New screens have arrived for Highlander: The Video Game. We can only guess that these screens mark the places and events in history that will be playable in the game. Check out the shots in the full article.

Last year, Eidos Interactive announced that they were working on a Highlander-based video game of the same name for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the PC. Fans of the Highlander franchise will be happy to know that the game is slated for launch within the year and a few more bits of information about the game have been revealed.

Check out the full article for more details on the game.

"There shall be only one." Sounds familiar? Yes, it's from the long standing Highlander franchise, which has five movies to its name, not to mention a string of releases in other media like TV, novels and comics. Now it's coming to the world of video games. Watch the first ever trailer for Highlander: the Game in the full article.

Eidos Interactive announced today that it has acquired the services of developer Widescreen Games to provide Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC players a video game based from the Highlander universe. The new title will also be called Highlander and it's going to be a third-person action adventure one.

According to Eidos, players will come in as one of the Immortals amidst his battles against other Immortals across epic and historical locations such as New York, the Highlands, and even Pompeii, Japan. Aside from the already mentioned, here are the other information provided by Eidos:

• Four distinct environments and 18 missions - Play in NY (near future), Pompeii before the eruption, Highlands in the medieval ages and Japan during the Samurai era - Epic Engine for high quality graphics
• Three weapons to master - Katana, Claymore, and Double Sword
• Nine navigation features - Dagger climbing, Ropes, Dynamic ladders, Swan dive, Freefall, Traverse climbing, Cannonball, Beams, Ziplines
• Quickening techniques - Resurrection, Chi balance (stamina), Weapon Mastery (Fireblade, Wind Fury, Stone Armor), Channelling the Source (charge up for powerful attacks)
• 77 characters - New main character – Owen McLeod, Familiar characters from series/movies (Methos)

The availability of Highlander for all platforms is still unclear as of now with Eidos Interactive promising to release the game some time in 2008. While waiting for more updates, just enjoy the first batch of screenshots below.

See the rest of the screenshots after the jump!