Ukrainian studio Frogwares crowdfunds full-scale Sherlock Holmes remake and gets off to a flier

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Developer Frogwares recently announced that it would be going back to the future with its Sherlock Holmes games, and remaking its 2006 title Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. This was one of the studio's first games, and is fondly remembered as the one where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson take on a cult dedicated to Cthulhu.

The project is a full remake with updated gameplay systems, new content, re-done voice acting, and new visuals that will bring it in-line with the standard of last year's Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One(opens in new tab). It is also a consequence of the ongoing war in Ukraine, where Frogwares is based: When the announcement was made producer Denys Chebotarov said(opens in new tab), «We’ve always wanted to remake this game at some point, but the war has forced us into making it now.»

The studio is part-funding the project through a newly launched Kickstarter(opens in new tab), which is happily already well over 2/3rds of the way there. The Kickstarter campaign dishes up some extra details as well as the reveal trailer above.

«The Awakened is set a few years after the events of our latest game, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One,» writes Frogwares. «Holmes and Watson are merely roommates renting a flat at 221B Baker street. It’s the events of this adventure that will turn them into the iconic crime-solving duo of best friends, and it’s the only story that Watson will never reveal to the public: the world will be better off being ignorant of what really transpired.»

As part of the project, elements of The Awakening will be re-written to align with Frogwares' recent young Sherlock games. This story will now be Holmes' first real case with Watson, and «the only assets from the original game we are using are the