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

Think I just had a blood-gasm.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 16:20
Jordan Devore
Do want
Kaikara's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 16:21
Kaikara
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 - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 16:28
Xzyliac
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 - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 16:38
Reeper
do want :D
Boris Lugosi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 16:38
Boris Lugosi
squee!
zardoz's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 17:00
zardoz
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 - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 17:01
Boris Lugosi
You tell that to these guys when they eat your stomach.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 17:29
Rockvillian
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.
Hyperspank's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 17:31
Hyperspank
Do not want...to wait for it's release...
CrakieRacooon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 18:18
CrakieRacooon
...Must play it now,can't wait!!
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/13/2007 18:42
winojesus
is this brute force 2?
god i hope so.
Neelesh's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2007 14:02
Neelesh
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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