Summary
The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legendreleases March 7, Singer Studios has announced. The virtual reality adventure game starring Lucy Liu will launch simultaneously on Steam andMeta QuestStore.
Singer Studios unveiledThe Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legendwith a brief video teaser shared in May 2023. The game itself is a revised take onThe Pirate Queen: A Night of Succession, a short VR experience that the British production company debuted in 2021 to widespread acclaim, amassing multiple accolade nominations and winning The Discovery Award for Best Debut at the Raindance Film Festival. While bothA Night of SuccessionandA Forgotten Legendtell the story of a dramatic pirate captaincy transition inspired by true events, the latter also happens tostar Hollywood veteran Lucy Liu.
Nine months after first teasing its revised take onThe Pirate Queen, Singer Studios has at last treated the game to a release date: March 7. The developer has yet to reveal how much its VR adventure will actually cost, but Meta Quest and Steam users can already wishlist it on their preferred storefront. This will be the second pirate-themed game to release in a span of less than a month, arriving mere weeks afterUbisoft’sSkull and Boneshit early accessfollowing half a dozen delays.
Although the release date announcement trailer contains a line instructing Lucy Liu’s character to “stick to the shadows,” none of the other footage that Singer Studios has revealed so far suggests the game will featureVR stealth sections. Instead, the gameplay loop ofThe Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legendappears to revolve around exploration and puzzle-solving, both of which will be narrative-driven.
The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend Supported Platforms
The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legendwill mark Lucy Liu’s return to the gaming sphere following a 12-year hiatus. Her last video game credit dates back to the 2012Sleeping Dogs, in which she voiced singer Vivienne Lu. Prior to that, Liu lent her voice toGame Over in Machinimation, a free 2004 shooter meant to promote the animated miniseriesGame Over, in which she also starred. Her first voice acting gaming gigs date back toCharlie’s AngelsandSSX Tricky, released in 2003 and 2001, respectively.
Other thanThe Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend, the actress has several other projects coming out this year. The biggest of that bunch, budget-wise, is the action comedyRed One, in whichLucy Liu will star alongside Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans.Red Onehits the silver screens on November 15.
Meta Quest 3
The Meta Quest 3 is the latest and greatest mixed-reality headset that brings a host of improvements compared to the previous generation. The Quest 3 has higher resolution displays per eye with support for 90Hz and 120Hz refresh rates.It uses a more powerful 2nd generation Snapdragon XR2 processor that is capable of running games like Asgard’s Wrath 2 natively. It comes with a full-color passthrough, improved controllers, and a slimmer form factor.
