Peaky Blinders: Mastermind opened the floodgates for adaptations of the series with a rather disappointing tactical infiltration game. maze theoryto whom we owe the latest games Doctor Whowill try another approach with Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransomrevealed this week.
It will be from the first title VR inspired by the world of gangstersin which we will notably come across tommy and Arthur Shelby, voiced by Cillian Murphy and Paul Anderson. We will embody a soldier who fled the firing squad and found help and protection from the thugs. Our current mission: find Churchill’s “red box”, a briefcase containing the names and locations of all British agents. Between battles of revolvers and egos, we will cross the seedy streets of Birmingham and London, walk the Garrison, Charlie’s Yard and the Shelby’s Betting Shopeliminate rivals, discover hidden stories, collect items and more.
This interactive story does not yet have a release date, but it will be playable in virtual reality on PC via Steam in 2022. A teaser trailer and some images already invite us to appreciate the technical qualities of the game, in particular the digitization of the faces of the two members of the family Shelby.