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Tender Claws, the studio responsible for ominous AI comedy Virtual Reality (which we called one of the best VR games), has announced that it’s working on a Stranger Things tie-in horror game. Based on the short trailer, Stranger Things VR will deal with exploring the Upside Down, meeting the monstrous inhabitants of that dimension and doing a psychic battle with the protagonists of the series, all from the perspective of the big bad of season 4, Vecna.
Like all Stranger Things monsters, including the Demogorgon we see in the trailer, Vecna is named after a classic Dungeons & Dragons enemy. In this case, the archetypal like whose eye and hand became powerful artifacts after his death. (Also his head, if you believe certain stories (opens in a new tab).)
It was a good year for the Arch-Lich, who also appeared in the first season of Critical Role comic The Legend of Vox machina, where he was coyly referred to as The Whispered One.
According to the Tender Claws website (opens in a new tab), in Stranger Things VR players will “Become an explorer of unknown realities as you shape the bee mind and tame the void. Invade minds and conjure up nightmares in your quest to exact revenge on Eleven and Hawkins.” It certainly sounds like what Vecna was doing behind the scenes during season 4. It will be interesting to see if it can make being Vecna seem scary, although the Upside Down certainly looks as grotesque as ever.
Tender Claws describes Stranger Things VR as a “psychological horror/action game” and says it will “come to major VR platforms in Winter 2023”.
An earlier tie-in called Stranger Things 3: The Game was removed from Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store last year, and a Telltale Stranger Things game was unfortunately canceled when the studio went under.
Stranger Things has previously crossed paths with many existing video games as well, appearing in Dead By Daylight, Fortnite, Far Cry 6, and even Minecraft.
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