THE NIGHTMARES BEGIN AS CLIVE BARKER’S JERICHO UNLEASHES NEW VIDEO TRAILER AND SCREENSHOTS

Come get a taste of Clive’s disturbing supernatural shooter this Halloween with a new trailer and screenshots at www.codemasters.com/jericho.

Tuesday, October 31 – Delivering a slice of the supernatural this Halloween, Codemasters today unleashed a new teaser trailer and imagery from Clive Barker’s Jericho, the phantasmagorical FPS hand crafted by the acclaimed horror writer and filmmaker.

Created from an original concept and story, Clive Barker’s Jericho promises an overload of sensory horror shock as players journey through hellish locations and slices of time. An action/horror FPS, the ‘Jericho’ of the title refers to the Jericho Team, a seven-person strike force that protects government interests from paranormal threats. Trained in both conventional warfare and the arcane arts, each Jericho Team member is an expert in different para-psychological disciplines, including clairvoyance, alchemy, blood magic and exorcism.

Clive Barker’s Jericho leads the Jericho Team toward a source of ancient evil so supremely powerful that it has broken through time into our world and is threatening to engulf the Earth. At ground zero lies the Middle Eastern city of Al-Khali, the site of a huge, secret archaeological dig and paranormal research centre – now the heart of a dimensional rift.

Players must navigate the Jericho Team through Al Khali’s labyrinthine streets, alleys and structures, moving block by block in search of the rift. As the squad approaches the target, the city now crawling with hellish denizens emerging from the source, the team is forced to rely less and less on traditional weapons and instead on harnessing their combined psychic abilities to defeat the supernatural nemesis…no matter how horrific their looks or attacks may be.

Licensed through Alchemic Productions, Clive Barker’s Jericho is currently in development at Mercury Steam and will utilize the Madrid-based studio’s new proprietary next-generation graphics engine to bring the monsters and demons from the depths of Barker’s imagination to life. The engine marries photo-realistic art with hyper-realistic color and lighting effects to achieve a uniquely dark and almost surreal visual atmosphere, dropping players into the heart of Clive’s chilling interactive nightmare.

Clive Barker’s Jericho is planned to launch in fall 2007 for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox� 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PC, and is currently rated “RP” (Rating Pending) by the ESRB. For further information on Clive Barker’s Jericho, please visit the official website located at www.codemasters.com/jericho.

ABOUT CLIVE BARKER
Clive Barker is the author of over twenty books, including such bestsellers as The Books of Blood, Weaveworld, Imajica, The Thief Of Always and Abarat I & II. He is also responsible for creating some of cinema's most terrifying monsters. As a screenwriter, director and film producer, he is credited with the Hellraiser and Candyman pictures, as well as Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions and Gods and Monsters. Clive Barker was represented by his agent Keith Boesky for the Jericho deal. Clive Barker official site: www.clivebarker.info

ABOUT ALCHEMIC PRODUCTIONS
The Jericho property was realized by Clive Barker and Alchemic Productions (http://www.alchemicproductions.com), a company that works directly with the creators and innovators of intellectual property from film, literature, music and the visual arts.

ABOUT CODEMASTERS
Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience on current and future gaming platforms and channels. Established in 1986, the company’s dominant brands include Colin McRae Rally, TOCA Race Driver, LMA Manager, Brian Lara Cricket and Operation Flashpoint. The company is headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire UK and maintains operations in the US, Germany, France, Spain, and Benelux. More information about the company and its products is available online at http://www.codemasters.com

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