Play a koala PI in “hip-hop stoner noir” Stone, out now

A washed-up personal investigator koala is looking for his kidnapped girlfriend in Stone, a brand new “hip-hop stoner noir” story-o-adventure game launched as we speak. What’s hip-hop stoner noir when it’s at dwelling? Well, the koala seems not wholly in contrast to The Dude out The Big Lebowski, so there’s an enormous trace. Off you go, exploring an open-world city, chatting to the animalfolks, and getting your deadbeat arse into an entire lot of bother. It additionally appears alternative to brush up on the kind of Australian slang you gained’t study from Neighbours or Home And Away.

First, the razzle-dazzle of a launch trailer:

Yup, that’s the opening shot of Night Of The Living Dead there – it’s one in every of a number of public area motion pictures obtainable to look at in full on the in-game cinema.

Yeah yeah however what it’s truly like? See this right here gameplay vid for a way of the beginning:

It’s made by Convict Games, a studio based by Australian siblings, with music from quite a few Australian artists in there too. They’re going so arduous on the Australian flavour that a special beer has been brewed for the launch, a 6% “dank” black IPA obtainable at a number of Australian bars. Australia secretly has among the most enjoyable games tradition brewing away down there, although it’s not one thing we hear a lot about right here on the flipside.

Stone is out now for Windows and Mac through Steam, priced at £12/€15/$15.