Everyone loves to hear about an audacious heist—from the brazen break-in to the breathtakingly narrow escape—but what if we were asked to side with the thieves? This is the proposition of Relooted, a new video game that sees a team of vigilantes reclaim looted African artifacts from Western museums. The provocative game puts a spotlight on several contested treasures, including the Bangwa Queen, the Maqdala Crown, and the prehistoric Ishango bone.
- New video game Relooted casts players as vigilantes reclaiming looted African artifacts from Western museums.
- Set in an Afrofuturistic future, players race to repatriate contested treasures before museums hide them.
- Real artifacts like the Bangwa Queen and Maqdala Crown spotlight ongoing restitution debates and colonial legacies.
