The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker’s FMV mystery will creep to Switch, PS4, and Xbox One

Full-motion video (FMV) once seemed like the peak of gaming technology in the early CD-rom days on systems like Sega CD. What could be more realistic than actual video of real actors? Sadly, compression and poor acting made most of these games more campy than good. But the genre isn’t completely dead.

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a new FMV game that is coming out this spring. You play as a psychiatrist trying to solve a Lovecraftian murder. The game randomly generates the guilty person, so you can play it more than once. It launched in May for PC, but coming to consoles can open it up to larger audience.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.