Congratulations, stealth-lovers. You’re getting a brand new Thief game over a decade after the last entry. However, you’re going to need a VR headset to enjoy it.
In a trailer during today’s Sony State of Play, we got our first look at Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow. The trailer itself looks fine and very Thief-y – you’re exploring a city, sneaking around, looking for treasure you can pilfer, avoiding guards, shooting arrows from the shadows, lockpicking, finding hidden paths, all that sort of thing. It is a little weird to see those disembodied hands floating in front of you, but sure.
From the PlayStation Blog, we learn a little more: you play as Magpie, an orphan thief roaming The City, which is ruled by Baron Ulysses Northcrest. Magpie discovers a legendary artifact of some importance, which leads to a chain of unraveling secrets and conspiracies that spans the city.
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow is coming out sometime in 2025 on PSVR2 – we have yet to hear if any other platforms are planned. It’s being developed by Maze Theory, in collaboration with Vertigo Games and Eidos-Montreal.
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