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The Oculus Rift’s price is still unknown, but the company appears determined to keep its Q1 2016 release window. The VR developer announced that it has finalized its Oculus Rift SDK (Software Development Kit ) in version 1.0, and will be shipping the software to a handful of chosen developers. Not just anybody gets the new hardware — the launch will be limited to those devs who are “putting the final touches on launch titles.”

You can bet, therefore, that the fine folks behind Eve: Valkyrie will get one. Adrift was confirmed as a launch title a few months back, but there doesn’t seem to be a recent compilation of proposed launch games. A post from October 1 on TheRiftArcade lists Job Simulator, Nimbus Nights (RTS), Moon Strike (RTS), Surgeon Simulator (trailer for the original below), Dead and Buried (FPS), Final Approach, I Expect You To Die, (Puzzle game), Pulsar Arena (rhythm shooter), and Bullet Train (FPS).

We might see another title or two pop up on the list, and we don’t have independent confirmation that all these games are still scheduled for Q1 2016, but from what we’ve seen thus far, it’ll be Eve: Valkyrie that headlines the launch. Of course, there are plenty of titles planning to integrate Oculus support, including some games that have already shipped — we’ll have to wait and see how these efforts go, and whether or not they’re well-optimized. Squeezing VR support into already shipping titles could be tricky, since some of the motions and actions known to cause nausea in VR players may already be baked into a title.

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