{"id":41229,"date":"2025-04-22T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41229\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:53:08","slug":"eerie-walking-sim-pools-gets-free-pc-vr-update-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41229\/","title":{"rendered":"Eerie Walking Sim POOLS Gets Free PC VR Update Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unnerving walking simulator POOLS VR invites you to explore its eerie waters next month on PC VR.<\/p>\n<p>Released last year as a flatscreen Steam game, we&#8217;ve known for a while that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/pools-vr-steam-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POOLS<\/a> from developer Tensori is getting official PC VR support following previous <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2663530\/view\/4518891758024655002?ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beta testing<\/a> last year. Described as a suspenseful walking simulator with no monsters or jump scares, you&#8217;ll explore liminal spaces inspired by the backrooms that \u201ccan feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark\u201d and tight spaces. Arriving on May 30, here&#8217;s the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5jVnu2RggKI&amp;ab_channel=Tensori&amp;ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gameplay trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we missed the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2663530\/view\/507323889090560103?ref=uploadvr.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initial<\/a> PC VR release date announcement last month, Tensori reconfirmed its launch date plans alongside yesterday&#8217;s addition of the new &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2663530\/view\/507326244048601604?ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 0<\/a>&#8216; level. This free new level is unlocked after completing every other chapter, while other changes alongside this major update include new Steam achievements and various bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>As for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/pools-vr-playstation-vr2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously confirmed PlayStation VR2 release<\/a>, that version is still on the way, but it won&#8217;t arrive alongside the Steam release. The developer reconfirmed that it&#8217;s coming \u201clater this year\u201d to Sony&#8217;s headset, alongside plans for iOS and flatscreen <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10011786?ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PS5<\/a> launches.<\/p>\n<p>An exact release date remains unknown for PlayStation VR2, while PC VR support officially reaches <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2663530\/POOLS\/?ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a> as a free update on May 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unnerving walking simulator POOLS VR invites you to explore its eerie waters next month on PC VR. Released&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-41229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114381953786909488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}