Sony London Studio interview: Blood & Truth is VR’s ‘big blockbuster’

A handful of PlayStation VR experiences have been so memorable that gamers can cite the moments by name: looking directly into the Joker’s eyes in Batman: Arkham VR, starting your first lap in Wipeout Omega Collection, and heading into a pitch black basement in Resident Evil 7. For many people, any moment in Sony’s London Heist would meet this criterion: The brief, Tarantino-esque dive into the British criminal underworld was even stronger in narrative than its shooting sequence, forcing players to deal with the aftermath of a crime before delivering a last-minute twist.

It was also too short — by design. As one of five experiences on the PlayStation VR Worlds disc, The London Heist wasn’t intended to be a full game, but Sony’s London Studio has upgraded it from “short film” to “big blockbuster” for the upcoming PSVR title Blood & Truth.