Sherlock Holmes Developer Announces New Eldritch Horror Game
Frogwares, the team best known for its Sherlock Holmes games, has announced Project Palianytsia, an all-new eldritch horror title that will also mix in a Victorian-era mystery. The studio's most recent game, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One launched in November 2021 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series platforms, with a PS4 version becoming available to purchase this past April. Due to the ongoing war with Russia, however, the Kyiv, Ukraine-headquartered development house had no choice but to indefinitely delay the Xbox One iteration of Chapter One.
Founded in 2000, Frogwares made a name for itself by developing several Sherlock Holmes-branded interactive experiences, each one an adventure game with detective-based gameplay resting at the core. The crew doesn't only produce Sherlock games, however. Notably, 2019's The Sinking City allowed Frogwares to expand its horizons a bit in a Lovecraftian horror tale starring Private Investigator Charles W. Reed. A bizarre mystery may have once more sat front and center, but The Sinking City's eldritch motif ensured it offered players an adventure far removed from that of Frogwares' usual projects.
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In light of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Kyiv-based Frogwares found itself needing to pivot. As a result, the studio's next game will prove "more streamlined" compared to its recent open-world efforts, a move that should allow the team to deliver something new "under these extreme circumstances." The title in question is codenamed Project Palianytsia — a Victorian-era adventure boasting eldritch horror themes and an all-new mystery. Since Palianytsia remains in the nascent phases of development, Frogwares cannot share
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