With Telltale trying to juggle putting out new games with porting their existing technology to the PlayStation3, PS3 owners are feeling a bit neglected when it comes to the episodic adventure genre. Buzz! developer Relentless Software is looking to change that, with Blue Toad Murder Files, a murder mystery series they are self-publishing on the PlayStation Network later this year. Executive director David Amor comments:

"We're really excited to be self publishing this. The murder mystery genre has been a staple in TV, books and movies for years and we think we've come up with a great videogame interpretation."

Not much to see right now, but interested parties can register at the game's official site to receive updates as soon as updates are available. In the meantime, do not fret, adventure gaming PS3 owners. Relief is in sight.

Catchy, eh? Yes, very. While the UK-based Relentless Software isn't divulging details on its "Secret Project" yet, it has put out the human resources feelers, looking for currently unemployed talent who know how to keep a secret.

Relentless merely teases the title with a quartet of carefully mosaicked screen shots, which might lead one to believe it to be based on Japanese hardcore pornography. Not so! Secret Project is almost guaranteed to be a multiplayer game with a casual bent, as the company's web site notes "We've taken everything we've learned about making social games and the result is what, for the time being, is known as Secret Project #1."

Whatever the game is, it looks like Sony isn't publishing this one. Relentless says the game is planned to be a "self-published" affair. Could they be making their way to another platform? Will it be digitally distributed, without the need for a publisher? Or do these guys just have something to prove?

Guess we'll know in "the coming months."

Secret Project [Relentless Software via Eurogamer]