Lucius: The Pint-Sized Demonic Hitman

There have been all sorts of horror games over the years, including plenty that made no sense at all, but never have I seen one that lets you play as the archetypal "creepy child" from various works of horror fiction. An oversight, perhaps. It's all to change come "Q4 2011", however, as Lucius sees you playing as the son of the devil, given the task to kill all the residents of a mansion without letting anyone guess that you are responsible. Interesting concept right? From the looks of things it's taking a leaf or two out of Agent 47's notebook, and has nods to The Exorcist and The Shining in this sinister trailer from Gamescom:

It looks a little rough around the edges to me, but interesting always trumps high end graphics, and it's going to be a budget release anyway (here's a £12.99 preorder for any over-eager UKers).

Official info dump:

Lucius is the son of the devil who has to clear the mansion of it’s residents. To do this he must orcastrate “accidents” without anyone suspecting him of any foul play. The player starts as Lucius and must cleverly devise these incidents from simple household items. Every time he succeeds he will gain supernatural powers to help him take full control.

His growing supernatural powers may be used in various ways. He will eventually become able to control objects and people with mind power, move objects around without touching them. Lucius even has the incredible mind power to dictate weak people into causing destruction and pain.

He was born 6th of June in 1966 and when he had lived his sixth year on earth, he finally started to show signs of his true origin.

The mansion is full of unrevealed mysteries that paint a story behind the family and how it became tangled with evil, but what is already clear is that Lucifer had taken the soul of the boy and replaced it with his own blood.

There's a year old trailer here too, if you're gagging for more footage.