Blacksad: Under the Skin - Limited Edition (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Blacksad: Under the Skin - Limited Edition

A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad. Blacksad: Under the Skin Limited Edition will include: Boxed copy of Blacksad: Under the Skin…

19 November 2019

What Blacksad: Under the Skin - Limited Edition is

Blacksad: Under the Skin - Limited Edition is an adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and released in 2019. It was published by Maximum Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The early 50s: Joe Dunn, owner of a boxing club, is found dead. Meanwhile, rising star Robert Yale, due to take to the ring for the most important fight of his career, has mysteriously disappeared. Sonia Dunn, Joe’s daughter, takes over the club and must deal with its financial woes. She hires private detective John Blacksad to investigate Yale’s disappearance and to find the missing man. This sinister case will take our investigator to the darkest, most dismal depths of New York.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Blacksad: Under the Skin - Limited Edition launched on 19 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.

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