Folklore

Wanted: Designs for a new Folklore™ character

Online competition winner will see their design become an in-game character for the supernatural PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) thriller * We’re looking for a new inhabitant for the Netherworld – will you be its creator?

• Legendary Executive Producer Okamoto-San to sit on Game Republic judging panel

• Enter your design at eu.playstation.com before 22nd October to enter

If you’re an imaginative gamer with a taste for the otherworldly then Folklore on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) is for you. The skilfully-woven tapestry of colourful landscapes and characters, gripping supernatural storyline and intuitive, motion-sensitive gameplay takes place in the mysterious Netherworld – a supernatural realm populated by Folks whose powers must be captured and harnessed in order to survive. There are over 100 Folk, each with their own unique personalities and individual style of combat – and now we want gamers to provide one more.

That’s right – we’re looking for one more Folk to inhabit the Netherworld, and we’re running an online competition to find the budding artist who can design the character. If you can conceive of a supernatural creature worthy of sitting alongside the gelatinous Agar Agar, the spike-furred Bugaboo, the boulder-bodied Spriggan or the cavern-mouthed Fomoire, we want you to send us your design. Full entry details can be found at eu.playstation.com. The winning design will be turned into a real, in-game Folk by developers Game Republic – and will be downloadable from the PLAYSTATION®Store.

Entries will be judged by a panel from Japan’s Game Republic studios that will include Yoshiki Okamoto, a.k.a. Okamoto-San - the iconic Executive Producer of smash hits Resident Evil™, Devil May Cry™ and Genji™. The competition will run from September 28th to October 22nd – so get busy designing.

To see more of Folklore, head to PLAYSTATION®Network now to download the new playable demo that will provide the clearest indication yet of the adventures waiting for characters Ellen and Keats as they search for answers to a 17 year old mystery in the village of Doolin and the Netherworld beyond.

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Press release (28th September 2007)

Travel through a mysterious gateway to the Netherworld.

The vision of legendary game creator Yoshiki Okamoto (executive producer for Onimusha™, Devil May Cry™ and Resident Evil™), Folklore is a brand new action adventure title for PS3.

A letter from a dead mother, a mysterious phone call and a forgotten childhood lead Ellen, a young woman, and Keats, a journalist working for a paranormal magazine, to Doolin - a sleepy Irish village that hides a gateway to the Netherworld and the answers to a 17-year-old mystery.

You play as either of the lead characters as you venture into a series of seven outlandish realms, each packed with nightmarish creatures. Your goal is to speak with the dead, whose memories hold the key to unravelling the past.

The key to progressing in the game is to capture the various Folks - the nightmarish creatures that inhabit the Netherworld - harnessing and combining their powers to defeat strong enemies.

• Play as either Ellen or Keats, each with their own play styles and individual storylines.
• Over 100 unique creatures - the Folks - each with unique powers and abilities to capture and create your own combat strategy.
• Capture enemies using the unique functionality of the SIXAXIS Wireless Controller - latch onto creatures and reel them in by flicking the Wireless Controller at the right moment.

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uk.playstation.com