After months of being silent about upcoming PC and Nintendo DS builds of video game Insecticide, developer Crackpot Entertainment and publisher Gamecock Media Group have finally announced its release date.

For those who haven't been paying attention to this one, Insecticide takes place in the world populated with bugs and your objective is to solve a murder mystery that happened in a company.. The release dates after the jump!

Crackpot Entertainment and Gamecock Media Group have just released new info on their bug shooter, Insecticide for the DS and PC. Ready to get into the mystery?

Insecticide will take us to a world dominated by... well, bugs. Insecticide has the gritty feel of the classic gumshoe movies plus gameplay of classic adventure titles. Players would need to collect clues from the fully interactive world to solve a murder in a company. Lead detectives of the Insecticide Squad, Chrys Liszt and Roachy Caruthers, will solve crimes in the city using a variety of weapons and in-game items.

"Unique input options" will be made available for the different versions of Insecticide. It was previously reported for the PSP, though there was no sign of it on the recent report. On the other hand, the DS version will be sporting additional features, such as a multiplayer mode (presumably over WiFi).

Rick Stults, Console Chief for Gamecock, had this to say,

The heart of classic detective novels and movies is to get the audience involved mentally, but now via PC and the Nintendo DS we can get players involved in a much more tactile arena. The mouse and the stylus are the key to the 'touch and feel' experience we’re really aiming for with this game and I think that’s something players are really going to enjoy.

Insecticide will be hitting store shelves come holiday season this year. We'll get you more info on this as it becomes available.

 

We talked about Insecticide about a couple of articles back as one of the first games in Gamecock's slate. Now we're gonna take a closer look.

Insecticide takes us to a world where bugs have become the dominant species. Well, uh... the setting is a festering city and a murder takes place at a powerful company. Enter detectives Chrys Liszt and Roachy Caruthers of the Insecticide Squad to solve the crime, rushing headlong into a web of crime (excuse the pun). The bug hunt is on through the city's grimy underbelly and we're taken along for the ride. This detective shooter action adventure game would be making an debut on the PSP, DS, and PC. Crackpot Entertainment (the developer) hopes to port it to film or television.

We'll fill you in on other info regarding Insecticide which is scheduled for release this coming holiday season. Meanwhile, enjoy this teaser vid of the game.