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Indie noir mystery NoseBound on track for release early next year

It's been a good week for film noir fans. Even as one pulp mystery adventure is released (Face Noir), now word out of Argentina is that a new episodic indie mystery called NoseBound is currently in production. 

NoseBound stars Ray Hammond, a "private eye with a gritty past and unorthodox methods" who finds that a simple case soon leads to big troubles that "you may solve with your wits, or your guns." The chronology of Ray's story goes "back and forth, from the end to the very beginning. Yours is the chance to find out what happened, how it happened, and to live the story by yourself." In following this tale, players will also control other characters including George Smithers, Hammond's friend who has mysteriously disappeared, and the game's femme fatale Mrs. Kovacks.

As seen in the early screenshots, NoseBound will be presented largely in black and white. According to indie developers Buenos Aires Quarantine Studio, it will be an episodic adventure that's likely to include five installments in total. Each episode will provide about three hours of gameplay and contain its own individual case to investigate, but over time the main character's story arc will develop further. Along with having puzzles to solve, sometimes by switching between characters to utilize special abilities, the game will also contain some combat, though the developers say these will be rare and are offered mainly for dramatic purposes at the ends of each episode.

There is currently no firm release date for NoseBound, but the first episode is currently on track to debut on PC and Mac as early as next February. To learn more about the game in the coming months, be sure to keep your eye on the official website.

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