New First-Person Shooter for Nintendo DS: The Ward

Can you say creepy? Developers Renegade Kid, also know for their work on Stubbs the Zombie, today announced that they are working on a “next gen” title for the Nintendo DS (Take that Phil Harrison). The game is centered around the plight of a poor sod who finds himslef inexplicably dropped off in the middle of a creepy, nocturnal mental hospital, and must solve a series of macabre puzzles in order to escape. Not your grandmother’s typical DS fare, if you ask us, but from the look of things it is shaping up quite well. The team seem to have a good grasp on what they are trying to accomplish with the game:

“The Ward offers a completely new experience on the Nintendo DS,” said Jools Watsham, Owner and Creative Director at Renegade Kid. “We’re pushing the Nintendo DS to its’ limits, with chilling environments, demented enemy characters, and real-world weapons all realized in 3D,” added Gregg Hargrove, Owner and Art Director at Renegade Kid.

First screenshots: