August 5, 2009
Merscom
to Publish Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
2008 German Adventure Game of the
Year coming to US
Merscom announced today that it is
publishing both online and at retail in North America the award winning
adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout. The
game was voted “Best Adventure Game of 2008” at the German Game Developers
Awards. Edna & Harvey: The Breakout is a point & click adventure game in the
vein of the genre’s classics. Backgrounds and characters are completely 2D and
drawn by hand by a real person in the game’s unique cartoon style. The game’s
characters range from odd to genuinely crazy – twisted humor guaranteed! Thanks
to challenging puzzles, extensive dialogues and more than 120 screens, gamers
can look forward to an extraordinarily long gameplay experience. The English
version of the game will be available in Q4, 2009.
In Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, Edna
wakes up in the padded cell of an insane asylum with no memory of her past or
how she ended up there. Only one thing is for certain: She has been wrongfully
imprisoned and will have to escape! After all, she feels entirely sane – and her
speaking stuffed toy bunny Harvey wholeheartedly agrees. Together they undertake
a daring breakout attempt, meeting up with numerous oddball inmates, like the
Man in the Bee’s Costume or Siamese twins Hoti and Moti. But Dr. Marcel, the
sinister head of the institute, will do everything in his power to stop Edna.
What evil scheme is afoot? Slowly Edna begins to regain her memories of the
past…
“Given our success bringing great
and engaging adventure games to the evolving mass market, we believe Edna &
Harvey is a wonderful addition to our line-up,” said Lloyd Melnick, Merscom’s
Chief Customer Officer. “Casual gamers, in particular, are looking for
innovative adventure games and you don’t get much better than the adventure game
of the year from probably the most sophisticated adventure game market.”
