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Cate West: The Vanishing Files

A series of unsolvable crimes, nicknamed The Vanishing Files, have bewildered the police and paralyzed the city of Arcadia. Cate West, a mystery novelist haunted by strange dreams, has psychic visions that…

69 6 February 2008

Cate West: The Vanishing Files is an adventure developed by Gamenauts, released 6 February 2008 on Nintendo DS, Wii and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cate West: The Vanishing Files is

Cate West: The Vanishing Files is an adventure game developed by Gamenauts and released in 2008. It was published by Destineer. It is available on Nintendo DS, Wii and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A series of unsolvable crimes, nicknamed The Vanishing Files, have bewildered the police and paralyzed the city of Arcadia. Cate West, a mystery novelist haunted by strange dreams, has psychic visions that might just hold the key to solving the crimes. Step into the role of Cate and find clues, compile evidence, bring criminals to justice and discover the link between The Vanishing Files and the mystery in her past.
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How it plays

Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Cate West: The Vanishing Files holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Cate West: The Vanishing Files launched on 6 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.

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When did Cate West: The Vanishing Files come out?
Cate West: The Vanishing Files was released on 6 February 2008 for Nintendo DS, Wii and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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