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   The fourth Sherlock Holmes adventure game bearing Frogwares' signature has already been announced by French publisher Focus Home Interactive for release in autumn 2007, after the previous chapter (The Awakened, based on Lovecraft's Cthulhu myth) appeared earlier this year. In the hope that this sudden development speed-up won't compromise the series' already-dubious quality, here are the first details revealed so far, along with the first batch of screenshots waiting to be investigated in our gallery.

   The new game is titled Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin, and it will feature two of the greatest figures in detective literature: good ol' Sherlock, and Arsène Lupin, "the gentleman thief" imagined by French writer Maurice Leblanc, and later re-imagined in various movies and even an anime series. And, of course, video games. Elementary, my dear Watson.
"This new Sherlock Holmes game sends players to 19th Century London where Arsène Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes. Lupin has announced that he plans to rob the capital of five objects of immense value over the course of five days. The objects are housed in highly prestigious locations such as the National Gallery, the British Museum, the Tower of London and even Buckingham Palace! Sherlock Holmes will have to muster all his courage and ingenuity to save England from terrible humiliation."    Aside from this scenario, there's not much to say about the gameplay that hasn't been said, seen and played before. It's a 3D adventure of sorts, taking you through famous places and prestigious landmarks full of "superb decors which have been faithfully reproduced", and "hundreds of works of art, all faithfully reproduced in their real locations". As faithfully reproduced from the announcement.