Sherlock  Holmes fans, take heart: CDV Software Entertainment USA and IGN have joined forces to bring you the 3D mystery adventure game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.  The game is now available for purchase and download via IGN's Direct2Drive digital distribution channel service. Mario Kroll, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CDV Software Entertainment USA, seemed particularly thrilled about the move...

Find out why after the jump!

cdv Software Entertainment USA and Focus Home Interactive have announced that a new demo for their upcoming PC title Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is now out and about and ready for your downloading pleasure.

The demo contains roughly an hour's worth of gameplay and weighs in at around 495MB. It'll give players a firsthand look at how Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened will go as they investigate crime scenes, interview witnesses and search for and examine various clues.

The full game will, of course, offer deeper and more complex mysteries that those found in the demo. If you're looking for this sort of puzzling and mind-chilling adventure, be sure to check out the game when it hits retail outlets in the U.S. on September 4. For a list of download sites, click on the read link below.

Take out your deerstalker hats, your magnifying glasses, and your pipes (though that last thing is optional) and set out on another adventure with detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.

This upcoming video game from Frogwares Studios delves into a dark mystery which concerns supernatural events. Well, Sherlock Holmes is on the case and we all know he's always bent on solving those that come to his attention. The new screenshots we have feature the dark and creepy world of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, as well as some other friendlier locations to be found in game. Okay, so they don't look very friendly but it sure beats a place with a corpse.

Anyway, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened will be coming to these shores in a couple months so if you're interested in solving a mystery, watch out for more news. In the meantime, check out the screenshots.

More screenshots after the jump!

The game's afoot and who better to solve the mystery than the great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes himself? Frogwares Studios' third Sherlock Holmes video game will also be distributed by CDV Software Entertainment along with Focus Home Interactive.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened will center on the detective tackling a mystery surrounding supernatural events concerning the Old Gods. It has mixed the elements of the Cthulhu mythos and the classic mystery solving of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective. Reportedly, the game will be on a first person perspective (which will certainly bring the sense of being immersed in the game) but will still have the point and click elements of the previous adventure games.

This PC game will be stalking to the shelves in North America come September. We'll be shelling out more information on this once the clues become available. So put on your deerstalker caps and stay tuned for Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.

It's been quite a while since we last updated you guys on the goings on in Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. So to make up for that hiatus, we wanna share with you guys this batch of brand spankin' new screens courtesy of Focus Home Interactive.

Eerie images, huh? How can it not be when the game will require you to "wade through the madness and horrors" as you try to make sense of the rational and supernatural combination? And with more than 60 characters you'll encounter in five universes, you'll be able to make full use of more than 50 objects to try and solve the cases you'll be faced with.

More info about the game can be found here and if you want a preview of the game in action, you might wanna check out the game's trailer that we featured earlier. But since you're here already and we know you wanna see more of The Awakened, the rest of the new screens for you to ogle at are over at Full Article. Enjoy!

Mystery-solving games don't die, they spawn more intriguing games guaranteed to test your crime-solving skills. Take the case of Sherlock Homes: The Awakened. This is the third game in the series developed by Frogware Studio, a testament to the popularity of the mystery game genre.

Publisher Focus Home Interactive already gave us a little bit of info about the new features of the game, and gave us an intriguing trailer to boot. To further immerse us into the world of Sherlock Holmes, the publisher dished out just enough info to keep us interested in the game.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened brings two opposing universes together: the rational vs. the supernatural. It's up to you to "wade through the madness and horrors" as you take on the role of the brilliant detective.

On a typical London day, Doctor Watson brings news of the mysterious disappearance of a young Maori maid. As the curious detective, Holmes discovers the first clues leading to the kidnapping. He soon finds out that there are more cases of kidnappings. All signs point to a powerful organization. However, the absence of ransom demands puzzles Holmes. Further investigation leads Holmes to a sect that worships the god Cthulhu. This is where the rational meets the supernatural.

As Sherlock Holmes, you need to interact with over 60 characters to piece together hundreds of clues. It may sound a bit easy, but when fear sets in, you need more than just logical reasoning to get you through terrifying environments and situations. It's up to you to find your focus and discover the truth.

If you're into some old school mystery-solving action, then Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is the game for you. Brought to you by Frogwares Studio, this third installation of the adventures of the famous Sherlock Holmes promises to plunge you into a deeper form of excitement and adventure.

Play the part of Sherlock as you investigate mysterious disappearances, which seem to be related to the practices of the sect of Cthulhu disciples. Of course, the ever-loyal Dr. Watson will be there with you throughout your endeavor.

While the game sticks true to the trademark magnifying glass-wielding style of Sherlock, it also brings in a modern touch with its 3D environment, thereby allowing you to be immersed both as an active participant, and at the same time as a spectator. Solve puzzles along the way, for you to gain more evidence that will lead you to the answer.

With more than 60 characters in five universes to interact with, there sure is a lot of ground to cover to get to the bottom of the mystery. And with more than 50 objects at your disposal, to use and combine, you'll be sure to find something that will ultimately bring you to the answer.

Check out game trailer right here. You can also view more of the screenshots after the jump!

Download: [Sherlock Holmes Trailer]