across every single mode.
Taking to their blog to detail the upcoming update, Black Ops 7 Season 1 officially arrives on the 4th of December and will bring with it far more than can be listed here. The full roadmap can be found HERE, but some of the most notable additions include:
Endgame
Multiplayer
Zombies
Warzone
Of course, alongside these mode specific pieces of content, Season 1 also brings with it a bunch of game-wide additions, including but not limited to:
As mentioned, the blog post itself is incredibly lengthy and goes into far more depth regarding all aspects of each addition (including changes made to Battle Pass XP earn rates, challenge rewards and more).
Black Ops 7 is in an interesting spot right now. While the game itself represents a strong entry for Call of Duty, years of anti-consumer practices and a lack of listening to fans has tainted the series – with BO7 feeling the brunt of this.
That said, there is no denying that Treyarch seems to be trying their best to address fan complaints, and Season 1 appears to be another solid step in this direction. Whether it will be enough to turn the tides, we will have to wait and see when Season 1 launches on the 4th of December.
KitGuru says: What do you think of the Season 1 roadmap? Are you checked out of Call of Duty for this year? When all is said and done, will fans look back fondly on Black Ops 7? Let us know your thoughts down below.
The post Black Ops 7 Season 1 full content roadmap revealed first appeared on KitGuru.When you think of video game crossovers, one series which does not come to people’s mind is Assassin’s Creed. Despite this, the Ubisoft-published franchise has collaborated with a number of interesting franchises in the past. That said, in a highly unexpected announcement, the latest Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to crossover with none other than the popular anime series Attack on Titan.
Making the surprise announcement, the team at Ubisoft officially unveiled their upcoming collab – Assassin’s Creed Shadows x Attack on Titan. Set to go live on the 25th of November (today), this limited-time crossover will be available until the 15th of December and will include a new free quest to complete.
As expected however, if you wanted to get your hands on the Mikasa-themed cosmetic skin for Naoe, you’ll have to pay up (though no price has been provided so far).
As mentioned, this isn’t the first time that Assassin’s Creed has crossed over with another franchise, with the likes of AC Origins offering a Final Fantasy collab back in 2018 and Shadows itself having already crossed over with Dead by Daylight earlier this year.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an important title for Ubisoft, with the game said to have been a bit of a make or break moment for the publisher prior to its release. Whether an Attack on Titan crossover will make a major difference in this regard, we will have to wait and see, but it is welcome at the very least to see the quest itself being included for free.
KitGuru says: What do you think of this crossover? Would you prefer some more thematically-appropriate collabs? Let us know down below.
The post Assassin’s Creed Shadows x Attack on Titan officially announced first appeared on KitGuru.The latest addition to LaCie's popular range of Rugged external hard drives is the Rugged SSD4, a drive aimed at photographers, filmmakers and audio professionals. Using a USB4 40 Gbps interface, it offers fast performance while protecting against water, dust, and drops.
Inside the familiar bright orange rubber enclosure (designed by multi-award-winning designer Neil Poulton) sits an NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD to make the most of the USB 40 Gbps (USB4) interface. Available in 1TB, 2TB and the flagship 4TB versions, the drive is rated for up to 4,000MB/s reads and up to 3,800MB/s writes.
The official line on the protection afforded by the drive's enclosure is that it is IP54-compliant (if the cover for the USB port is firmly in place) and can withstand a 3m drop and 1 ton of pressure.
LaCie backs the drive with a 3-year warranty, and you also get a very useful three years of Seagate's Data Recovery Service included to recover your data in case of product failure.
Physical Specifications:
Firmware Version: ULFS91.6
The post LaCie Rugged SSD4 4TB Review first appeared on KitGuru.In the lead up to each new Far Cry title, Ubisoft have released a short film or two to give fans a taste of what to expect from the next entry in this now-iconic series. That said, in a surprise announcement (though it was leaked a while back), a full proper Far Cry TV show has now been greenlit – with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob Mac set to star in the project.
