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One of the spookiest CD-ROM games of the '90s, The 7th Guest, is getting a new lease on the afterlife with a remake for virtual reality devices. Announced at the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, this new version of The 7th Guest, from publisher Vertigo Games and co-developers Vertigo Studios Rotterdam and Exkee, uses volumetric video capture to recreate the full-motion video storytelling of the original game, which takes place in a haunted mansion that's populated by other spirits.

The end result is a surprisingly eerie game that mixes more dynamic environments in VR with head-scratching puzzles and VR-powered optical illusions. As for the ghosts who have organized a little party in Henry Stauf’s haunted mansion, you'll be able to interact with them, and fans of the original game can expect the return of characters like Martine Burden, Brian Dutton, Edward & Elinor Knox, and others, as well as some surprise appearances.

This remake is based on the original story that Matthew J. Costello wrote, and the mansion’s many puzzles are all connected to the main story. Some of them even use recognizable elements to pay homage to the mysteries of the original game.

The 7th Guest will have plenty of haunting content that's designed to give you a fright, but this leans towards spooky, not gory entertainment. The interactive mystery puzzle adventure is coming to Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, and PC VR later this year.

","content","link","https://www.gamespot.com/articles/classic-cd-rom-game-the-7th-guest-is-getting-a-vr-remake/1100-6514714/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f","imageUrl","https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1601/16018044/4146402-7th-guest.jpg","From CD-ROM to Unreal Engine 5: Riven returns in spectacular style","Eurogamer","John Linneman","2024-07-07T14:00:00","

\nA classic adventure built in the early days of the multimedia gaming era, Riven is a beautiful first-person puzzle game that asks players to slowly unravel the mysteries of its unusual world. A sequel to the similarly celebrated Myst, Riven boasted arguably the most detailed pre-rendered backgrounds to date when it was released in 1997. And now it's back, stunningly realised in full real-time 3D via Unreal Engine 5, playable both as a standard game and a VR experience - and there's even a Meta Quest port. However you choose to play it, this release feels like the ultimate expression of developer Cyan's original vision.\n

\nEven at launch, Riven was a stunner. In terms of pre-rendered background quality, the improvement over Myst was gigantic. Myst has that early 90s CGI look to it, but Riven's backgrounds continue to impress even now. The world features more life as well: despite ultimately remaining a series of still shots that you flick through, Cyan was able to add animation such as rippling water, plumes of smoke and small insects buzzing around to help bring the scenes to life. Furthermore, larger videos could be utilised enabling full-screen animation that was impossible with the original Myst.\n

\nHowever, delivering this level of fidelity in real-time 3D is something I would say couldn't really be achieved until recently, which is why this Unreal Engine 5 remake is so interesting. Curiously though, it isn't actually using UE5's most cutting-edge features. Nanite, Lumen and Virtual Shadow maps are all absent. The primary reason ties into scalability - Cyan needed to ensure the game could run on a Meta Quest 2 headset.\n

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