Key Highlights:
- Square Enix has announced Murdered: Soul Suspect for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
- The mystery game challenges players to solve what Square Enix describes as the hardest case of all: their own murder.
- Murdered: Soul Suspect is scheduled for release in 2014, with further clues being shared through its official website and social channels.
Square Enix has announced Murdered: Soul Suspect, a new mystery game scheduled to launch in 2014 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The publisher is keeping many details deliberately vague, but the central premise is already clear: players will have to investigate their own murder and uncover the circumstances behind their death.
Square Enix has also launched an online teaser campaign built around evidence and hidden clues. The official Murdered website, Facebook page and Twitter account are being used to reveal fragments of information surrounding the game and its mystery.
Early clues point towards Salem, Massachusetts as an important location. Square Enix has teased the phrase “Evidence: Salem MA USA”, while material released through the game’s website continues to encourage players to piece together what happened. At this stage, however, the wider story and exact gameplay systems have not yet been fully explained.
The game’s initial reveal also references a male character named O’Connor, with teaser material describing him as a detective and presenting his death as the central mystery. Square Enix says players will be tasked with solving “possibly the hardest case of all”.
A release date beyond 2014 has not yet been announced, but Square Enix is expected to reveal more about Murdered: Soul Suspect as development continues.
The announcement also adds another detective-focused game to the 2013–2014 release slate, alongside Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments and its renewed investigative presentation.
The mystery eventually became much clearer: Murdered: Soul Suspect launched in June 2014 and followed slain Salem detective Ronan O’Connor as he investigated his own murder from the afterlife. The final game also expanded beyond the originally announced platforms to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
