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Marvel's Deadpool VR hands-on: Bloody combat, tricky swordplay, and niche comic baddies


Marvel's Deadpool VR comes out in late 2025 for the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S exclusively, with Neil Patrick Harris voicing Deadpool.

(Image credit: Twisted Pixel / Meta)Deadpool snarks his way around a SHIELD helicarrier, Mojoworld, Spirit of Xandar, and other Marvel Comics multiverse locales that feel like polar opposites to the dark, grounded Gotham. (Image credit: Twisted Pixel / Meta)I had the least trouble mastering gunplay, aiming your default pistol or picking up weapons along the way and blasting waves of foes. The Twisted Pixel devs responded by saying they didn't want the reverse side of VR melee combat, where you simply hold your sword toward an enemy, "waggle it," and have it "chop people up instantly."

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