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Sherlock Holmes dishes out Crimes and Punishments on September 30
Hm, yes. Judging by the press release and the new trailer, we do believe we've cracked the case of the Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments release date! September 30, our dear readers. September 30 is when you'll be able to use your powerful skills of detection and deduction to solve a multitude of cases as the legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Or fail at solving them - you can do that, too. Crimes and Punishments will launch simultaneously across Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC platforms. [Image: Focus Home Interactive]
Listen to the clues in Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments trailer
Sherlock Holmes solves crimes. That's his thing. However, as this new trailer from Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments demonstrates, gathering clues is the easy part - it's what happens after you've found a culprit that makes the life of history's most famous Benedict Cumberbatch character so thrilling.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments coming to PS4
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments will launch an investigation on the PS4 in addition to the ones previously announced for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, a press release from Focus Home revealed. Crimes & Punishments will follow "the most important stage in the Sherlock Holmes series" and play out over eight investigations. The details of each crime will be deduced by players using Sherlock's ability to "imagine and reconstruct a past event by studying the key features of a crime scene." Our time with its E3 demo provided a dark, promising glimpse at the game's world.
Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments' new mechanic inspired by BBC show
Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments is a departure from Frogwares' previous investigation game, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, in a number of ways. Crimes and Punishments aims to put players inside the mind of the world's greatest detective, to see the world as he sees it and deliberate the moral choices within Holmes' logistics of justice. It's emotional and dark, and in a demo showing off the story as told in Unreal Engine 3, it already appears insanely effective. One of the most obvious changes is the new "Character Portrait" ability, which allows Holmes to take a moment and examine a suspect or witness with his keen, investigative eye. As he scans the person, words in white appear over certain features, noting how expensive or worn down certain articles of clothing are, noting scrapes or signs of labor on limbs, and deducing relevant, personal information. This ability in particular is inspired by the BBC show Sherlock, designer Olga Chalovskaya told me. Sherlock is, itself, a dramatic interpretation of Holmesian detective stories, and Crimes and Punishments draws on many of the same, human-driven tones.%Gallery-190679%
New Sherlock Holmes game announced, uses Unreal Engine 3
Focus Home Interactive recently announced a new game in the Sherlock Holmes series called Crimes & Punishments. In development by Frogwares, the adventure game will feature eight cases in which players will guide Holmes through "important moral choices instead of simply enforcing justice by the book."Frogwares ditched its previous Sherlock Holmes engine in favor of Unreal Engine 3 for this game, and opted for a more modern-looking Holmes, seen above. Crimes & Punishments will launch on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime in 2013. Yes, even the release date is a mystery. %Gallery-177885%
