Furries take note: two video games starring anthropomorphic animal characters are making their console debuts soon. The first is one we’ve discussed before: Backbone, the noir adventure game from indie developer EggNut that casts you as a PI raccoon on a mission,
Howard Lotor is a private detective working a routine missing person case in a dystopian, alternate history Vancouver. But what Howard stumbles upon thrusts him into a disturbing hunt for the truth. Backbone was originally released in 2019 for PC, but is only now making its debut on the Switch: you’ll be able to find it on the eShop starting February 9.
Then there’s The Longest Road On Earth, a visual novel originally released for PC last May. Rendered in greyscale pixel art, this unique and textless game follows the everyday lives of the animal citizens of a remote community, through four individual stories. Controls are minimal and it’s impossible to hit a Game Over. According to distributor Raw Fury, “this...