As reported by the publication Variety, distribution company FX has now greenlit a series adaptation of Ubisoft’s Far Cry video game series. While details remain light at the moment, the show is seemingly set to comprise multiple seasons and will “follow an anthology format like the games and feature a different cast and setting each season.”
Speaking of the cast, Rob Mac (formerly McElhenney) is set to serve as co-creator, executive producer and will star in the show – though his role has not yet been confirmed.
Given the fact that the show will consist of multiple Seasons in an anthology-like format, it will be interesting to see whether the series will directly adapt each game’s story/narrative, or whether it’ll simply be used more for inspiration.
Additionally, Rob Mac as an actor is known best for his comedic roles, and so the shift to what will likely be a more serious tone is worthy of note. Speaking on the project, Mac stated: “Ubisoft has been remarkably generous, entrusting us with one of the most iconic video-game worlds ever created. And through it all, my FX family continues to lift me up with their constant belief and support.”
Full comments from Rob Mac; co-creator Noah Hawley; FX and more can be found HERE.
KitGuru says: What do you think of this announcement? How would you like a Far Cry show to be structured? Would you like them to directly adapt the games’ stories? Let us know down below.
The post Live-action Far Cry TV show adaptation officially announced first appeared on KitGuru.Last week, the team at Sucker Punch Productions announced that they would be releasing a major patch for Ghost of Yotei, featuring a bunch of new additions including NewGame+; a harder difficulty option; new cosmetics and more. Available right now, patch 1.1 actually brings with it much more than expected – including a bunch of new graphics options; quality of life improvements; VRR support and more.
Releasing the patch notes to their support site, the team at Sucker Punch Productions officially detailed update 1.1 for Ghost of Yotei. Available to download now, the patch includes all of the previously-announced additions, namely:
While all of this is of course welcome to see, patch 1.1 brings a number of even more exciting additions which they did not mention previously, including:
Many first-party PlayStation titles have offered similarly significant 1.1 updates in the months following their initial release. Even so, it is welcome to see Ghost of Yotei continuing this trend while also offering even more than initially promised.
KitGuru says: Have you been waiting for this update? Will you be hopping into NewGame+? Is 40fps a good sweet spot for you performance-wise? Let us know down below.
The post Ghost of Yotei update adds VRR support; 40fps mode; NewGame+ and much more first appeared on KitGuru.Considering the success Hit-Point has had with Neko Atsume on both mobile and VR, it’s been a surprising wait for the company to make a dog-themed follow-up to the pet care simulator that won the hearts of millions. Rather than making its way to the platform after finding success elsewhere, Inu Atsume VR is debuting in mixed and virtual reality. As more of a dog person myself, I’m delighted.
Inu Atsume VR will be instantly familiar to anyone who enjoyed their time with Neko Atsume Purrfect. There isn’t an adventure to beat, just pets to meet, photograph, play with, adopt, befriend, train, and love for as long as you like. It's an immersive Nintendogs offering everything you need to pretend you have a dog without the cleaning or vet bills that come with one.
Dogs are very different animals from cats, so there are certainly gameplay aspects that have changed compared to Neko Atsume Purrfect. You pick your first dog by playing fetch with a frisbee in the park and giving them a collar, though you can also play with and befriend any dogs you encounter without the commitment of bringing them home when you visit in the future. After that, they live with you, and you need to give them enough to keep them entertained.
They’ll need a bed and food and water, naturally, but you can also get more toys and presents for them. You can teach them tricks and, if incentivized by enough treats, they’ll learn them permanently. You can have them sit or lie down on command at any time.
If they’re done digging holes in the garden to find currency for new toys, gizmos, and other surprises, you can simply call them over and pet and stroke them. Endlessly. Having lived with dogs for much of my life while living in the UK, I've only been able to see the family dog through a screen since moving abroad. Even spotting a dog while on a walk and sometimes getting to greet them can be a highlight. Getting to do that at any time in Inu Atsume VR, especially with how adorable they are, is worth the price of admission. I could watch them run and stroke these virtual dogs in my pets-not-allowed apartment for hours.
