FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR SUPERHOT VETERANS


SUPERHOT was one of the earliest VR hits and the team partly responsible is steaming on with a new title that looks chuffing great


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t’s an exciting time for VR gaming, with PSVR2 and Quest 3 likely the biggest hardware launches of 2023 (pending the


late arrival of the new Spectrum Next). Having worked on PSVR and Quest 2 hit SUPERHOT, the crew at Something Random could easily have created its spiritual successor for its breakaway debut, but instead has steamed off in a new direction with Toy Trains VR, which, unlike the stylistic time-rewind shooter, does exactly what it might say if it came in a tin. Nevertheless, we wanted to find out more...


“We believe there is a lot to discover, not only in VR but also in regular games and submitting to any genre blocks you from making truly new things” Cezary Skorupka, CEO at Something Random


Coming from some of the people behind SUPERHOT, gamers probably wouldn’t expect a game about toy trains. How did it come about? The reasons for that are multiple. We didn’t want to lock ourselves into any genre. I.e. if we started


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While SUPERHOT eventually found its natural home in VR, it came to light via Kickstarter in 2014 and was first released for Xbox One and PC two years later.


with a shooter it would immediately bear a mark of “by the creators of SUPERHOT” and people would have certain expectations of it. They would probably expect a “spiritual successor” of some sorts and if we delivered it we would have an even harder time trying something new. Or Something Random... The company name has a deep meaning for us. We believe there is a lot to discover, not only in VR, but also in regular games. Submitting to any genre blocks you from making truly new things.


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