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If you were a child at one point, you may remember Thomas the Tank Engine. What started as a series of extremely British children's books has turned into a venerable, extremely British fixture of pop culture thanks to the beloved TV show—and now, Thomas and co. are getting their very own train sim game from Dovetail Games, the studio behind Train Sim World.
Announced Thursday with a cutesy reveal trailer, Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor features a fully explorable version of the island all those smiling metal creatures inhabit. You can "take the controls" of Thomas, Percy, Gordon, Emily, and Diesel, and enjoy the island of Sodor across a few modes: character-specific "stories," mini games, and then the stuff I assume the sickos are after: timetable mode, where you "run trains on normal days up and down the line," and free roam, where you just futz about with the game's systems at your leisure.
If you're wondering what sort of systems a game based on a children's book series would even have to offer, we don't know a ton yet, but the game's Steam page boasts that Wonders of Sodor will combine "the unparalleled detail and realism of Unreal Engine and Simugraph with accessible controls." That's right: it's "powered by Train Sim World," the long-running simulation series that's six games and hundreds of DLC addons deep.
Source: PC Gamer
