Wadjet Eye's cyberpunk adventure Technobablyon coming in May

Wadjet Eye's new point-and-click adventure Technobabylon is very cyberpunk. This line from today's launch date announcement is one of the most concentrated doses of cyber-cliche I've read in ages: "CEL agents Charlie Regis and Max Lao are investigating a serial Mindjacker who is tapping into the neural wiring of seemingly ordinary citizens, stealing their knowledge and leaving them dead." And of course, it's very dystopian, too: Human interaction has been almost entirely replaced by the addictive Trance, and everything and everyone is being monitored by an omnipresent AI called Central.

The teaser looks good, too; not the Black Ops 3 kind of good, obviously, but intriguing, and very pretty, in that retro-flavored, pixel art fashion. And if the music playing in the background rings a bell, it's likely because the Technobabylon soundtrack was composed by Nathan Allen Pinard, who previously created the exceptionally good soundtrack for Wadjet Eye's 2013 adventure Gemini Rue.

Technobabylon comes out on May 21, and will go for $15. Details, and a preorder link if you're so inclined, may be found at the Wadjet Eye website.

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.