About Fishing Gamescom Build Puts Ben Starr in a Merman Suit
The unreleased build reveals how the game's fishing tools extend into environmental puzzle solving while pulling in a cameo from Ben Starr, adding recognizable star power to a surreal mystery title.
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At gamescom 2026, 4Gamer played an unreleased build of The Water Museum's mystery adventure About Fishing. The adult protagonist works as a mermaid at a nightclub. Ben Starr appears as a silent merman colleague. The game is slated for release within the year, with demo downloads reaching 72,000.
The Water Museum's upcoming mystery adventure About Fishing leans into the surreal. In the unreleased build shown at Playstack's gamescom booth, the grown protagonist works as a mermaid swimming in a tank at Fishnets Night Club, a neon-lit aquarium-style venue. The scene plays out in dressing room conversations with colleagues, and a school of yellow fish drifts around her even though she is not underwater.
Playstack's PR representative told 4Gamer that Ben Starr, known for Clive in Final Fantasy XVI and Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, appears as one of the mermaid colleagues. The title has no voice recording. Starr reportedly posed for face texture photos and left, making his appearance a silent cameo. About Fishing is scheduled for release within the year.
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