{"id":1871757,"date":"2026-04-08T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1871757"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:00:26","slug":"this-is-the-first-step-outside-of-what-happens-in-the-book-and-movie-project-hail-mary-video-game-has-a-new-original-story-from-andy-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1871757","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This Is the First Step Outside of What Happens in the Book and Movie&#8217; \u2014 Project Hail Mary Video Game Has a New, Original Story From Andy Weir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-28683165 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary now has a video game, with a new, original story from author Andy Weir.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is a mixed AR\/VR game from Peaky Blinders: The King\u2019s Ransom, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, and Thief VR: Legacy of Shadows developer Maze Theory (just an \u2018a\u2019 short of the perfectly named developer for a Project Hail Mary game!), which worked with movie company Amazon MGM Studios on the project.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Perhaps of most interest to fans of both the Project Hail Mary book and the recently released, smash hit Hollywood adaptation starring Ryan Gosling, is that Andy Weir himself worked on an entirely new, original chapter specifically for the game.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 4 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">You play Ryland Grace \u201cat a pivotal, untold moment in the Hail Mary mission.\u201d Here\u2019s the official blurb:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The ship\u2019s systems are failing. Deep space grows increasingly uncertain. Using mixed reality, the Hail Mary itself bleeds into the player\u2019s physical environment. They reach out to diagnose the problem, improvise the fix, and push the limits of what science and engineering can do under pressure. Humanity\u2019s last hope is in the player\u2019s hands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rocky, Grace\u2019s hugely popular alien companion, is of course in the game. You build the bond we see develop in the book and movie \u201cthrough cooperation, problem-solving, and evolving trust. It is, as Weir intended, a story about the first true friendship between species, and mixed reality makes that feel real in an entirely new way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2021719738 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Based on the footage we see in the video, you can do the Rocky interactions now made famous by the movie, and Rocky will respond as we expect. For example, you can thumbs up, and Rocky will respond with his own thumbs down (one day he&#8217;ll get it right). You can do jazz hands and Rocky will do the same. And, of course, you can \u2018fist my bump.\u2019<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cSince creating Project Hail Mary a few years ago, fans have been waiting for more,\u201d Andy Weir commented. \u201cThis is the first step outside of what happens in the book and movie, something you can only experience in mixed reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">So, after this VR game what&#8217;s next? Well, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/project-hail-mary-is-doing-so-well-at-the-box-office-that-theres-already-talk-of-turning-it-into-a-franchise-and-dont-forget-the-merch-potential-of-rocky\">Project Hail Mary is doing so well at the global box office that there\u2019s already talk of turning it into a franchise with a sequel<\/a>. However, Weir, who also wrote The Martian, is said to be \u201cin the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d which suggests he\u2019d have to write a Project Hail Mary follow-up for further adaptations to take place.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Is this likely? In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/20\/podcasts\/andy-weir-hail-mary.html\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>The New York Times<\/u><\/a>, Weir was asked if he would ever do a sequel in some way. He replied: \u201cAbsolutely, I have ideas for sequels for Project Hail Mary, but I just don\u2019t have a good enough one yet. My next book, the one I\u2019m working on now, is not a sequel to anything that I\u2019ve written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is due out on major mixed reality and VR platforms late 2026.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary now has a video game, with a new, original story from author Andy Weir.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is a mixed AR\/VR game from Peaky Blinders: The King\u2019s Ransom, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, and Thief VR: Legacy of Shadows developer Maze Theory (just an \u2018a\u2019 short of the perfectly named developer for a Project Hail Mary game!), which worked with movie company Amazon MGM Studios on the project.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Perhaps of most interest to fans of both the Project Hail Mary book and the recently released, smash hit Hollywood adaptation starring Ryan Gosling, is that Andy Weir himself worked on an entirely new, original chapter specifically for the game.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 4 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">You play Ryland Grace \u201cat a pivotal, untold moment in the Hail Mary mission.\u201d Here\u2019s the official blurb:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The ship\u2019s systems are failing. Deep space grows increasingly uncertain. Using mixed reality, the Hail Mary itself bleeds into the player\u2019s physical environment. They reach out to diagnose the problem, improvise the fix, and push the limits of what science and engineering can do under pressure. Humanity\u2019s last hope is in the player\u2019s hands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rocky, Grace\u2019s hugely popular alien companion, is of course in the game. You build the bond we see develop in the book and movie \u201cthrough cooperation, problem-solving, and evolving trust. It is, as Weir intended, a story about the first true friendship between species, and mixed reality makes that feel real in an entirely new way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2021719738 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Based on the footage we see in the video, you can do the Rocky interactions now made famous by the movie, and Rocky will respond as we expect. For example, you can thumbs up, and Rocky will respond with his own thumbs down (one day he&#8217;ll get it right). You can do jazz hands and Rocky will do the same. And, of course, you can \u2018fist my bump.\u2019<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cSince creating Project Hail Mary a few years ago, fans have been waiting for more,\u201d Andy Weir commented. \u201cThis is the first step outside of what happens in the book and movie, something you can only experience in mixed reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">So, after this VR game what&#8217;s next? Well, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/project-hail-mary-is-doing-so-well-at-the-box-office-that-theres-already-talk-of-turning-it-into-a-franchise-and-dont-forget-the-merch-potential-of-rocky\">Project Hail Mary is doing so well at the global box office that there\u2019s already talk of turning it into a franchise with a sequel<\/a>. However, Weir, who also wrote The Martian, is said to be \u201cin the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d which suggests he\u2019d have to write a Project Hail Mary follow-up for further adaptations to take place.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Is this likely? In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/20\/podcasts\/andy-weir-hail-mary.html\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>The New York Times<\/u><\/a>, Weir was asked if he would ever do a sequel in some way. He replied: \u201cAbsolutely, I have ideas for sequels for Project Hail Mary, but I just don\u2019t have a good enough one yet. My next book, the one I\u2019m working on now, is not a sequel to anything that I\u2019ve written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is due out on major mixed reality and VR platforms late 2026.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Hail Mary now has a video game, with a new, original story from author Andy Weir. 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