Peaky Blinders – coming soon to VR

Soon you’ll not only be able to watch Peaky Blinders but play it too, with a VR game that aims to be an authentic period crime drama.

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Even with the rise of Netflix, video games based on TV shows are pretty rare – with publishers worrying they don’t have a big enough audience to justify a big budget video game.

Games based on British TV shows are even rarer, with a few low budget Doctor Who games and almost nothing else. But Brummie crime series Peaky Blinders is looking to change all that.

The game involves a raft of British companies, including the games arm of TV company Endemol, games publisher Curve Digital, and developers FuturLab and Maze Theory. At the same time, the money has partially come from a government programme to encourage creative businesses in the UK.


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The game itself is described as featuring, ‘authentic player and character interactions driven by new enhanced AI performance technology’.



The game is subtitled The King’s Ransom and while the involvement of the TV cast isn’t yet confirmed it’s certainly implied by Maze Theory’s website.

‘Peaky Blinders’ fans and VR gaming enthusiasts can, for the first time, infiltrate the underground criminal world of the urban street gang’, claim the creators. ‘They will undertake a covert and unorthodox mission and defeat a rival gang.’

There’s no screenshots or video of the game yet but it’s promised that you’ll be able to explore the Small Heath area of Birmingham, including locations from the show such as The Garrison pub.

‘I’m really excited by the prospect of Peaky Blinders entering new territory. People who love the show will love the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world in such a total way’, says TV show creator Steven Knight.

The game is due out in the spring of next year, but currently it’s unclear on what formats.

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