The Medical doctor is taking methods into the realms of VR video gaming subsequent month with the release of Medical doctor Who: The Edge of Time for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and HTC Vive Cosmos on 12th November.
Created by Maze Theory, this is the very first function-length VR video game in the franchise’s history, delving into and referencing the 55-year history of the Television show. You do not play as the Medical doctor herself, but as her companion, even though you nevertheless get to wave the sonic screwdriver about to resolve puzzles, escape difficult environments and battle some of the classic Medical doctor Who enemies.
The game is constructed in an episodic style, with visits to unique time periods to face unique foes and threats joined collectively by visits to pilot the Tardis and an overarching danger that is reaching back by means of time to rewrite components of history. Through this you will come face to face with the Weeping Angels in a single segment, and even get to pilot a Dalek shell in an additional.
It capabilities the voice acting of existing Medical doctor Jodie Whittaker, as properly as Nicholas Briggs, the voice of the Daleks, and capabilities a time-hopping story written by Gavin Collinson, Digital Producer for Medical doctor Who and author.
To coincide with the announcement, there’s also some grand new important art for the game. I’m certain that Whovians will Hoover it up, pouring more than all the feasible specifics that can be located in there. I imply, there’s certainly Daleks and Weeping Angels, but what’s up with that UFO-searching issue? The Mansion on the suitable and the shooting stars?
We went hands (face?) on with the game a small although ago, writing in our preview, “With a choice of Medical doctor Who villains old and new, a time-hopping adventure and an achieved step into the globe of VR, Medical doctor Who: The Edge of Time could do far more than sufficient to hold eager Whovians entertained although waiting for the Television series to start off up once more subsequent year.”
Supply: press release