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The Big Con Release Date
LOS ANGELES — July 22, in the year of our Lord 2021 — Indie developer Mighty Yell and publisher Skybound Games are paging to say the ‘90s cross-country adventure game The Big Con will launch on Aug. 31, 2021, for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam for $14.99 / €12,49 / £10.74. A classic teenage coming-of-age story, The Big Con is a hilarious trip featuring open-ended narrative, sneaky situations, puzzles and exploration… and lots of petty theft and grifting!
From July 22 until July 29, those based in the United States can submit your very own audition tape! We’ve made it radically easy for anyone to rival some of the industry’s best voice talent.
The Big Con is all about Ali, a teenage con artist trying to save her mom’s video store from unscrupulous loan sharks any way she can. In this colorful adventure filled with punchy puzzles and dialogue, how you make that money is up to you: travel across the country picking pockets and locks, persuading marks, sneaking around in disguises, and even profiting off the latest plushie fad.
The Big Con Features:
An irreverent comic adventure game with open-ended situations, puzzles, and exploration.
Crime is cool now -- sneak, pickpocket, wear disguises, and grift and con anyone you can!
Mouth off! Talk your way into deals and out of trouble across the country.
Meet a cast of weird ‘90s characters and rip ‘em off (or help them, if that’s your deal).
Original theme song from Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? house band Rockapella!
Call home and argue with your mom!
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s) in the US at this time. Families are required to pay for Internet usage fees to download this game. For more information click here.
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