{"id":560093,"date":"2026-03-12T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/phasmophobia-vr-overhaul"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:13:18","slug":"phasmophobia-gets-much-needed-vr-overhaul-for-more-immersive-ghost-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/phasmophobia-gets-much-needed-vr-overhaul-for-more-immersive-ghost-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Phasmophobia gets much-needed VR Overhaul for more immersive ghost-hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/phasmophobia-gets-much-needed-vr-overhaul-for-more-immersive-ghost-hunting.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/phasmophobia\">Phasmophobia<\/a><\/strong> took the co-operative horror experience by storm when it first launched, and as <strong>Kinetic Games<\/strong> continually update the game, things have only got creepier for budding paranormal investigators. The latest update is perhaps one of the most needed for those who like to get up close and personal with Phasmo&rsquo;s ghouls in virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p>On April 7, at 11am UTC, Kinetic launched the VR Overhaul update for Phasmophobia. With an entirely new VR system now in place, gameplay and ghost hunts should go much smoother for the VR enthusiasts out there. This, however, is probably going to make things all the more terrifying, and you certainly won&rsquo;t catch me trying to counter an Obake or Banshee in VR.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The VR overhaul update will be out soon!<\/p>\n<p>You can read the patch notes here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yV7vJnuYWd\">https:\/\/t.co\/yV7vJnuYWd<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Phasmophobia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Phasmophobia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phasmophobia (@KineticGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KineticGame\/status\/1512033562521968648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/phasmophobia-vr-overhaul\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/phasmophobia-vr-overhaul\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phasmophobia took the co-operative horror experience by storm when it first launched, and as Kinetic Games continually update the game, things have only got creepier for budding paranormal investigators. 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The VR overhaul update will be&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/phasmophobia-gets-much-needed-vr-overhaul-for-more-immersive-ghost-hunting\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":560094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1192,1892,363,59,1893],"class_list":["post-560093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-horror","tag-kinetic-games","tag-oculus-quest","tag-pc","tag-phasmophobia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phasmophobia gets much-needed VR Overhaul for more immersive ghost-hunting | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phasmophobia took the co-operative 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