Launch is Go for Unearthing Mars!

Games developer Winking Entertainment has announced the Asian market release of Unearthing Mars for the PlayStation VR system. The virtual-reality game offers players a vivid, immersive experience as they explore our solar system’s mysterious Red Planet.

About the game:

“Unearthing Mars is a PlayStation VR adventure title that delivers the full experience of being a planetary explorer. The game presents a compelling collection of interactive scenarios including navigating a landing craft, driving a Mars rover vehicle, puzzle solving, and battling an alien alliance. Players will have to overcome a variety of gameplay challenges as they discover the mysteries of the Red Planet.

Created with Unreal Engine 4, Unearthing Mars features a multitude of visually dynamic environments. Players will navigate and explore a spacecraft capsule interior, a Martian desert, and unimaginable alien structures over the course of the approximately two-hour, 10-stage virtual reality adventure.

“This is a story about a possible civilization on Mars, and about whether life had ever existed on the Red Planet,” said Johnny Jan, Winking Entertainment CEO. “Winking is one of the top game artwork outsourcing companies in Asia and we have an enthusiasm for narrative games. When it comes to the new era of VR, we want to use high-quality graphics to create a game that will appeal to players with a curiosity for space exploration and who are looking to unearth the mysteries of Earth’s closest neighboring planet.”

“Announced on the Asian PlayStation.Blog, Unearthing Mars is a sci-fi adventure set on the Red Planet. Humanity has sent carrier-class spacecraft Sentra to Mars, tasked with retrieving remnants of the missing satellite Phobos. Instead they begin to discover the remnants of an ancient civilization. Players take on the role of Sentra’s co-pilot, who having decided to force a landing onto the Mars surface during a sandstorm must now explore it to unearth the many mysteries that lay in wait.”