Get your torches and pitchforks ready, Sony has announced they’re working on a sequel to Groundhog Day…
But perhaps put them down, as the story’s continuation will actually be a game sequel and not a movie that couldn’t possibly live up to the original. Announced earlier today, Sony will release the PSVR-powered Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son for the PS4 sometime this year.
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is in development at Tequila Works, and rather than rope in Bill Murray, the game follows Phil Connors Jr. as he becomes trapped in his own time loop. More details about how it’ll all work are available on the PlayStation Blog thanks to Creative Director Raul Rubio:
In Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, you’ll play the charming but arrogant Phil Connors Jr., who grew up in the shadow of his father — a man who spent a lifetime repeating a single day until he had made it perfect. But for Phil Jr., today is the worst day of his life. He’s trapped back home in Punxsutawney, the small town he thought he’d escaped — where he can’t even get a decent cappuccino — and he’s going to have to repeat the day over and over until he learns the true value of friends and family.
Like the film, the game will branch out into wildly different scenarios depending on the choices made by Phil (no word yet if the game will include a variety of gruesome suicide options):
This game contains a time loop mechanic with multiple branching narratives, as well as individual meaningful stories that we can build upon. It also includes the same dark humor of the original film, letting us play around with the inherent instinct of every VR player to mess with everything around them. James Siciliano of Rick and Morty and Joshua Rubin of Telltale lent their expertise to help us build this original story from the world of the beloved movie. We have developed an ever-changing experience through deep branching narrative gameplay and full interaction with all NPCs. Because what would you do with eternity if there were no tomorrow?
Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning, so that means Spring is right around the corner. Unfortunately, the rodent doesn’t control Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son’s release date, and all we know for sure is that it’ll be available “later this year” through the PlayStation Store.
