Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” Arriving This September

Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” is making waves on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation this September 25. Sounds intriguing, right? Worth a look!

So there you are, just chillin’ on a cruise down the Nile. It’s all nice and dandy until — wham! — a murder happens. Classic. But, hey, Hercule Poirot is in the house, so no worries. Meanwhile, this private detective gal is on a mad hunt for a killer, jetting from London to wherever Majorca is (never been, sounds nice), New York, and eventually Egypt.

And then everything hits the fan at Abu Simbel. Poirot and the detective, Jane Royce (I think? Names are hard), get tangled in this twisty-turny case. More plot twists than a soap opera, I swear. And guess what? It’s not just for folks who’ve read the book. New surprises aplenty.

The game features a duo you can play as — Poirot and Royce. They’re like two sides of the same coin, but not really. Anyway, it’s set in the groovy 70s. Picture disco balls and bell-bottoms, and maybe some questionable mustaches? Not sure why I think of that. And there’s this crazy storyline that goes beyond the book!

You’ll explore places like a cruise on the Nile and cities that are a total dream, like London and Cairo. Imagine solving mysteries while inhaling that Cairo dust and noise. The game’s got this thing, a mindmap maybe, where you piece together stuff — sounds fancy. And there’s this crazy confrontation thing where you call out liars and, hmm, crack mysteries wide open. Feels intense.

And boy, you try to put together character profiles too! Like, paint-by-numbers but for human motives. Anyway, that’s the gist of it, I guess? Anyway, September 25 it is!

Or was it another date — wait, no, September 25. Yep. My bad!