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This Stranger Things VR game turns you into Vecna to take your revengeHawkins bizarre

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A screenshot showing Eleven from the upcoming Stranger Things VR game, set to release in winter 2023.

Stranger Things VR | Official Announcement | NetflixWatch on YouTube

Stranger Things VR | Official Announcement | Netflix

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Stranger Things VR delves into earlier seasons of the show than just season four. You’ll shepherd Vecna as he explores the Upside Down, mucking about with the otherworldly, alien contents therein to start bringing his evil plans for revenge together. This will apparently involve invading the subconscious of familiar Stranger Things characters, along with battling humans and Upsidedownian monsters with your brain-throbbing telekinetic powers. Tender Claws have worked on a few VR adventures before, but thishorror gameis their first big licensed outing.

Listen,VR gamesdon’t usually get my attention very often but even I think this looks intriguing. I won’t ruin season four of Stranger Things for you if you haven’t seen it yet, but it was probably the best the show’s been to date. That was largely thanks to the presence of Vecna, who finally puts something of a human, eminently punchable face on Stranger Things’ creepy world of the Upside Down.

Strange Things VR is out on “major VR platforms” in winter 2023. Gives you time to rewatch season four a few times, I guess.