Russian adventure games don't have a great track record of international releases. Nevertheless, all eyes are on Akella today as the publisher has announced production of a new supernatural mystery adventure called Night Watcher (working title).

Based on the novel of the same name by Oleg Divov, the game explores the disturbing mysteries of a small Russian town. People have been disappearing in Posolsk, while badly damaged corpses are turning up everywhere. Journalist Andrei Luzgin begins to investigate, but he's followed by someone that is "clearly not a human being", and Luzgin himself disappears after learning of scientific experiments being conducted in secret. Later, FSB lieutenant colonel Vladimir Dolinsky arrives with a secret mandate of his own: to create a vaccine for his sick wife from a genetic sample he can only find in Posolsk.

According to today's announcement, the game will feature two playable characters in a traditional third-person adventure along the lines of other supernatural mysteries like Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers and The Black Mirror. Additional details about the game can be found at the official website.

Night Watcher is currently scheduled for release this fall in Russia. Predictably, there is no immediate word on when the game might be localized for release in other markets.