Das Boot is getting a VR game

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Okay, stop everything. Das Boot is headed to VR. The legendary German U-boat movie from 1981 is resurfacing as a TV series in late 2018, and Remote Control Productions will be developing what sounds like the prototype for a virtual reality game in parallel.
Seeing that the movie is essentially set in a small corridor, this should be quite an easy fit for VR. Sure enough, a press release sent out this morning promised "oppressive narrowness", which is instantly my new favourite video game feature. I'm assuming it will also feature sweaty men with fabulous beards and a soundtrack composed of three people yelling "Einundzwanzig" in a loop.
In case you haven't seen it, Das Boot tells the story of the U-boat U-96 and its crew in the second world war. It's thrilling and oppressive and the team had to make a special camera to shoot smoothly within such cramped confines. Das Boot also gave a young Wesley Yin-Poole one of his favourite techno tracks. Testify:
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