For now, and as part of our exclusive ongoing coverage, IGN and Sammy have teamed up to bring you a more in-depth look at the some of the more personable components of the game. Highlighted by the same internal artwork used by character designer Farzad Varahramyan and supplemented by material provided by the artist and the development team, the profiles below should provide some solid preliminary information regarding a handful of the key players and the Darkwatch organization itself. We hope you enjoy the feature and invite you back again tomorrow to check out a deeper examination of Darkwatch's multiplayer levels. Enjoy!
Jericho Cross
Outcast, outlaw, and now the Darkwatch's newest agent in their war against darkness, Jericho Cross is a doom-driven, half-vampire gunslinger. Armed with a twenty-four shot revolver and a weird array of vampire powers - including the ability to jump over buildings and laugh at bullets that would kill a mortal man - Jericho is hot on the trail of the vampire that cursed him. At stake is Jericho's soul - and the fate of the West.
Cassidy Sharp:
Orphaned as a little girl when vampires slaughtered her parents, Cassidy Sharp has devoted her life to the Darkwatch. A headstrong woman in a man's world, Cassidy harbors deep doubts about her abilities and her courage, driving her to be the most serious and dangerous agent in the Darkwatch.
Tala:
Sorceress and seer of a Native American tribe, Tala is a dark seductress who tempts Jericho to return to his outlaw ways. Possessing forbidden knowledge of the Haunted West, Tala is the key to Jericho's salvation… or his doom.
Reaper:
An animated mass of bones and hate, Reapers lust for living flesh and reveal in the screams of the dying.
Brave:
Indian warriors infused with unholy purpose, Braves stalk the night silent as shadows, and deal sudden death to those unlucky enough to cross their path.
Bandito:
Beefy with putrid decay, and with a rare hunger for terror and brutality, Banditos live only to raise hell, shooting from a distance or mixing it up at close quarters with their axe-barreled rifles.
Darkwatch Revolver:
Twenty-four shot rapid-fire revolver. Hellishly powerful at short range and brutal in hand-to-hand combat thanks to a razor-sharp axe built right into the gun butt.
Darkwatch Rifle:
Six shot, highly-accurate, fast-firing medium range weapon. An excellent balance of speed and stopping power, the Darkwatch rifle can drop a vampire in its tracks at 50 paces.
Shadow:
A four-hoofed demon in horse form, summoned from the gristle and bones of dead animals, Jericho's horse is a fearsome engine of speed and destruction.
Steamwagon:
The Darkwatch's underworld assault vehicle, equipped with anti-vampire weaponry, armor, to get into trouble … and having enough horsepower to get out of it, too.
Darkwatch Armored Train:
Cris-crossing the west in a subterranean network of secret tunnels, Armored Trains are the workhorses of the Darkwatch's literal "underground railway," transporting prisoners and rushing reinforcements to critical flashpoints in the war against darkness.