Relentless Software is perhaps best known for its long running quiz show series, Buzz on PS3 and PS2. Still out to challenge your noodle, they're back this time with a new IP and the episodic puzzle/murder mystery adventure entitled Blue Toad Murder Files. Having finally landed on the North American side of the pond, Episodes 1-3 establish the setting and intrigues in The Mysteries of Little Riddle. This subtitle suggests the establishment of an ongoing franchise, but is this initial stop in Little Riddle worthwhile?
Independent studio Relentless Software has removed the mandatory price tag from Murder Files as they kick off a 'pay what you want' campaign, with 20% of proceeds going to charity GamesAid.
CEO Andrew Eades admits it's "an experiment as much as anything" and didn't want price to block PC gamers from discovering Murder Files. This could happen more in the future.
Relentless Software co-founder Andrew Eades has revealed some very tasty sales figures for Blue Toad Murder Files.
The charming and child-friendly digital-only title has now reached over 500k sales for its episodes, with the number jumping to 827k when free episodes are included.
"Between 13th and 27th April in Europe and 19th April and 3rd May in North American, Episode 1 of the successful franchise can be downloaded free by all PlayStation Network users."
April 19th was the first day this game was offered for free. The time frame of this was interupted with the network being taken down on April 20th. When the PSN store comes back, it would be a logically prediction to say the Blue Toad Murder Files First Episode would still be free to download. Some of you have been complaining about owning all five games Sony offered, it is unlikely you have this one.
I've played through the entire game. It's more fun with a full set of 4 players.
