This video of Penumbra: Overture, the first episode in a spooky PC adventure game set in an underground facility in Greenland, offers a glimpse of Penumbra's impressive physics gameplay.

Dull as that m♚ay sound, this eerie survival-horror title promises some thoughtful and heavily atmospheric action. Hit the movies taꦕb above to watch the footage.

Above: Penumbra isn't your usual trigger-happy action - enemies are to be feared and avoiding combat is your best defence

Alert gamers may recognize Penumbra from its previous incarnation as a downloadable freebie. Overture has been beefed up with new gameplay features, including a melee combat system, stronger and more intell🐼igent physics gameplay, and acts as the first episode in the series, with two more adventures to follow after the game's release next year.

For a taster, download the game from the ♏developer's website 🐻or take a peek at the screenshots we've collated on our images tab above.

December 1, 2006