Tag: Playside
News Mouse: P.I. For Hire Is an Official Indie Hit, Sells Better Than Expected
730,000 copies sold so far
MOUSE: P.I. for Hire is selling better than publisher PlaySide expected it to, with 730,000 copies sold since launch. In terms of the deal the publisher holds with developer Fumi, the success has allowed it to recoup all its "milestone payments, publishing, and marketing costs" already. The sales are split 50-50 between...
Mini Review Mouse: P.I. for Hire (PS5) - Elite Art with FPS Action to Match
Simply brie-lliant
It's efforts like Cuphead, and now MOUSE: P.I. for Hire, that provide the video game indie scene an everlasting attraction and curiosity: you'd never see a big-budget game dare go near such a striking art style. Polish studio Fumi Games has taken the rubber hose animation style of the 1930s and made a shooter out of it, placing...
Round Up Reviews Make MOUSE: P.I. For Hire's Art the Star of the Show
80 on Metacritic
One of the most promising indie games of 2026 so far, MOUSE: P.I. for Hire launches on PS5 later in the week. Ahead of launch, critic reviews have now been published to a current Metacritic rating of 80 for the PC version. So far, the verdicts published constantly praise the 1930s rubber hose art style, but there are criticisms out...
News In a Busy Month for New PS5 Games, Don't Sleep on Mouse P.I. For Hire
A hard-boiled hit
It’s a particularly packed month for new PS5 releases in April, with Pragmata and Saros just two of the titles vying for your attention. But don’t sleep on Mouse P.I. For Hire! This rubber hose FPS is coming on 16th April, and looks like a delightful mix of DOOM and Cuphead. It really seems to have expanded in scope since its...
News MOUSE: P.I. For Hire Delayed Another Month on PS5 to Make It 'An Experience to Remember'
Now launching in April
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, the black-and-white, hand-animated FPS, has been delayed. It was previously targeting 19th March, 2026, but its release date has now moved a few weeks to 16th April. Developer Fumi Games and publisher PlaySide Studios shared a statement about the decision on the game's social channels: "We have made...
News MOUSE: P.I. For Hire Brings Black and White, Cartoonish FPS Flair to PS5 in March
DOOMboat Willie
We finally have a release date for the stylish shooter MOUSE: P.I. for Hire. The game, which blends first-person gun-toting action with a noir, black-and-white, 1930s cartoon aesthetic, comes to PS5 on 19th March, 2026. We've known about this game for a while, but it was announced for consoles about a year ago, when it was...
News Striking 1930s Cartoon FPS MOUSE: P.I. for Hire Targets PS5, PS4 Next Year
Mickey would be proud
We’ve been keeping our beady little eyes on Fumi Games’ striking 1930s noir-style shooter MOUSE: P.I. for Hire for quite some time. We’re pleased to learn it’s been confirmed for PS5 and PS4, then, with a tentative 2025 release window attached. The press release reads: “Inspired by the best of 30s rubber hose...
Mini Review Kill Knight (PS5) - An Unrelenting Arcade Nightmare
Stress test
If you took the modern DOOM games and boiled them down to a pure, score attack, twin-stick action game, Kill Knight feels like the result. Playing as a bloodthirsty, undead warrior, the game is simply about killing hordes of demonic creatures as they swarm you in alarming numbers, while each stage shifts and changes around you. The odds...
