Troy Baker's Latest Gaming Role Is as a Mystery-Solving Mouse

In a marque caller trailer shown contiguous astatine Summer Game Fest, we got our archetypal perceive of renowned dependable histrion Troy Baker successful his latest role: a crime-solving mouse, the prima of MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.

In MOUSE, Baker volition play backstage researcher Jack Pepper, a war-hero-turned-detective, and yes, a mouse. The communicative begins erstwhile a cliche dame shows up astatine his doorway with a occupation for him to solve, but his escapade grows and grows arsenic helium uncovers murder, corruption, and much passim the metropolis of Mouseburg.

MOUSE is simply a 3D, first-person shooter that's instantly visually striking for its classical cartoon visuals, akin to the retro benignant of Cuphead. It's inspired by 1930s noir films and looks the part.

Baker is known for his past enactment successful galore large games, including arsenic Joel successful The Last of Us, Indiana Jones successful Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Booker DeWitt successful Bioshock Infinite, Sam Drake successful Uncharted 4, and Higgs Monaghan successful Death Stranding and its upcoming sequel, Death Stranding 2.

MOUSE: P.I. for Hire is planned for merchandise this twelvemonth connected Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC. It's being developed by Fumi Games.

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