SCP: INFOHAZARD – GIB Games

VR studio GIB Games released a teaser trailer this weekend
to announce their upcoming project SCP: Infohazard, an adventure horror experience
playable in VR. Infohazard
is the latest in several pieces of media taking place in the universe of the
SCP Foundation.

In Infohazard,
the player takes the role of a prisoner on death row, utilized by the
mysterious Foundation to help deal with the most dangerous monsters and
anomalies that they contain. The player must navigate through the high-tech
facility, often diverting into other well-known and established locations.

This
announcement comes on the heels of the Early Access release of murder mystery
VR game Cold Start:
The Callisto, which GIB Games has been developing for the last two years
before partnering with publisher Aquatik
Studios.
Callisto,
which has received acclaim for its high-fidelity environments and intriguing
character development, is the first standalone title for GIB Games, which cut
its teeth on the VR stage through environment development on multiple VR
platforms in the past several years including VRChat and Rec Room.

The trailer
for Infohazard
showcases the same detail and aesthetic of The Callisto.
In just 30 seconds, several highly-detailed locations are shown, including a
darkened containment facility, a disturbing mansion, and a lone phone booth on
an otherworldly landscape.

“We wanted to
create an SCP game that was more than just shooting monsters,” said GIB Games
CEO Sam Swicegood, “This game
immerses the player and lets them explore the details of the facility in new
and unique ways.” Swicegood has been a writer for the SCP Wiki for over a
decade.

The SCP
Foundation
is a massive collaborative project that began in 2008. This open-source fiction
setting comprises tens of thousands of collaborative derivative works, most of
which originate on the SCP
Foundation Wiki. The open properties of the license allow it to be utilized by
indie development studios for games, movies, and other works, such as the
popular SCP:
Containment Breach published by Undertow Games in 2012. The SCP
Foundation universe has a community of hundreds of thousands of fans.

“The SCP
community has created thousands of amazing creative works,” said Sherman
Christensen, creator of Site-42, which has
amassed about 3 million followers across multiple platforms, “Infohazard
is full of details that hardcore SCP fans will love—while still being a fun and
immersive adventure for people new to The Foundation.” Christensen is one
of several SCP content creators working with GIB Games in the development of
this project. He also lent his voice to Callisto.