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Press release:
LONDON, UK – July 2, 2024.
The London-based (the UK) indie games publisher Fireshine Games and Bristol-based (The UK) indie games developer ColePowered Games (Cole Jefferies), are today excited and glad to announce that their immersive sandbox detective sim “Shadows of Doubt“, is coming both digitally and physically consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles) via digital stores this autumn (2024), with pre-orders available at retailers today.

Nominated for ‘Most Innovative Gameplay’ at the 2023 Steam Awards and coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S later this year, Shadows of Doubt is an immersive crime-solving experience that puts players in the role of a private investigator.

Explore fully simulated cities and meet individual citizens each with their own name, job, apartment and daily routine on your hunt to track down a serial killer. Use a variety of gadgets to uncover evidence, investigate suspects, and approach each case your way in a city where anybody could be a suspect. Scan fingerprints, browse call logs, read private emails, bribe citizens, check CCTV, pick locks, break down doors and sabotage security systems – with multiple ways to solve each case, become the detective you want to be.

Features

Become a private investigator and track down a serial killer in a fully-simulated sci-fi noir city. Think like a detective and use a variety of gadgets to gather evidence and solve cases in a unique detective experience.

Meet individual citizens, each with their own name, job, apartment and daily routine, in unique, procedurally-generated cities where anybody could be a suspect.

Take on new cases to earn cash, purchase new gadgets and equipment, and customise your apartment.

Gather evidence to build your case. Scan fingerprints, check call histories, read private emails, watch CCTV, and find key pieces of evidence to gather information and track down your suspect.

Play your own way. Pick locks, break down doors, sabotage security systems and bribe citizens for information, or stick to the law and play by the book. There are multiple ways to approach each case.

Shadows of Doubt is available now on Steam Early Access, ahead of a 1.0 and console release later this year. To keep up with the latest info, follow @detectivesim, join the community on Discord and visit fireshinegames.co.uk.

About ColePowered Games
ColePowered Games is an indie development studio founded by Cole Jefferies, currently working on stealth detective game ‘Shadows of Doubt’. Previously developed city building puzzler ‘Concrete Jungle’.

About Fireshine Games
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical videogames based in London, England. Originally established in 2014, Fireshine Games works with studio giants such as Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments as well as introducing new indie dev studios to the world like Pugstorm, Stonewheat & Sons, Spiral Circus, ColePowered Games and many more – publishing for physical and digital distribution. Fireshine also represents the physical releases for exciting individual digital games such as Lies of P from Neowiz and Balatro from Playstack. Fireshine is also part of the EG7 group of companies. For more information on Fireshine Games and its upcoming titles, visit the official website at fireshinegames.co.uk.