Edge

Backbone

Developer EggNut

Publisher Raw Fury

Format PC (tested), PS4, Switch, Xbox One

Release Out now

Of all the detective offices in all the world, she had to walk into yours. A missing husband. Late nights, suspicions of infidelity, booze on his breath and something herbal underneath it. A black-and-white photo, and a promise made by one deadbeat to the wife of another: you’ll track the missing man down, one way or another.

’s is a distinct shade of noir, one that pays its dues to Raymond Chandler in its opening act but isn’t content to sit within traditional confines for the duration of its story, instead opting to freewheel

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