Act natural

Murderous Pursuitsputs you aboard the HMCS Britannic, “a state-of-the-art, colonial time ship built at the height of the British Empire’s lavish Victorian era,” and asks that youdiscreetly find and kill your markwithout attracting unwanted attention. Problem is, it’s not just passengers and the occasional guard on the vessel — other would-be killers are making the rounds, trying their best to blend in.

Think you can behave like the AI well enough to fool your competition?

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If this hunt-or-be-hunted concept feels like an extension of theThe Ship, well, it should!Murderous Pursuitsis in production atBlazing Griffin, the studio behind 2016’sThe Ship: Remasted. This latest murder mystery is fast approaching with a planned March 2018 launch on PC.

I can never keep my cool in these hiding-in-plain-sight games as pressure mounts (see also:Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood), but I try my best.Murderous Pursuitswill be playable alone or in “online multiplayer with other players, featuring support for custom game options and wickedly intelligent bots.”

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