Acclaim Entertainment released details about its in-development Shadowman PC game, based on the comic book character of the same name.
Shadowman is Mike LeRoi, a New Orleans hit man turned voodoo warrior who battles "a cabal of demons and their legions of otherworldly psychos" using conventional and mystical weapons. In the game, LeRoi will travel back and forth between Liveside, where the living dwell, and Deadside, an alternate reality where souls go before passing on to the next world.
The game itself is a third-person action-adventure game featuring multiple views and player-controlled camera capabilities. It's being built using the VISTa (Virtually Integrated Scenic Terrain) engine designed by Acclaim Studios' Iguana UK. The engine creates atmosphericenvironments that allow players to see as far as the horizon in any direction and to travel to any visible location in that distance.
Shadowman carries an expected early-1999 release date.