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New screens and gameplay info from Clive Barker's Jericho  photo

IGN has a bloody splattering of new images from Jericho, horror maestro Clive Barker's latest dabbling in the gooey entrails of gaming. It's all looking rather foul at the moment, and as a gore-hound Barker fan, I do of course mean rather great. The shots depict some exceedingly grimy and claustrophobic looking environments, populated with the kind of gleefully dismembered, S and M-loving denizens we've come to expect from Pinhead's dad. It all bodes well for some particularly dark and dirty horror FPS action when the game appears in September. Check out the gallery for the pics.

The site has also had a run-through of selected parts of the game, revealing some new details on the gameplay mechanics. The game is a squad-based FPS, with the player leading a supernaturally powered team against the obligatory millenia-old demonic threat. Each member of the seven-strong squad has their own unique skills, ranging from the traditional snipers and heavy weapons experts through to exorcists, telekinetics, and the very Barkerian-sounding blood mage, who slices herself open to make use of her own haemoglobin in magic attacks.

While allies can be tactically placed nearer to or further from the carnage depending on their abilities, and given simple, Freedom Fighters-style orders, there's also the option of jumping into any of their gore-soaked shoes at will in order to control them manually. Your teammates will of course make use of their talents independently when the need arises, but it's always good to be able to take over should the AI start leading a character down the path of natural selection. 

Also featuring multiple eras to be traversed through an interesting sounding time travel element, and the promise of some multi-disciplinary combined attacks, the game seems to be shaping up to be a promising little trek through hell. Hopefully it will live up to the precedent set by Barker's previous videogame input when it comes out for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in the fall. 


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Michymaster's Avatar
Michymaster at 06/13/2007 16:01
Looks awesome, I hope its worth my $
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 06/13/2007 16:02
wow that gameplay sounds *gasp* mildly original
Xzyliac's Avatar
Xzyliac at 06/13/2007 16:16
Wow. Period. The end. It's over. I'm sold.

Think I just had a blood-gasm.
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 06/13/2007 16:20
Do want
Kaikara's Avatar
Kaikara at 06/13/2007 16:21
It does look good, and I did enjoy Undying. The graphics look absolutely fabulous and gory. However, I can't help but think it would be less scary controlling a team rather than just one character - just my two cents.
Xzyliac's Avatar
Xzyliac at 06/13/2007 16:28
Well with a team you've got more crap to juggle while keeping your cool around every corner.

Could be good or bad. We'll see.
Reeper's Avatar
Reeper at 06/13/2007 16:38
do want :D
Boris Lugosi's Avatar
Boris Lugosi at 06/13/2007 16:38
squee!
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zardoz at 06/13/2007 17:00
I dunno, visuals look alright, but the whole evil monsters, skeletons and dungeon thing is the most unscary concept, I've seen scarier Scooby Doo adventures.

Year 2007: Scary = The rise of religion & extremists who 100% believe in holy wars. Year 2007 Not scary = Gothic monsters in dark corriders and dungeons.

Boris Lugosi's Avatar
Boris Lugosi at 06/13/2007 17:01
You tell that to these guys when they eat your stomach.
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 06/13/2007 17:29
I'm sure the conceptual art for the characters looked great on paper, but damn, the screens reminds me of that burger I overcooked last weekend.
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Hyperspank at 06/13/2007 17:31
Do not want...to wait for it's release...
CrakieRacooon's Avatar
CrakieRacooon at 06/13/2007 18:18
...Must play it now,can't wait!!
winojesus's Avatar
winojesus at 06/13/2007 18:42
is this brute force 2?
god i hope so.
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Neelesh at 06/21/2007 14:02
The screens are shit old they already appeared in Egm quite soome time ago..I think they apperared in the Jan Issue...and for god's sake please guys pick this game up....don't abandon it like you did Undying....
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