Shadowgrounds Survivor

Genre: Survival-horror
Publisher: Meridian 4
Developer: FrozenByte
Release Date: Q4 2007

Developer Frozenbyte has officially announced and launched the web site for Shadowgrounds Survivor, the next game in their top down sci-fi action game series. The game is due for release later this year.

Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of three survivors who join forces with the last remaining human resistance in the heated battle against the ongoing alien onslaught. The atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original make a return armed with a new feature set!

Features:

• 3 playable characters, each with impressive new tactics

• RPG-like upgrade system for weapons and characters; including special attacks such as the all-engrossing Napalm Flame and the mighty Brute Slayer.

• New gameplay features such as the Sentry Turret and the powerful Mech!

• Campaign mode short of filler and full of action, running parallel to the Shadowgrounds story and expanding it to new locations, including snow and ice environments, gritty sewers and the suffering New Atlantis colony

• Survival mode where the player is pitted against hordes of alien monsters – the clock is ticking and they just keep on coming!

• New graphics enhancements, including raging snowstorm effects, new weapon effects and much more!

• Integrated physics that bring the world alive with hundreds of physics objects, taking the destruction to the next level

• New original soundtrack composed by praised Shadowgrounds composer Ari Pulkkinen

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  On-disc Editor tools, sample missions and modding Wiki for easy modding; take part in the Shadowgrounds mod community and create mods for the Campaign or the Survival mode – or just enjoy the results of others!

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Clive Barker's Jericho

Genre: First-Person Shooter

Publisher: Codemasters
Developer: Mercury Steam/Alchemic Productions
Release Date: October 23, 2007

Clive Barker's Jericho is being designed as an action title that will up the stakes in visuals and phantasmagorical special effects. Mingling the darkest elements of Barker's horror fiction and films, Jericho deals with the mysterious reappearance of a lost city in a remote desert. When a form of evil that goes right back to the dawn of days resurfaces from there, a "Jericho Team” of skilled fighters has been assembled to put it back in its hole. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the evil lurks at the heart of the city before it destroys humanity.
The game is currently in development for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 as well as Game Tap.

The Jericho Team is a group of seven combatants that deals with paranormal threats-like Moulder and Skully. Each team member has their own lethal weapons and special psychic skills, from alchemy and exorcism to clairvoyance and telekinesis.

Characters

The Jericho Squad consists of several team members, each with their own special weapons and paranormal powers:

• Capt. Devin Ross – the protagonist, Jericho Squad captain, team telepath and healer, which has been sent to Al Khali, a thriving city in the Midlle East that has been vanished behind a sandstoorm.

• Father Paul Rawlings – the dual-pistol-wielding priest and exorcist, the only member of the team capable of using psychic healing abilities, he is the only character who can revive downed comrades when not under Ross's control.

• Sgt. Frank Delgado – a minigun-wielding alchemist and pyromancer with fire-demon in right arm. Delgado's great strength allows him to dual-wield an arm-mounted heavy chaingun and a powerful customized magnum, giving him unsurpassed firepower.

• Lt. Abigail Black – a telekinetic sniper who can control bullets in mid-flight

• Sgt. Billie Church – a ninja-esque blood mage who uses her own blood to cast spells and wards . She is a “blood mage” who can cast spells by using her own blood, which comes in handy in a number of ways.

• Capt. Xavier Jones – a seer who uses astral projection for reconnaissance and possibly even possession of enemies, the team leader after the death of Ross.

• Cpl. Simone Cole – the Jericho Squad's reality hacker who can alter time and teleport supplies and personnel

Features:

• Codemasters has teamed up with novelist and filmaker Clive Barker to create the story.

• Squad mechanic allow players to jump back and forth between Jericho Squad Member. Jericho Squad members can combine their paranormal abilities.

• The ancient city of Al-Khali is formed of layers of different ages that have tried to battle the evil in the past... and have lost... Players will traverse through multiple planes of existence, including the crusade. WWII, Rome, and more as they try and make their way to the source of evil.

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