Ratchet & Clank and Resistance Developer Insomniac Working on Lovecraft Game Edge of Nowhere
What is it with all the Lovecraft games recently? It seems that not even a day can go by without a new one coming along. But hell, not that I’m complaining. The latest is Edge of Nowhere, which is coming from Insomniac Games, the wonderful folks who brought us the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance games.
Releasing on June 6 for the Oculus Rift, the VR game has you taking control of Victor Howard, an explorer searching for his missing wife in the depths of Antarctica. But, being a Lovecraft game, there are worse things than penguins for him to worry about in the frozen land.
OVERVIEW:
Edge of Nowhere is a VR third-person action-adventure from acclaimed independent developer Insomniac Games. Follow the trail of a missing expedition that leads across the treacherous mountains of Antarctica. Scale massive ice walls and travel deep into alien caves in this unsettling psychological thriller. In Edge of Nowhere, nothing is what it seems, and the unexpected lurks from all sides.
STORYLINE:
Victor Howard is searching for his fiancée, Ava Thorne, who is part of a lost expedition in Antarctica. His rescue mission takes a sudden turn as he ventures deeper into a dark monstrous world where reality warps and twists around him. Desperate to find the one he loves, Victor must encounter disturbing creatures and climb sheer cliff walls as he descends further into madness.
KEY FEATURES:
– Explore the mysterious Antarctic and experience Lovecraftian-esque horror. Use your wits to escape dark caverns and the dangers that await you in the cold and inside your own mind.
– Scale vast walls of ice and explore the treacherous mountains of Antarctica
– Use weapons and your wits to survive the uncanny horrors that haunt dark caverns.
– Cling to your sanity in a surreal world where nothing is as it seems.
– Developed specifically for VR, experience a huge sense of scale, from vertigo-inducing cliffs to towering giants.
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