You'll soon be able to try PlayStation VR at Best Buy and Gamestop

PlayStation VR is coming to 300 Best Buy and Gamestop locations around the country by June 24.
By Chelsea Stark  on 
You'll soon be able to try PlayStation VR at Best Buy and Gamestop

Still on the fence when it comes to virtual reality? Sony is looking to entice you into buying its VR headset with an early test drive. 

PlayStation VR will appear in 30 Best Buy and Gamestop locations starting on Friday and 300 stores across the country by June 24, long before the device goes on sale in the fall. 

This is an important opportunity for Sony to show its consumers why virtual reality is cool and how the PlayStation VR works with the PS4. Games and experiences available to demo include PlayStation VR Worlds, EVE: Valkyrie, Headmaster, Battlezone and the puzzle game SuperHyperCube.

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Sony has a link to find locations near you, and is throwing a multi-city "Road to Greatness" tour, which will bring PlayStation games to different music festivals throughout the summer. 

PlayStation VR will launch on Oct. 13 for $399. The current batch of pre-orders has sold out, but Sony announced more will be available over the next few months. 

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Chelsea Stark

Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.


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