WASHINGTON, June 27 (RIA Novosti) – Long thought lost among the stars, Laika, the Moscow street dog launched into orbit on board Sputnik 2 in 1957 is to return to Earth later this year to do battle against “evil” Soviets in her own video game, The Escapist Magazine reported Thursday.
“Laika Believes” is being developed by Austin, Texas-based Minicore Studios and is set in an alternative reality where Stalin won the Cold War and America and the United Kingdom were reduced to “smoking ash heaps.” All hope is lost until Laika, now a talking dog wearing silver armor and wielding “an arsenal of mysterious weapons” falls from space to save mankind.
Minicore describes “Laika Believes” as a “2D action platformer to be released in three parts,” the first of which “The Sun at Night,” will be unveiled later this year.
Laika, which means “husky,” died in space and is thought to have disintegrated upon re-entry to Earth on April 14, 1958.
