September 13, 2007

CODEMASTERS LAUNCHES SERIES OF CHARACTER VIDEOS FOR CLIVE BARKER'S JERICHO

First Video Reveals Sgt. Frank Delgado - Heavy Weapons Expert and Pyromancer

Codemasters announced today that it has launched the first in a series of videos profiling each of the members of the Jericho squad in Clive Barker's Jericho™, the upcoming Action/Horror FPS. The lead video features the fiery combat skills of heavy weapons expert and pyromancer Sgt. Frank Delgado, and is now available for download - Clive Barker's Jericho Character Video #1

The Jericho squad is a seven-man strike force for the U.S. Department of Occult Warfare, sent into the Middle Eastern city of Al-Khali to investigate an intense level of paranormal activity. Throughout Clive Barker's Jericho, gamers will play as, and be able to switch between the different members of the Jericho squad - each of them skilled in their own modern warfare tactics and weapons, as well as individual para-psychological disciplines, including telekinesis, blood magic, exorcism and more.

Sgt. Frank Delgado is the Jericho squad's heavy weapons expert and Pyromancer - which can be roughly translated as "one who speaks with fire". In Delgado's case, the fire he speaks with is an entity of living flame that he says is Ababanili, a Chickasaw flame spirit. After contacting the spirit, Delgado offered it his right arm as a sacrifice to win its cooperation, which it accepted. The creature of flame now lives as a parasite on Frank's arm, encased and contained in a large metal sleeve that is covered in arcane symbols (courtesy of Sgt. Church) and is curiously warm to the touch.

In combat, Frank opens the containment sleeve and releases Ababanili, where it immediately sets to wreaking as much havoc as possible before being forced back into containment. When loose, Ababanili responds (usually) to Delgado's commands, and so becomes a formidable tool and weapon. However, use of this fearsome living weapon comes at a cost: while the spirit is free, Delgado's arm burns with a searing pain, draining his energy. To be effective in combat, players must balance the use of the spirit against torturing Delgado to exhaustion.

Developed by Mercury Steam Entertainment, Clive Barker's Jericho is coming late October for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows®. Clive Barker's Jericho is rated "M" (Mature 17+ - Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language) by the ESRB.

In readiness to face this supernatural assault, be sure to visit the official Clive Barker's Jericho website located at www.jericho-game.com  and sign up for community updates as the videos are released.

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