The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR News
March2023
News Switchback VR Developer Investigating Game's Iffy PSVR2 Visuals
Horrific
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is a huge disappointment, as illustrated in our review – and one of its biggest issues is just how blurry it looks. While the game has been developed exclusively for PSVR2, it barely looks like a step-up from PSVR, with muddy, middling visuals and even the odd performance hiccup. It’s not the only...
Hands On The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Is Massively Underwhelming So Far
House of horrors
At what point do we consider Until Dawn a curse? UK developer Supermassive has been trying to better the PS4 narrative horror for the best part of a decade, with both its ongoing The Dark Pictures anthology and standalone The Quarry coming up short. Now, based on the first half of our playthrough, we’re sad to report that the...
News The Jump Scares May Be the Hardest Part of Switchback VR's Platinum
Scared to death
The Trophy list is out for rails shooter Until Dawn: Rush of Blood’s spiritual successor, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR. Just browsing the trinkets, it looks like you’ll be well on your way to the Platinum purely by beating the campaign. There are then collectibles in the form of “marked gargoyles”, which you’ll need to...
February2023
News Switchback VR Is a Great Reason to Play PSVR2 After Launch
In depth gameplay walkthrough revealed
There's a big list of PSVR2 launch titles and PS5 updates for early adopters of the VR headset to play on launch day, and you can see them all in our All PSVR2 Launch Games guide. But what's there to look out for after 22nd February 2023? While Sony hasn't really revealed much beyond the launch window, there's...
January2023
News Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Now Out in March, Misses PSVR2 Launch
Pushed back by a few weeks
Supermassive Games has made the decision to delay The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR out of its original release date of 22nd February 2023 alongside the PSVR2. Instead, it'll now arrive a few weeks later on 16th March 2023. The studio says the delay is so the virtual reality title can receive further polish in the lead-up...
November2022
News PSVR2 Gets The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR on Launch Day
Costs £32.99/$39.99
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR has been announced as another PSVR2 launch game after its new PS Store listing revealed a release date of 22nd February 2023. The title costs £32.99/$39.99, and pre-ordering nets you goodies such as a golden gun and a bobblehead for your cart. It joins the likes of
News The Dark Pictures Brings a Fresh Rush of Blood to PSVR2
Will you play Until Dawn?
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, with its on-rails ghost house horror, was one of the surprise stories of PSVR – and it’s getting a spiritual successor, in the form of The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR for PSVR2. This is following closely in the trembling footsteps of its predecessor, sending you on a thrill-ride through some...
