Codemasters announced today that it
has launched the first in a series of videos profiling each of the members of the
Jericho squad in Clive Barker's Jericho), the upcoming Action/Horror FPS. The
lead video features the fiery combat skills of heavy weapons expert and pyromancer
Sgt. Frank Delgado, and is now available for download from
Gamer's Hell
.
The Jericho squad is a seven-man strike force for the U.S. Department of Occult
Warfare, sent into the Middle Eastern city of Al-Khali to investigate an intense
level of paranormal activity. Throughout Clive Barker's Jericho, gamers will play
as, and be able to switch between the different members of the Jericho squad - each
of them skilled in their own modern warfare tactics and weapons, as well as individual
para-psychological disciplines, including telekinesis, blood magic, exorcism and
more.
Sgt. Frank Delgado is the Jericho squad's heavy weapons expert and Pyromancer -
which can be roughly translated as "one who speaks with fire". In Delgado's case,
the fire he speaks with is an entity of living flame that he says is Ababanili,
a Chickasaw flame spirit. After contacting the spirit, Delgado offered it his right
arm as a sacrifice to win its cooperation, which it accepted. The creature of flame
now lives as a parasite on Frank's arm, encased and contained in a large metal sleeve
that is covered in arcane symbols (courtesy of Sgt. Church) and is curiously warm
to the touch.
