Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders

Last year Chet Williamson was commissioned by Square/Enix, the Japanese computer game company, to write a mystery game. After having worked on it with the development team and artists for nearly a year, the game has just been released. It’s a murder mystery set in 1890s Japan, and combines a hidden object game with a murder mystery the player has to solve. There are mini-puzzles and gorgeously rendered Japanese scenes with hundreds of (quite fairly) hidden objects. It should prove to be a fun and relaxing way to spend several hours. The difficulty level is pretty easy — you won’t be bashing your head against the keyboard on this one…

It’s available (and currently featured) on the Big Fish website and the game page itself is here: Cherry Blossom Murders. You can download the game and play the first hour free, and if you want to continue, it’s $6.99 for the entire game for as long as you and your computer live.

“I hope a lot of you will give it a try,” says Williamson. “Enjoy, and spread the word!”

And if you prefer it in French, Spanish, German, or Japanese, those are available too …

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