Celebrate Agatha Christie’s birthday with this dev diary

Hercule Poirot: The First Cases through an insightful dev diary!

Check out the Dev Diary:

– For Agatha Christie’s birthday, Microids is pleased to reveal a Dev Diary video of Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, exploring the game’s inspirations, ambitions and featuring some behind-the-scenes footage. Developed by studio Blazing Griffin, in collaboration with Agatha Christie Limited, Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases is a detective and adventure game starring a young Hercule Poirot in one of his first cases, before he became the legendary detective we all know and love. The game will launch on September 28th on PC (Steam), Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, and will be backward compatible on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S.

In his early years as a detective, a young Hercule Poirot is invited to a reception by the influential Van den Bosch family, for the announcement of their daughter’s engagement. But tensions among the guests run high as a snowstorm descends on the town, trapping everyone inside the manor. The happy event is soon marred by the murder of one of the guests! Poirot being in the right place at the right time immediately begins to investigate. What buried secrets and deadly rivalries will he uncover?

Key features:

• (Re)discover the legendary detective in an untold crime story, by playing as Hercule Poirot at the beginning of his detective career, when he still has everything to prove.

• Put your little grey cells to the test by using your deduction skills to connect clues together in your mindmap. The mindmap will allow you to visualise and link the elements of the case in order to draw your own conclusions… and shed light on the culprit in a surprising denouement!

• Solve a complex murder case and find out what hides behind the deceptive appearances of the Van den Bosch family.

• Question all the suspects and glean crucial information from them without their knowing. Pick up on all suspicious behaviour as you uncover the dark secrets and rivalries of the Belgian upper class.

• Explore a luxurious house full of buried mysteries. Uncovering the murderer won’t be the only puzzle you’ll have to solve…

Stay safe everybody, Microids Team ːsteamhappyː