Doctor Who VR game The Edge of Time gets November release date

Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, developer Maze Theory's "cinematic, feature-length" VR game, now has a release date. It'll be vworping onto PSVR, Oculus, and Vive on 12th November.

The Edge of Time Maze is a puzzle-y traversal affair in which players must help the Doctor (as played by Jodie Whittaker) "defeat a powerful force that threatens to destroy the fabric of reality". The time-and-space-spanning story is entirely new, but, as you'd expect, there are plenty of nods to the TV series' 50-year legacy along the way, including appearances by the Daleks and Weeping Angels, and familiar locations, such as the Cole Hill junkyard.

Maze Theory offered a decent look at The Edge of Time's sonic-screwdriver-wielding gameplay in an extended trailer last month, and Eurogamer's Ian Higton was also given the opportunity to step into the TARDIS for a stroll through one of the game's five levels. Here he is in a spooky forest, wishing he had a virtual reality sofa to hide behind:

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