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Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper

Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper

Console: Microsoft Xbox 360
TV Standard: PAL
Developer(s): Frogwares Games Development Studio
Publisher(s): Focus Home Interactive
Release Date: 2009-05-24
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: E10+ - Everyone 10+
Type: Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, developed by Ukrainian studio Frogwares and distributed by Focus Home Interactive.[7] It is the fifth game in the Sherlock Holmes series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game takes place in the London district of Whitechapel in 1888, the historical site of the Jack the Ripper murders.

Following the remastered version of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin, Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper offered the ability to play in a third-person perspective in addition to the first-person perspective. The French version of the game was released on 30 April 2009, while the English version was released on 24 May.