Edna & Harvey to break out of Germany for worldwide release

Written by Jack Allin — August 5, 2009 at 11:29

Cross one more game off the "will we ever see it in English?" list. There's good news today from a somewhat surprising source, as Merscom announced that it will be publishing Edna & Harvey: The Breakout for PC in North America later this year.

Released to wide acclaim in Germany last year, the quirky comic adventure from Daedalic thrusts players inside the padded walls of an insane asylum. A girl named Edna awakens with no memory of how she reached her current predicament, but she is certain she's been wrongfully admitted, an opinion shared by – who else? – her talking stuffed bunny Harvey. Insane? Pffft. It'll be up to players to help Edna & Harvey escape, along the way "meeting up with numerous oddball inmates, like the Man in the Bee’s Costume or Siamese twins Hoti and Moti. But Dr. Marcel, the sinister head of the institute, will do everything in his power to stop Edna. What evil scheme is afoot?"

Merscom, better known for its casual games lineup, will be responsible for publishing Edna & Harvey: The Breakout through digital distribution worldwide, as well as bringing the game to retail in North America. No firm release date has yet been revealed, though the publisher is targeting a release in the last quarter of 2009.