Clive Barker's Jericho Unveiled

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The Hollywood Reporter has a story up about horror author Clive Barker's latest foray into the videogame market, revealing that he is working with Codemasters on Clive Barker's Jericho. The M-rated title is scheduled for a late 2007 release on next-gen consoles and PC. Here's a bit on the premise for the game.

"I don't want to give too much away just yet, but the concept is that somewhere in northern Africa there is a walled city which is not just a walled city but walls within walls within walls," Barker said. "It's like Russian dolls, spaces within each other, and trapped inside each space is a slice of time where the warriors of good have gone against ultimate evil and have lost." It's that fourth dimension that makes Jericho more than a maze. The first battles encountered on the quest are against relatively modern imprisoned soldiers, while further in are World War I infantrymen, Crusaders and other warriors, each drawn from an earlier historical era than the last. "Some are evil, some are not, and you have to make up your own mind," Barker said.
It's mentioned that Barker is involved with everything from story ideas to concept art. Barker previously worked with EA on the first person action game The Undying. Another title, Demonik, was cancelled by publisher Majesco earlier this year.

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    July 18, 2006 10:00 AM

    Anything Clive Barker is good with me. The Undying was awesome, and his books, especially the earlier works, are simply brilliant. Read The Great and Secret Show sometime, and you'll see what I mean.

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      July 18, 2006 10:00 AM

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      July 18, 2006 10:01 AM

      yeah Undying was an amazing game, one of my all-time favorite FPS games.

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      July 18, 2006 10:03 AM

      Concur, adored Undying, hope this turns out well

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      July 18, 2006 10:12 AM

      I read Books of Blood and it was mostly retarded. Undying was a good game though.

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      July 18, 2006 11:05 AM

      I liked the Thief of Always
      like a much darker Harry Potter

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      July 18, 2006 4:45 PM

      Hmm was Imajica any good? I loved Undying, btw.

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