Tails Noir Explained

Tails Noir
Developer:	EggNut
Publisher:	Raw Fury
Director:	Aleksandra Korabelnikova
Producer:	Ishani Birch
Designer:	Alexander Kolchin
Programmer:	Nikita Danshin Artem Pisarev Diana Stolyrova
Artist:	Toma Klepinina Kristina Dashevskaya Kirill Simonenko Julia Migacheva Sonya Ptitsyna Antonina Shipulina
Engine:	Unreal Engine 4
Genre:	Role-playing
Modes:	Single-player

Tails Noir (previously known as Backbone) is a noir role-playing indie video game developed by EggNut and published by Raw Fury. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, and on Nintendo Switch in February 2022.^[1] A prequel, titled Tails Noir Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.^[2]

Plot

Set in a dystopian version of Vancouver, Canada, populated by anthropomorphic creatures, Tails Noir follows Howard Lotor, a raccoon and private detective tasked with solving mysteries.^{[3] [4]}

Reception

The game was awarded with the Gran Prix, Best PC Game and Best Art categories at the DevGAMM Unreal Engine competition in Minsk, Belarus,^{[5] [6]} and with the Best Indie Game Award at the Strasbourg European Film Festival in France.^[5]

Further reading

• News: Bell . Alice . Backbone review: it's not what you expect, but hot damn is it pretty . Rock Paper Shotgun . 2021-06-08 . 2021-06-17 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Lee . Jonathan . Backbone: The Kotaku Review . . 2021-06-09 . en-us . 2021-06-17 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Creating the anthropomorphic world of Backbone, coming to PS4 and PS5 . Aleksandra . Korabelnikova . 27 October 2021 . 27 October 2021 . .

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Narrative noir game Backbone is sneaking its way onto Switch. Destructoid. Warner. Noelle. 19 January 2022. 19 January 2022.
2. Web site: Tails: The Backbone Preludes - Official Launch Trailer. IGN. 2 February 2023. 6 February 2023.
3. News: Iwaniuk . Phil . Backbone review – raccoon PI stars in a noir adventure with an inexplicable twist . 3 September 2021 . . 2 September 2021.
4. News: Jackson . Lara . Backbone Player Solves Puzzle Using a Famous Gaming Cheat Code . 3 September 2021 . Screen Rant . 18 August 2021.
5. Web site: Backbone — noir dystopian adventure . EggNut . 3 September 2021.
6. Web site: Backbone . Backbone won Best Art and Best PC Game and BEST GAME at unreal engine contest in Minsk! THANK YOU . . 3 September 2021.