17:11 (BST), 28/03/2008

Focus Home Interactive, The Adventure Company and Frogwares are pleased to announce the first playable demo of Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, the latest episode in the critically acclaimed Sherlock Holmes adventure/detective franchise for PC.

This new demo contains several hours of gameplay and lets you play as the great detective, hot on the trail of Arsène Lupin, the famous French thief, who plans to steal a precious painting at the National Gallery in London. You will have to gather clues, investigate crime scenes, interview witnesses and display all your reasoning skills to solve the puzzles left by the gentleman burglar and keep him from stealing the painting and embarrassing Scotland Yard.

Download the demo from –

- GameSpot

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/sherlockholmesversusarsenelupin/index.html

- WorthPlaying

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=50869

- GameZone

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d21737.htm

- FileFront

http://files.filefront.com/Sherlock+Holmes+Nemesis+Demo/;9904062;/fileinfo.html

- GamersHell

http://www.gamershell.com/news_47220.html

- Focus Home Interactive

http://www.focus-files.com/demos/sh-nemesis-demo.exe

A true battle of wits between two of the greatest figures in popular literature, Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis will send 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 celebrated 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.

About Focus Home Interactive

Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such as Blood Bowl, TrackMania DS, Runaway: A Twist of Fate, Sherlock Holmes and sport games dedicated to major events such as the America’s Cup or the Tour de France.

http://www.focus-home.com/

About DreamCatcher Inc.

DreamCatcher Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software. DreamCatcher Interactive is owned by JoWooD Productions, an Austrian based video game publisher traded on the Vienna stock exchange.

Established in 1996, the company markets its products under two popular labels: DreamCatcher Games, featuring the critically-acclaimed, bestselling game Painkiller; and The Adventure Company, the number one brand for PC adventure game sales worldwide including award-winning titles such as Syberia and Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None.

DreamCatcher products include titles for Windows® as well as leading hardware platforms – the Xbox 360™, PlayStation® 3, Nintendo DS™ and Wii™.

DreamCatcher is located in Toronto, Canada.

Visit www.dreamcatchergames.com for more information.

Created in 2000, Frogwares is an independent development studio specialized in adventure video games and located in Ukraine. Thanks to a talented team of 45 artists and programmers, Frogwares realizes quality games to please adventure fans and has alternated the production of games based upon inquiry and discovery, with high licenses such as the award-winning Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne and now Dracula. The graphic quality, the technical innovation and the incredible ability to create environments and atmospheres are the spearheads of our titles.

http://www.frogwares.com