Insomniac Games is getting into the VR fray with its upcoming Oculus Rift title Edge of Nowhere. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's stories, specifically At the Mountains of Madness, the third-person action-adventure game follows a rescue mission in Antarctica that quickly becomes more than it seems.
During a recent visit to Insomniac's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., founder Ted Price opened up about what the developer is looking to bring to the VR experience with Edge of Nowhere.
"The first thing that we did was we presented a third-person action game in VR that takes place in another isolated area. We chose Antarctica because we were inspired by Lovecraftian lore," he said. "But we wanted to present something that was a VR adventure, I guess, where you're actually out exploring the wastes of Antarctica, and then discovering something very strange, very unexpected, and then having to deal with it with a limited set of tools in the environment."
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During a recent visit to Insomniac's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., founder Ted Price opened up about what the developer is looking to bring to the VR experience with Edge of Nowhere.
"The first thing that we did was we presented a third-person action game in VR that takes place in another isolated area. We chose Antarctica because we were inspired by Lovecraftian lore," he said. "But we wanted to present something that was a VR adventure, I guess, where you're actually out exploring the wastes of Antarctica, and then discovering something very strange, very unexpected, and then having to deal with it with a limited set of tools in the environment."
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