{"id":112800,"date":"2020-05-12T16:21:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:21:31","slug":"a-doctor-who-horror-game-from-the-simulacra-devs-is-launching-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/12\/a-doctor-who-horror-game-from-the-simulacra-devs-is-launching-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Doctor Who horror game from the Simulacra devs is launching next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-doctor-who-horror-game-from-the-simulacra-devs-is-launching-next-year.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"intro_text\">Maze Theory, the VR game developer, has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maze-theory.com\/news-update-may20\" rel=\"noopener\">two new Doctor Who games<\/a>. One is for PC and console, but the other is a horror sci-fi game, which is under development in partnership with&nbsp;Kaigan Games. The Malaysian developer is famous for Simulacra, a Telling Lies-esque thriller where you solve a mystery via an in-game mobile phone interface. This unnamed Doctor Who mobile game will reportedly take a similar format, as a \u201cmobile takeover\u201d.&nbsp;Kaigan Games are also well-known for Sarah is Missing, another found phone horror game, and has cemented the company as an acclaimed developer of handheld horror.<\/p>\n<p>The game&nbsp;is set during the period of the current 13th Doctor, Jodie Whitaker, forming a trilogy of three games alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maze-theory.com\/doctorwho\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctor Who: Edge of Time<\/a>, a VR game&nbsp;that launched last November, and a game coming to console and PC next year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the developer, players can expect \u201cnew adventures, new game mechanics, intriguing subplots, and iconic features such as the TARDIS, terrifying Weeping Angels, imposing Daleks and \u2013 of course \u2013 the chance to collude with the Doctor herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;Doctor Who mobile game is&nbsp;official, and&nbsp;under development&nbsp;in partnership with the BBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-container\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<p>Maze Theory also has a Peaky Blinder\u2019s VR game in-development, so this&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;its first time&nbsp;transferring a much-loved TV series and intellectual property into a game format.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know precisely when yet, but the Doctor Who mobile game is currently set to launch sometime early next year. Plenty of time to&nbsp;prepare yourself, or try out Simulacra if you\u2019re feeling brave. You can find Simulacra on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.kaigan.simulacra&amp;hl=en_GB\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/simulacra\/id1252035454\" rel=\"noopener\">App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maze Theory, the VR game developer, has announced two new Doctor Who games. One is for PC and console, but the other is a horror sci-fi game, which is under development in partnership with&nbsp;Kaigan Games. The Malaysian developer is famous for Simulacra, a Telling Lies-esque thriller where you solve a mystery via an in-game mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[853,203,963,1014,976],"class_list":["post-112800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases","tag-android","tag-ios","tag-puzzle","tag-simulacra","tag-simulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}