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The Second Guest trailer invites early look into episodic mystery

Just in time for Halloween, Headup Games and Twice Effect have served up a little treat with the first video for the "spooky crime adventure" The Second Guest.

The upcoming episodic mystery stars a student named Jack Ice, who receives an invitation to the reading of the last will and testament of Lord Averton. Though Jack never knew Averton, his curiosity sends him to Grace Castle anyway, where it soon becomes clear that the deceased was murdered. Worse still, the killer is now coming for his heirs, and when a violent thunderstorm causes a landslide that traps them all on the castle grounds, "Jack has no choice but to get to the bottom of things. If he and the others want to survive this night, he will have to reveal the mystery about Grace Castle and also a big mystery about his own past."

The first trailer highlights the stylish 2D art that is inspired by Tim Burton, and offers a first glimpse into this grim but wacky world and its "balanced mix of creepy atmosphere and slapstick" that brings "a new shine to the flair of mystery thrillers of the 20’s."

The first two episodes of The Second Guest will be released together, though not quite as early as expected. The new projected launch date is now January 26, 2012.

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