Casual game publisher Merscom has announced a new "hidden object adventure game" with a bit of a hard edge - at least compared to a lot of PC casual 'hidden object' games where you're searching for umbrellas in antique stores, or similar fripperies.

Specifically, the company explains: "In Bomb Squad: NY the player teams with Detective Steve Lanoce, an actual NYPD Bomb Squad detective who received the Medal of Valor for his bravery on 9/11. The player also receives clues from another real hero, Steve’s bomb sniffing labrador retriever, Duke."

(For more info on Lanoce and Duke, the former is interviewed by Glenn Close on FetchDog.com, after the two were introduced on the set of TV show Damages.)

Scheduled to launch for PCs in September, Bomb Squad: NY has players training Duke to improve his bomb locating skills, evacuating civilians from threatened areas, hunting down suspicious items, and disarming bombs. They'll also explore blast locations to find clues that will lead them to the terrorists behind the bombings.

And, of course, no press release would be complete without a money quote: "Bomb Squad: NY is an opportunity to take the police procedural so popular on TV to the next level," said Lloyd Melnick, Merscom's Chief Customer Officer. "Only in the gaming sector can the player actually interact with the characters, and more significantly, interact with real heroes like Detective Lanoce. That's something that NCIS or Criminal Minds could never match."