14 DAY TRIAL // In the face of big name, big budget releases, value-priced, independently developed games can still make a mark. Since its release earlier this month, "Scratches", a suspense-adventure game for the PC has ranked in the top 10 of Amazon.com's Top Sellers in Computer and Video Games, as well as in popular game indexes such as GameRankings.com.
Published in North America by Got Game Entertainment, the point-and-click game set in rural England was developed across the globe in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Nucleosys, the two-man team of Agustin Cordes and Alejandro Graziani, and is proving to be the little game that could.
Presenting an engrossing tale, haunting sound, richly detailed graphics, a clean interface, and logical, organic puzzles, "Scratches" has found a home not only with core adventure gamers, but with horror and suspense fans as well.
"The success of 'Scratches' proves there is always an audience for well-made games that tell a story," said Got Game Entertainment President Howard Horowitz. "Seeing 'Scratches' in top 10 popularity rankings next to blockbusters like 'Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion' makes this publisher more determined than ever to bring quality, independently developed games to market."
"Scratches" also makes its mark as the first commercially released adventure game ever developed in Argentina.