Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case, gameplay and release of adventure video game

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case is the upcoming adventure video game. In the gameplay, Hercule Poirot travels to London to deliver a painting for an exhibition. An incident along the way causes him to meet with a young insurance agent, Arthur Hastings.

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case, video game gameplay.

Players will collaborate with Poirot's colleague as they delve into a new mystery as it unfolds in the English capital. They can experience Poirot's youth in London, explore the city, discover clues and solve mysteries. A first-person view is available to inspect the environments, conversing with new and suspicious characters with a cinematic approach. It is necessary to disprove the characters' alibis by matching all the clues collected.

Poirot's mind maps allow you to draw the connections that can solve the case. The same now applies to the various suspects, as the detective gathers facts and information about each to build detailed profiles of the characters, and discover who is the real criminal among them.

The characters are dubbed in English, French, and German. Environments are rendered realistically with 3D isometric renderings to bring more depth and life to each scene. Weather effects and enhanced audio also provide credibility to the action. Characters are dubbed in English, French, and German.

Agatha Christie and the series The video game series

The video game series about Agatha Christie began in 2005 with Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. Ten more followed, including Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile: the latest being Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The First Cases (2021) which won BAFTA Scotland's Best Game Award.

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case, the video game release date

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case is distributed by Microids. It comes out for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on August 29, 2023.