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fitbabits
12-20-2006, 08:12 AM
Foundation 9 Entertainment sends word that the website for Harker, a game by The Collective and based on the Dracula mythology, is now live and can be viewed here (http://www.harker-game.com/).

Press release to follow...

Harker, huh? Can't say I'd heard of it before now, but I'm a fan of The Collective, so my interest is piqued.
fitbabits
12-20-2006, 08:12 AM
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 20, 2006 – The Collective, a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment, announced today that it has launched the official website for its upcoming original game, Harker, at www.harker-game.com. The site contains an all-new gameplay trailer as well as new screenshots and concept art from the game.

Announced in October, Harker is being developed for next generation consoles and is slated for completion in 2008. In the game, which is inspired by the classic horror novel, Dracula, players take on the role of a very different Jonathan Harker - hardened and ruthless - who is on a very personal mission to destroy all vampires after his beloved Mina falls prey to Dracula. The gameplay involves a combination of hunting the undead using Harker’s tracking abilities, along with an up-close and personal combat system, brutally-effective in the execution of the vampires; using a variety of weapons and environmental factors.
Captain Awesome
12-20-2006, 08:27 AM
Thats going in my dumbest name for videogames list. Right next to The Witcher.

Sweet Jesus that artwork is something else...
http://www.harker-game.com/screens/screen_Page_1.html

And now with lens flare!
Intruder
12-20-2006, 08:28 AM
Ever since the 1st Buffy game, The Collective is a studio that I anticipate good things from.
The Continental
12-20-2006, 08:45 AM
About damn time, I mean that movie came out what, 11 years ago? I'm just curious as to who they're going to get to voice Acid Burn since Angelina Jolie is well beyond the point in her career where she's going to do voice overs for video games.
jeffbax
12-20-2006, 09:14 AM
I'm always up for a Vampire game... if its good.
EGO
12-20-2006, 10:02 AM
Ever since the 1st Buffy game, The Collective is a studio that I anticipate good things from.

Yeah, except none of the people that worked on the original Buffy work there anymore! Just look at their latest crap and you can tell!

The screenies don't look that good at all. They look very PC or XBox 1. After things like Gears of War & Assassin's Creed, people need to step up! This thing looks like Condemned... at best.
F3nyx
12-20-2006, 10:04 AM
And now with lens flare!And truly massive bling.
see colon
12-20-2006, 11:21 AM
Ever since the 1st Buffy game, The Collective is a studio that I anticipate good things from.
if you are a trek fan you should check out The Fallen (http://www.startrek.com/custom/include/gaming/ds9-fallen/index.htm). also made by the collective, it's probably my favorite trek game released so far. i know that's not saying much, but it's up there with elite force, but has more of a trek feel to it that pushes it over the top.
Adam Blue
12-20-2006, 11:35 AM
Yeah, except none of the people that worked on the original Buffy work there anymore! Just look at their latest crap and you can tell!

The screenies don't look that good at all. They look very PC or XBox 1. After things like Gears of War & Assassin's Creed, people need to step up! This thing looks like Condemned... at best.

Do you know where those devs are now? I agree, only Buffy and Indy were any good, everything else sucked.

But I don't agree on the graphics comment.
Loganrapp
12-20-2006, 12:56 PM
The screenies don't look that good at all. They look very PC or XBox 1. After things like Gears of War & Assassin's Creed, people need to step up! This thing looks like Condemned... at best.


Condemned (http://files.xboxic.com/xbox-360/condemned-criminal-origins/condemned-review-3.jpg)

Harker (http://www.harker-game.com/screens/screen_Page_7.html)

Uh... no. It doesn't look like Condemned. Nice try, though.
Sl1pstream
12-20-2006, 01:14 PM
Thats going in my dumbest name for videogames list. Right next to The Witcher.

Why? The game is about Jonathan Harker, so Harker really isn't a bad name. The Witcher on the other hand, isn't a word or a name.
BigJonno
12-20-2006, 01:38 PM
How is it a dumb name? I'm guessing 90% of their target audience will see the name and know exactly what the game is about. Job done.
fitbabits
12-20-2006, 01:40 PM
How is it a dumb name? I'm guessing 90% of their target audience will see the name and know exactly what the game is about. Job done.
"Dude, have you heard about that new game called Harker?"
"No, man, what's it about?"
"Um, harking, I guess."
BigJonno
12-20-2006, 02:21 PM
Harker, the sequel to that other well-known angel sim Halo.
EGO
12-20-2006, 05:06 PM
Condemned (http://files.xboxic.com/xbox-360/condemned-criminal-origins/condemned-review-3.jpg)

Harker (http://www.harker-game.com/screens/screen_Page_7.html)

Uh... no. It doesn't look like Condemned. Nice try, though.

Looks that way to me...

I mean, you realized you found the crappiest pic of Condemned, but hey... anything's fair to prove your point in the wonderful world of the web. :rolleyes:

Condemned 1 (http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1189/full-res/1130433552.jpg)