Gray Matter to be released next March

By Oli Welsh Published 7 October, 2009

Gabriel Knight creator's comeback.

German publisher dtp entertainment has said that it will finally release Gray Matter - the first adventure game from cult creator Jane Jensen in over a decade - in March 2010.

The PC game was originally expected in late 2007, then postponed into 2008, then suffered a further delay into 2009 when dtp replaced the original Hungarian developer with a French outfit, Wizarbox.

Gray Matter is the first game by Jensen since the conclusion of her much-loved Gabriel Knight series of supernatural mysteries with Gabriel Knight 3 in 1999. It concerns reclusive Oxford neurobiologist Dr. David Styles and his student assistant Samantha Everett, and their attempts to explain the appearance of Styles' deceased wife at his mansion, Dread Hill House.

The release date was revealed as dtp announced the voice cast for the game, including Steven Pacey, a veteran British TV actor with credits stretching back from Spooks through Lovejoy to Blake's 7.

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About Oli Welsh

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  • Kluff #1 2 years ago

    Gabriel Knight 3 wasn't really a conclusion, more the last part Jane Jensen was able to write and design before Sierra turned their back on adventure games.
    But I'm happy to see that Gray Matter will really be released, finally! :D

  • Darkjinxter #2 2 years ago

    Who'd be daft enough to buy Dread Hill House?

  • Shinetop #3 2 years ago

    "Dread Hill House"? Oh dear. What, is the main villain going to be called Dr. Morbidius McSinister?
    Edited by 1 at 07/10/09 @ 10:40

  • Kluff #4 2 years ago

    Hehe, good point. :D
    I wondered myself why the name promises so obviously that terrible things will happen.
    But Jane Jensens writing is always excellent, so it may have a reason...

  • darkmorgado #5 2 years ago

    It concerns reclusive Oxford neurobiologist Dr. David Styles and his student assistant Samantha Everett, and their attempts to explain the appearance of Styles' deceased wife at his mansion, Dread Hill House.

    I bet it ends up with the good doctor accidentally giving his wife a lethal overdose of painkilling drugs during her rehearsals for a comeback world tour.

  • Irien #6 2 years ago

    Anyone else get a strong "Alone in the Dark" vibe from those screenshots. "Interesting" camera angles, Old Dark House, period fixtures, no NPCs...

  • Kostabi #7 2 years ago

    Gabriel Knight ranks as one of my all time favourite games although ashamedly I never got around to the sequels.

    I'm really looking forward to this now.

  • toy_brain #8 2 years ago

    Never played a Gabriel Knight game, but I've still been itching to see more of Grey Matter for ages.
    Can anyone tell me what makes Jane Jensen's games stand apart from, say, Benoît Sokal's?

  • cobaltfram #9 2 years ago

    Wow, yeah, "Dread Hill House." I was interested up to that point.