Beat Saber will get a huge update to go with the newly announced Meta VR Glasses next spring, headlined by Flux, a brand new game mode. The update will also add full hand tracking support, a first-ever rewards system, and an enhanced single-player campaign.

Announced during Meta Connect, developer Beat Games will deliver the biggest update it’s ever produced for one of VR’s most popular games. Here’s the trailer:

There’s a lot of new content coming, so let’s break it down one by one.

Flux, A New Game Mode

Flux is a new game mode that dispenses with the titular sabers and turns your hands into weapons. You will use new techniques like the Flux Tether, which channels power between your hands to slice through notes in time with the beat of the track. The tether also powers each hand separately to punch through other note targets and build up Jolt energy. When enough energy is built up, you can squeeze your fists while slicing notes to trigger Jolt and a score boost.

Flux will launch for the newly announced Meta VR Glasses and Quest with thirty-five songs curated from Beat Saber’s existing catalog of original soundtracks (OSTs) and Anniversary packs, including tracks from Lindsey Stirling, Teminite, Camellia, and Boom Kitty alongside in-house tracks from Jaroslav Beck and Zakka G.

Flux is primarily intended for hand tracking, but will have Touch controller support as well for those who prefer it. More Flux songs are planned for post-launch updates.

A Refreshed Single-Player Campaign & User Interface

Beat Games has revamped Beat Saber’s original single-player campaign, introducing a ‘light narrative element’ to follow as your note-slicing skills are progressively tested. You will be faced with new barriers and missions to complete and unlock exclusive in-game rewards.

Beat Saber’s user interface also gets a refresh to get players into game modes or browsing the new content faster. An improved first-time player experience will teach newbies the ropes of Beat Saber to help them start chasing the leaderboards.

For The First Time Ever, A Rewards System & Enhanced Progression

A new rewards system will grant players brand new cosmetics like different sabers and notes. You can also display your achievements and customize your profile with new profile badges and banners.

All of this is contained in a new inventory system allowing you to quickly swap things in and out to further make your Beat Saber experience your own.

No Controllers Required

The Flux update emphasizes a new change for Beat Saber. The entire game will be playable with hand tracking.

This move would have been unthinkable a few short years ago when hand tracking accuracy was not yet good enough to keep up with rapid hand movements. The new Meta VR Glasses will not ship with controllers, so a flagship title like Beat Saber being unplayable on it would not have been a good look. This does not change or replace Beat Saber’s traditional controller support.

This update will drop in Spring 2027 for Meta VR Glasses and Quest.

A hand-controlled, room-aware mixed reality version of Tetris Effect is coming to Meta’s new VR device, Quest 3 and 3S.

Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities is a new hand-controlled and room-aware mixed reality version of Tetris Effect that was announced today. The game will launch on Meta’s newest VR device, Meta VR Glasses.

The new Tetris seeks to take advantage of Meta VR Glasses’ key features, allowing you to control the entire game with your hands, while the device’s passthrough cameras use the geometry of your room, lighting and visual effects to transform the world around you.

From Pong To VR: Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Quest To Make Games That Move You

With Lumines Arise launching this November on PS VR2 and Steam, we interviewed Tetsuya Mizuguchi about his career and how Enhance are approaching this new entry.

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Tetris Effect is a modern reimagining of Tetris designed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and his team at Enhance, Resonair, and Monstars, which combines traditional Tetris gameplay with reactive music, particle effects, and environments that respond to the player’s actions.

Originally released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR in 2018, it came to Quest in 2020. An updated version with multiplayer called Tetris Effect: Connected was released on Steam in 2021, while a free update was made available for the existing PlayStation VR, Epic Games Store, and Quest releases. A PlayStation 5 / PSVR2 release followed in 2023.

Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities is coming to Meta VR Glasses, Quest 3 and 3S in 2027.

A new VR release in Capcom’s visual novel adventure series brings courtroom drama to Meta VR Glasses and Quest in 2027.

Announced today alongside the new Meta VR Glasses, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR is a new made-for-VR release in Capcom’s popular Ace Attorney series.

In Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR, you’ll use the unique capabilities of VR to examine crime scenes, build your case, and take it to court. The game uses hand-tracking to present evidence and point at or call out witnesses. Voice-activation control allows players to shout the series’ infamous “Objection!!”

A trailer was released during Meta’s keynote, and that’s embedded below:

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR is the first VR game in the long-running series, which began life in 2001 on Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance before finding worldwide sales success with subsequent releases on the Nintendo DS. Since then, 11 games have been released in the Ace Attorney series.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013, and was the fifth main entry in the series. It was also released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in 2024 as part of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy compilation.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR is coming to Meta VR Glasses and Quest in 2027.