Sam Barlow and Her Story [$3.99] fans, the wait is over. #WarGames, the next project by Barlow, will release on iOS on March 14th, so get ready to hack the world or die trying. As we talked about a few months ago, #WarGames reimagines the classic 80s movie with the same name (minus the hashtag) in some intriguing ways. In #WarGames, Kelly, played by Jess Nurse of Scandal and Grace and Frankie, is an ex-military brat who has decided that the world needs some fixing, and that type of fixing can only come through some "well-intended" activist hacking. So, she and a band of other international hackers (think Anonymous minus the cool masks) take it upon themselves to bring peace to the world, a laudable goal that will most definitely lead to a huge mess. As you can see from the trailer below, it doesn't take long for everything to fall to pieces around this hacker team, with the stakes getting higher and choices becoming much more consequential.
Speaking of choices, #WarGames will you have you switching between video feeds?since the hackers are communicating remotely?and experiencing the story from different perspectives. What's interesting about #WarGames is that the series will "learn" from your choices, which the developers claim will make experiencing #WarGames "unique" and "personal." The exact details on how that will work aren't that clear yet, but what is clear is that #WarGames will try and break new ground in what an interactive...