- Title: EGX Rezzed gaming event hits London
- Date: 3rd April 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND (MARCH 30, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIOR OF TOBACCO DOCK WITH REZZED BANNERS
- Embargoed: 17th April 2017 14:25
- Keywords: Gaming Rezzed EGX Rezzed video games play event The Town of Light
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Video Games
- Reuters ID: LVA0016AUHT8T
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The EGX Rezzed 2017 gaming event in London has previewed the forthcoming psychological adventure, 'The Town Of Light'.
The story is set in Italy in the first half of the 20th Century in a psychiatric hospital.
Based on real events and facts, it tells the tale of a 16 year-old girl called Renee who is locked up in the asylum and highlights the horrors she faced.
Gamers are invited to explore and interact with the environment as they relive the history of the main character.
3D artist Lorenzo Conticelli told Reuters he wanted to reveal the true facts of life such a "really a sad and dark place" that is often hidden by society and from history.
'The Town of Light' is based on a real location: the 'Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra' (Tuscany), which was home to more than 6,000 mental patients but was shut down in 1978 because its practices deemed cruel, according to the games makers Wired Productions and Italian developer LKA.
EGX Rezzed is a video games event which offers gaming fans the experience of playable pre-release games on both PC and console, developer sessions and the opportunity to chat with developers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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