Earth Must Die looks like a sci-fi Monkey Island, with an extremely British cast that includes names from Taskmaster, Game of Thrones, and Doctor Who

Earth Must Die reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct - YouTube

Sometimes, a videogame cast is so British that even I, a life-long Brit, have to stop and ask myself, 'do we really sound like that?' No wonder we're always the baddies in spy movies. Starring actors from Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Our Flag Means Death, Horrible Histories, and Taskmaster, the reveal of charming point-and-click adventure game Earth Must Die will delight fans of Blighty.

Joel Fry leads the project as Vvalak Lizardtongue, a very different character to the ones he played in Game of Thrones and ancient Rome sitcom Plebs. He's got a nursing bot called Milky, which we don't need to get into right now, and his father is a monarch who doesn't want to bequeath him his rightful inheritance of the Tyrythian kingdom—a common issue among even the regular folk on this side of the pond.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, a robotic Terranoid invasion has killed the king and taken over. So, Vvalak decides to go and take over Earth as revenge. What did we do to deserve this fate? Guess you'll have to play to find out.

Leading the Terranoids is videogame royalty Ben Starr, who's been in everything from Final Fantasy to Hades 2 to Dead Take. I can't wait to see what his metallic antagonist gets up to.

Earth Must Die looks something like a sci-fi Monkey Island: Witty, point-and-click, vibrant, and with excellent voice actors. There's no release date just yet, but you can wishlist it on Steam right now.

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Issy van der Velde has been writing about video games professionally for five years, contributing to Rolling Stone, NME, GamesRadar+, IGN, and many more. He's been freelance and held editorial roles across news, guides, and features, and is now the deputy editor of the PC Gaming Show.

A lifelong gamer, Issy won the MCV 30 under 30 award for his work covering queer, Arab, and women's representation in the gaming industry.

His favourite games are narrative, story-driven adventures, arcade racers, roguelites, and soulslikes.

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