Actually, I think I spent close to an hour doing this before I even realized it during my first session.
With dogs being more active creatures than the aloof and independent feline, Inu Atsume VR offers a few features not found in its predecessor for interacting with your dog. You can take them to events - simplistic minigames such as maze navigation offer a break from the more passive experience found elsewhere. In this maze game, for example, you can navigate your dog through simplistic labyrinths using either a navigation panel in front of you or voice commands. Unfortunately, voice recognition is very poor and rarely works. Attempting to call and have my dog respond is neat, yet I found myself going to menus and buttons both in and out of minigames. It's only worked for me around 10% of the time during my experience with the title.
That said, it’s the returning Mixed Reality mode from Neko Atsume Purrfect that remains a highlight. Using your room as a space for this dog to roam, playing with them, or simply watching them walk around is one of the platform's best uses. I say that as someone who misses the joy a dog’s mere presence can bring to any room. I watch George scratch at my shoes with joy, not anger, and find myself doing odd tasks with my Quest headset in this mode in a way I haven’t in other mixed reality modes, just so I can occasionally spot them having fun as I clean my room.
Mixed reality often falls short, not from poor execution but from how unnatural it feels to have these events taking place in the real world. Yet despite the stylized appearance of these dogs, it simply feels right. I actually felt a little sad when the headset was put away and George wasn’t around, which I didn’t expect.
Mostly, though, this isn’t a game to pick up and play for long sessions. Your coins needed to play minigames and get toys are only drip-fed, and once you’ve fed and played with your pets, it’s perfectly acceptable to go about your life until returning the following day. The daily login system encourages this further, offering goodies for every day you log in.
A dog lover like myself would inevitably prefer Inu Atsume VR compared to Neko Atsume Purrfect, but Hit-Point has done more than a species swap with this new game. It's taken advantage of VR to bring new features and ideas that feel natural to the medium and make this an engaging and adorable pet simulator that can stick with you for months. Now, if you don’t mind, George needs some food, and then we’re off to play frisbee.
Inu Atsume VR is out now on the Meta Quest platform.
CleanSheet Pro, a subscription-based VR soccer sim for goalkeepers, is now available on Quest.
Developed by Belfast studio INCISIV, we first learned about this CleanSheet Soccer successor back in May. Described as a simulator built for serious athletes, CleanSheet Pro sees you moving between five divisions in a progression-based career mode as you hit promotion targets to move up the ranks. Similarly, poor performance gives you relegation targets to avoid dropping.
Progressing through this career mode gradually unlocks more stadiums, new cosmetics for the footballs and gloves, and the ability to transfer to new clubs. This comes with three fictional teams: Forgehill Rovers, Waveport City, and Stanton United, each with its own identity and environment. Different clubs offer different coaches, stadiums, and more.
Further CleanSheet Pro features include scenarios designed to emulate real-life soccer moments, seeing you face corner kicks and penalty shootouts alike. INCISIV states these are based off motion-captured data from professional footballers.
Other options include a custom shot creator, mixed reality support, and a monthly standardized test through a 'Profiler Mode' to recalibrate the game's difficulty. A companion app for tracking progress and scheduling sessions is also available on iOS and Android.
CleanSheet Pro is now available on Quest through monthly ($29.99) and annual ($239.99) subscriptions, with a free seven-day trial and 50% off the first month. You can find out more in our previous interview below.
UploadVRHenry Stockdale
The Meta Horizon Store's Black Friday sale, now on, offers 40% off hundreds of Quest games via the discount code BFCM25.
There are far too many eligible titles for us to reasonably list, but you can see the full selection here.
Eligible games range from blockbusters like Assassin’s Creed Nexus, Reach, Asgard's Wrath 2, Metro Awakening, Alien: Rogue Incursion, Resident Evil 4, and Arizona Sunshine 2 to indie gems like Ghost Town, Superhot VR, Dungeons of Eternity, Walkabout Mini Golf, Real VR Fishing, and GOLF+.
