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‘Victor Vran: Overkill Edition’ Announced; Hits May 30th!
While it seems like a Diablo clone at first glance, Haemimont Games’ indie action-RPG Victor Vran set itself apart from its obvious inspiration with its own unique gameplay aspects. The game even got the legendary Motörhead in on the fun with an announced expansion pack back in 2014. In spite of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister’s passing in 2015, the expansion pack is still on, along with a bigger announcement.
Publisher Wired Productions announced today that the definitive edition of Victor Vran, entitled the “Overkill Edition”, will hit PC, XBox One and Playstation 4 on May 30th. The Overkill Edition will include the previously-released expansion, ‘Fractured Worlds’, as well as the new Motörhead-inspired expansion, ‘Motörhead: Through the Ages’. Players who own the original game can still purchase either expansion separately.
The new expansion has Victor called to The Pub at the End of Time by the bartender, Lloyd Kaufman (yes, that Lloyd Kaufman), to help Lemmy discover why Snaggletooth (Motörhead’s iconic mascot) — which had been entrusted by Lemmy to defend the world — now lies silent. Sure, it sounds kind of goofy, but it’s frickin’ Motörhead! Check out the trailer for the Overkill Edition below.
What are the odds that we’ll be getting “Overkill” as one of the songs in the game?
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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