Eurogamer:
They might not make games about shooting monsters in the face in post-apocalyptic American cities, but Brighton-based Relentless Software has made a name and a small fortune for itself nonetheless with its hugely popular range of Buzz! quiz games for PlayStation formats. Despite the series' ongoing success, however, the studio's keen to branch out, and the result is the Blue Toad Murder Files, an episodic murder mystery for PlayStation 3 set to start, and be published by Relentless itself, on PlayStation Network this December.
Taking up roles in the Blue Toad detective agency, you and up to three friends are deposited in a quaint little English hamlet, and before long you're on the trail of a murderer most foul, quizzing the townspeople and putting the clues together like a group of friends watching Miss Marple. There will be six episodes in total, and although Relentless is still quiet on an exact release date or price structure for the series, the developer was happy to have us round last week to speak to producer Jade Tidy and design director Paul Woodbridge about how the game is shaping up, and what it takes to unmask a killer in the village of Little Riddle.
Pocket Gamer: Blue Toad Murder Files doesn't feel like a port of a PS3 game. It feels like a title that's found its rightful home after a couple of years of wandering. The simple gameplay translates perfectly to the touchscreen of your iOS device, and the gentle pace is perfect for an evening spent reclining on the sofa.
It's by no means a perfect game, and there are some issues with load times in particular with this version, but if you're looking for a series of interconnected mini-games held together by comedy stereotypes then you're in for something of a treat.
Relentless Software has announced that Episode 1 of Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle is now available for free on the PlayStation Store in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
Episode 1 of Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle will be available free on the PlayStation Store in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
hmmm i'm 50 / 50 on this.
Will need to see some actual gameplay footage.
Please come to the American PSN.