Critically acclaimed The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is now available on Windows PC through Steam. Set in a world made famous by keystone cops, theatre organs and pie-in-the-face slapstick, the inventive game has been heralded as a “ big contender for DLC game of the year” by 1UP.com, who gave the game a perfect 100/100 score.The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom presents the comical escapades of the portly pie thief P.B. Winterbottom on his mad-capped pursuit of scrumptious brain-teasing pies that wreak frontal lobe havoc from the puzzle-filled euphoria of time manipulation and self-replication.
Created by The Odd Gentlemen, The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom was originally released for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. TheWindows PC version is being developed by 2K China. The game will be available exclusively on Steam and come with many new appetizing ingredients, including expanded leaderboard options, new unlockable achievements, five additional brain-teasing puzzles and Steam Cloud, which will allow players to take the game with them on the road by accessing saved games from the Steam network.
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom has received numerous accolades including praise from Game Informer Magazine stating that the gamestands alone when compared to other highly acclaimed downloadable titles, due in large part to the game’s “devious puzzle design, entertaining writing, and striking artistic style;” Destructoid (95 out of 100) declares the game is “satisfying with a near-perfect consistency throughout ;” and GamePro (90 out of 100) writes that The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom ’s“creative challenges play with your emotions, deftly alternating between making you feel like a genius and an absolute buffoon.”