Penumbra: Overture screens, info and a vid

In my dreams… it calls me…that dark place...

Such are the words that tease gamers into knowing more about the mysterious game known as Penumbra: Overture. Developed by Frictional Games and Lexicon Entertainment, Penumbra is a first person horror adventure where your goal isn’t to slay monsters but to stay away. It’s also intended to be an episodic horror game, with the first episode set for release in early 2007.

As for the plot, not a lot of details have been given yet, but the basic premise is that you seek to uncover why your character is always drawn to this one particular place, beneath the ground and away from people. Before you can do that, however, there will be numerous puzzles to get past, creatures to evade or fight, and prayers to be had in this rather spooky game. If that sounds interesting to you, then we’ve got a teaser trailer and screenshots of the game for you to think about and ask questions.

And just so you know, penumbra means “almost a shadow” in Latin. Whether it refers to you, or what you will become if the monsters get you is up for debate, so you’ll just have to wait and see.

Video and screenshots await after the jump.

In my dreams… it calls me…that dark place...

Such are the words that tease gamers into knowing more about the mysterious game known as Penumbra: Overture. Developed by Frictional Games and Lexicon Entertainment, Penumbra is a first person horror adventure where your goal isn’t to slay monsters but to stay away. It’s also intended to be an episodic horror game, with the first episode set for release in early 2007.

As for the plot, not a lot of details have been given yet, but the basic premise is that you seek to uncover why your character is always drawn to this one particular place, beneath the ground and away from people. Before you can do that, however, there will be numerous puzzles to get past, creatures to evade or fight, and prayers to be had in this rather spooky game. If that sounds interesting to you, then we’ve got a teaser trailer and screenshots of the game for you to think about and ask questions.

And just so you know, penumbra means “almost a shadow” in Latin. Whether it refers to you, or what you will become if the monsters get you is up for debate, so you’ll just have to wait and see.