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Press release:
January 6th.
The Uppsala-based (Sweden) indie games developer Meaning Machine today announced with great happiness and excitement that their experimental murder mystery game “Dead Meat“, is coming to PC via Steam in 2025.

Meaning Machine has revealed a brand new trailer for DEAD MEAT, the murder mystery interrogation game where players can ask the suspects literally anything, using voice or keyboard!

The trailer unveils the game’s wider narrative – featuring a cast of eccentric suspects, and immersing players in a macabre conspiracy of billionaires and butchery. DEAD MEAT is the next game in the “First Person Talker” genre and will be released on Steam in 2025.

“We’re excited to share the full vision of DEAD MEAT for the very first time”, say game directors Thomas Keane and Ben Ackland.

“This is your chance to put an evil sect of billionaires in the interrogation chair – and grill them within an inch of their life. A fitting tale for the modern age, you might say… but with more blood, burgers, and body-parts.”

ABOUT DEAD MEAT
Unleash your inner detective in DEAD MEAT – a murder mystery interrogation game where you can ask the suspects literally anything, using voice or keyboard!

Dive into a macabre conspiracy of burgers and billionaires, getting up-close and personal with an eccentric cast of cold-blooded killers.

Want to discuss their alibi? Probe them on the meaning of life? Confess your love? Or just troll them mercilessly? Your words hold power, and anything goes. Persuade them, manipulate them, threaten them, or even charm them into spilling their secrets.

The Interrogation room is your sandbox, and your imagination is the only limit. What will you ask to get to the truth?

Features:
Interrogate 15+ eccentric suspects using voice or keyboard!
Use mind-reading abilities to explore new leads and crack the case!
Employ classic interrogation strategies, or invent wild, unorthodox approaches!
Watch suspects respond emotionally to your tactics in real time!
Piece together a macabre mega-conspiracy of big bad billionaires!

Every suspect has committed a murder, but it’s up to you to unravel the who, where, how, and why. But be warned, the deeper you go, the darker it gets… as moral compasses are flipped, and blood gets on your hands.

Will you be the cunning detective who carefully unpicks the truth – or the chaos agent who takes their own path? The suspects are waiting, and the mic is yours.

ABOUT MEANING MACHINE
Meaning Machine was founded by award-winning game designer Thomas Keane, and conversational AI technologist Ben Ackland. They lead a team of developers, writers, researchers, and creatives who are passionate believers in the value of using new technology to explore bold new types of gameplay.

The advent of generative AI has the potential to kickstart a golden age of creative experimentation – but only if creative people remain at the helm. Meaning Machine’s ambition is to inspire other game developers to join them on this journey – collectively pushing the video game medium into uncharted realms.