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The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery

Big Trouble at the Battle of the Bands! Barbie and the members of her band, Charmz, receive a mysterious warning just before they enter their high school's Battle of the Bands competition - "Drop out of the…

24 August 2006

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery is an adventure developed by Activision, released 24 August 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery is

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery is an adventure game developed by Activision and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Big Trouble at the Battle of the Bands! Barbie and the members of her band, Charmz, receive a mysterious warning just before they enter their high school's Battle of the Bands competition - "Drop out of the contest or else!" Then, when someone mixes up their sheet music and ruins their stage set, Barbie knows she's got a mystery to solve. With the competition fast approaching, help Barbie investigate these baffling events. It won't be easy. To unravel the mystery she'll need to gain the trust and friendship of classmates and teachers, all the while struggling to keep her band together. Will the show go on? It's up to you and Barbie!
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Barbie series

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery is the 73rd of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. It arrived 8 months after Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus: 3D Games. The next entry was Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses in 2006.

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What it launched against

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery launched on 24 August 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Dead Rising, Test Drive Unlimited and Call of Juarez.

Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Dead Rising, Test Drive Unlimited, Call of Juarez.

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When did The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery come out?
The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery was released on 24 August 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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