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Jack the Ripper: Shadow Over Whitechapel is a playable documentary from the team behind the Game The News Initiative – acclaimed developer Auroch Digital – responsible for such groundbreaking titles as Endgame: Syria and NarcoGuerra. The experience transports the player to 1888, where London is plagued by massive inequality, rapid social change, and stalked by the world’s most infamous serial killer. It combines facts and documents from the real world murders, with immersive storytelling told through the lens of bleeding edge virtual reality, challenging players to see past the myths and confront the cold hard realities of 19th Century Britain.