Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

"If you read about Jack the Ripper in school, then you’ll notice a whole cast of real life Ripper suspects crop up during Watson and Holmes’ investigation, although most of them are discredited as actual suspects quite quickly. A few are most likely only mentioned to bolster the suspects board on the Baker Street wall (artist Walter Sickert, for example), but it’s nice to see that Frogwares had no qualms with setting up a host of era specific character for players to enjoy."

"Well it was inevitable. With the recent resurgence in the popularity of Sherlock Holmes thanks to the Robert Downey Jr. movie, we were destined to see the eccentric Mr. Holmes start solving mysteries once again on our home consoles with the assistance of his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson. The new Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack the Ripper puts Sherlock right back into the genre that suits him best, classic adventure style gameplay. The veterans of adventure games at Frogwares and Dreamcatcher Interactiv..."

"Third week in a row of thin releases. The big release this week is Monster Hunter Tri for the Nintendo Wii. The demo has been out for a while but now it is time to give the full game a spin with its four-player split-screen and free online multiplayer."

"The most famous private detective in the world is back in what will be his most terrifying investigation, tracking and facing the most dangerous killer England has ever known: Jack the Ripper. In the amazing 1888 London, in the district of Whitechapel, a series of particularly horrible murders takes place..."

Frogwares and HFrogwares and Focus Home Interactive have announced that the next entry in Sherlock Holmes games series, Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper, already scheduled on PC, will be also released on XBOX360. The game will be ported by a French studio Spider Games. It's also the first adventure of the detective on next-gen consoles. The date for the 360 release isn't set.

Sherlock Holmes will have to solve a series of prostitutes' murders in London of 1888, all carrying the trademark...