The first Steam VR Fest brings a pile of demos directly to your eyeballs next week Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The first Steam VR Fest brings a pile of demos directly to your eyeballs next week Discounts, demos and upcoming games for your bonce News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on July 13, 2022 6 comments Valve are staging their first Steam VR Fest starting on July 18th. Gabe and friends don't seem to have made much song and dance about the event yet, with details emerging today via the company's Steamworks site. The festival promises discounts, demos and details of upcoming releases from the giddy world of virtual reality. Watch on YouTube Liam and James put ten games through their paces on Valve's Steam Deck handheld. It sounds very much like this is just the virtual reality equivalent of Valve's regular Steam Next Fest events, then. Valve say the event is an official Steam themed sale and will feature on the storefront's homepage. Valve filed a patent last year for a new VR headset, codenamed Deckard. Will we see a reveal next week to coincide with the new festival? They still don't have a wireless headset to compete with Meta's Quest series. Katharine reviewed Valve's Index headset back in 2020, which she called the "gold standard" of VR headsets. "It's not completely perfect, as I feel there's still more it could do to accommodate people with tiny noggins like myself," she said, "but its accurate tracking, superb controllers and headphones and general ease of use make this the VR headset to buy if you've got the money to spare." Steam VR Fest runs from July 18th through to July 25th. Dust off those headsets, you're about to climb demo mountain. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here