Unofficial Team Beef VR Port Brings ‘Counter-Strike’ to Quest & Pico 4

Okay, so picture this: tons of VR shooter games trying to be like Valve’s Counter-Strike. You know the drill. But, get ready, because soon—drumroll, please—you can actually play the real McCoy on your Quest and Pico headsets. Thanks to the wild folks in Team Beef. And they’re unofficially bringing it to life. Crazy, right?

These guys at Team Beef, they’ve been all over the place with VR. Imagine classic hits like Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem 3D, and yup, even Prey and Quake 4. They’ve done it all. Now they’re up to their usual tricks with Counter-Strike 1.6 for Quest and Pico 4. It’s like this ultimate Half-Life mod, went big as a full game on Steam way back in 2000. Ancient history, I know.

So, they say they’re building this thing on the latest Xash3D FWGS—don’t ask me what all that means. Something about compatibility with Valve’s GoldSrc engine. Again, no clue. Velaron’s got their paws in this too, with some multiplatform client. It’s a mess of tech talk, but sounds important.

Oh, and they’re talking cross-play! Just hop in and get shooting. Plus, “easy server creation from inside VR.” Like, just click a button? Who knows? They’re also aiming at full 6DoF motion controls, whatever magic that is.

This VR thingy for Counter-Strike 1.6? Apparently, it’s dropping in “very soon” mode for Team Beef’s Patreon supporters. Details are sketchy, but they did tease a clip of an early version. Spoiler alert: no 6DoF in that one.

Anyway, uh—where was I going with this? Oh, yeah—keep your eyes peeled. This whole VR Counter-Strike saga might just be worth the chaos.