We could go on all day here, but the TL;DR is that you can get 40% off almost every major title on Quest for the next week. A notable exception is Deadpool VR, which isn't eligible since it only came out last week. You'll still need to fork out $50 for it.
To apply the 40% discount for the eligible titles, just enter the code BFCM25 at checkout.
You can use it as many times as you want, up until 11:59 pm PT on December 2, a week from now.
UploadVRDavid Heaney
Separately, Meta is also offering 11 sale bundles, letting you get multiple games and/or DLC together for a lower price than buying them individually:
If you already own one of the games in a bundle, the price is lowered to reflect that.
Meta's WorldGen AI system generates trimesh 3D worlds from text prompts, though the company doesn't think it's ready for Horizon Worlds yet.
Meta first teased that its Horizon Worlds creation tools would get the ability to AI-generate entire 3D worlds back in May, when announcing the related AssetGen 2.0 model. Then, in June, the company revealed that this feature would be called Environment Generation, teased example generations, and said it would launch "very soon".
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Environment Generation launched in August, but it was (and remains) only capable of generating a very specific kind of island, a very limited scope compared to the goal of generic world creation.
Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor is a flatscreen Windows PC application Meta released in early access in February, alongside deprecating the in-VR creation tools of Horizon Worlds.
The editor offers the ability to import 3D assets, images, and sound files, place them in a 3D landscape, and implement game logic and other functionality using TypeScript, a popular offshoot of JavaScript. These worlds are then immediately playable and multiplayer-capable in Horizon Worlds.
In the US, UK, Canada, EU, Australia, and New Zealand, creators can also AI-generate 3D meshes, textures, skyboxes, sound effects, ambient audio, and TypeScript.
You can download Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor here.
At Connect 2025 in September, Meta teased an overhaul of its Horizon Worlds creation tools, called Horizon Studio, which hasn't yet launched. The tease depicted an AI Assistant capable of generating just about anything a creator wants, including entire worlds, specific assets, custom NPCs, and specific gameplay mechanics, in a matter of seconds or minutes. But it's unclear whether what Meta was showing was notional or representative of real technology it was waiting to deploy.
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That brings us to WorldGen, the new AI system Meta published a paper for.
Meta describes it as "a state-of-the-art end-to-end system for generating interactive and navigable 3D worlds from a single text prompt", leveraging a chain of 2D and 3D techniques, rather than being a single model.
"WorldGen is built on a combination of procedural reasoning, diffusion-based 3D generation, and object-aware scene decomposition. The result is geometrically consistent, visually rich, and render-efficient 3D worlds for gaming, simulation, and immersive social environments."
To be clear, this is not producing a Gaussian splat like World Labs' Marble, nor an interactive video stream like Google DeepMind's Genie 3.
Meta's WorldGen creates a layout of traditional trimesh 3D assets, making it fully compatible with traditional game engines and rendering pipelines. And it also includes a navmesh for collision detection and NPC traversal.
Here's the underlying sequence WorldGen goes through after you input a prompt, according to Meta:
(1) Planning
1. Procedural blockout generation
2. Navmesh extraction
3. Reference image generation
(2) Reconstruction
1. Image-to-3D base model
2. Navmesh-based scene generation
3. Initial scene texture generation
(3) Decomposition
1. Part extraction with accelerated AutoPartGen for scenes
2. Data curation for scene decomposition
(4) Refinement
1. Image enhancement
2. Mesh refinement model
3. Texturing model
So why isn't WorldGen rolling out in Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor, or at least being announced as a launch feature for Horizon Studio?
Meta says it's not satisfied with the fact that WorldGen currently only produces 50×50 meter spaces, and that it takes a long time to do so. The company says it's working to address both limitations.
It seems like a greatly upgraded future version of WorldGen will be necessary to deliver on the promise of Horizon Studio that Meta teased at Connect, and given the rate of advancement in AI, it's very possible that the company will be able to achieve exactly that sometime in 2026.
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