Unsolved Crimes preview for Nintendo DS

Fans of detective fiction and games are well-catered for on the DS with the likes of the Ace Attorney series, and there's a new offering coming later this year in the form of Unsolved Crimes. Unsolved Crimes will put you in the role of a rookie detective back in the Seventies, and you'll investigate the murder of a model, with other cases cropping up along the way. The DS has proved a successful medium for this kind of detective game before - will Unsolved Crimes be another hit? Find out all the latest in our preview of Unsolved Crimes for Nintendo DS!

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Unsolved Crimes preview for Nintendo DS
1970's New York… an aspiring model is kidnapp ed, and it's your job – as a wet-behind-the-ears detective in the homicide department – to uncover the mystery behind her disappearance before it's too late. This forms the main story arc of the game, but along the way, you'll also have to investigate the secrets behind several other cases. It's a dir ty job, but somebo dy's got to do it.

What do we know?
It all sounds very Hotel Dusk so far, but perhaps a little darker than CING's sophomore DS effort. Certainly from what we've seen and heard, Unsolved Crimes mixes that game's noir-esque approach with a dose of CSI, providing a grittily realistic crime drama that hark s back to the point-and-click adventures of the 16-bit era.