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Sammy Studios just announced an all-new online First Person Shooter for the Playstation 2 titled, Darkwatch: Curse of the West. It is a cinematic FPS with a different angle from other fps's. It blends the genres of Vampire Horror and the Wild West. How this will exactly play into the visual presentation is anybody's guess. All we can say is it's gonna take an extra flare of design style to pull this off.

Here are some details direct from Sammy:
"Darkwatch: Curse of the West introduces the Darkwatch, a secret strike-force that has vigilantly protected man from evil incarnate since the dawn of civilization. Their newest and deadliest agent is Jericho Cross, an outlaw gunslinger pulled into their ranks by an unfortunate close encounter with a vampire lord. To save the West, and his own soul from damnation, Jericho must hunt the vampire that bit him through an American frontier suddenly overrun by his undead minions. At his disposal is the advanced, deadly technology of the Darkwatch, including an arsenal of powerful assault vehicles and enhanced versions of Western weapons, along with supernatural vampire abilities and a trusty undead horse. Players will experience an action-packed “living West” in Darkwatch: Curse of the West with massive environments, non-linear missions, dynamic enemy and non-player-character artificial intelligence (A.I.) affected by a player reputation system, and precision gunplay with location-specific damage."

The game will use a wide range of weapons as well as allow for vehicles and horse mounted attacks. Also users will be able to utilize superhuman abilities. The game will feature online multiplayer for the playstation 2 and is slated for release in Q4 of 2004.