March 22, 2006
GOT GAME’S “SCRATCHES” CLAWS ITS WAY TO THE TOP
Debut adventure game by two-man development
team makes its mark in top 10 rankings
In the
face of big name, big budget releases, value-priced, independently developed
games can still make a mark. Since its release earlier this
month, “Scratches”, a suspense-adventure game for the PC has ranked in the top
10 of Amazon.com’s Top Sellers in Computer and Video Games, as well as in
popular game indexes such as GameRankings.com.
Published in North America by Got Game
Entertainment, the point-and-click game set in rural England was developed
across the globe in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Nucleosys, the two-man team of
Agustin Cordes and Alejandro Graziani, and is proving to be the little game
that could.
Presenting an engrossing tale, haunting sound,
richly detailed graphics, a clean interface, and logical, organic puzzles,
“Scratches” has found a home not only with core adventure gamers, but with
horror and suspense fans as well.
“The success of ‘Scratches’ proves there is always
an audience for well-made games that tell a story,” said Got Game
Entertainment President Howard Horowitz. “Seeing ‘Scratches’ in top 10
popularity rankings next to blockbusters like ‘Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion’
makes this publisher more determined than ever to bring quality, independently
developed games to market.”
“Scratches” also makes its mark as the first
commercially released adventure game ever developed in Argentina.
About “Scatches”
“Scratches” is an atmospheric mystery adventure game for the PC, brimming with
eerie twists and terrifying surprises. Set in and around a solitary Victorian
mansion concealing a terrible secret, a long since forgotten story from the
past emerges to haunt the present. A careful combination of inventory-based
and deductive-style puzzles, integrated with a riveting storyline, non-linear
gameplay, intricately detailed graphics, and an entrancing soundtrack, immerse
you in a haunting Gothic atmosphere until the final shocking revelation.
As famed horror writer Michael Arthate, you arrive
at Blackwood Manor, your newly acquired home, an old Victorian house lost in
the outskirts of a small English market town. While the ominous weather bodes
of darker days, you are initially charmed by this peaceful and quiet place.
The pleasant stillness is soon broken, however, as the rooms of this
exquisite, if faded glory, mansion speak of past events, their tales echoing
through its walls. As the odd noises in the basement grow ever louder, you set
about solving your sanctuary’s long-held mystery.
Isolated by a washed out road, and in search of
clues, you delve into every dark corner of the mansion and its untended
grounds via a point-and -click interface. Examining, probing, and hunting your
way through musty rooms, an overrun greenhouse, a sinister chapel, and a
forbidding crypt, your investigation deepens, and you slowly become aware of
one terrifying fact: you are not alone!
“Scratches” is available for a suggested retail
price of $19.95 (USD) and is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB for Alcohol and
Tobacco Reference/Blood/Mild Language/Mild Violence.
For more information on
“Scratches”, visit
www.ScratchesMystery.com.
