As you heard this morning, EA’s Visceral Studios is working on a game based on the famous 19th century serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Our sources dropped hints about the title to us back in May, and now is a good as time as any to tell you what we've heard about The Ripper.

When you think of Jack the Ripper, you think of a psychopathic serial killer right? Well, what if everything we knew about Jack was wrong? What if Jack the Ripper was actually a good person, killing to save other people’s lives?

That’s the Jack our sources tell us you're going to experience in The Ripper. He’s a supernatural slayer protecting people from demons, vampires and other evil monsters. And seeing as how this is Visceral Studios, don’t expect your typical, played-out demons. Instead, imagine a cross between the monsters from Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno. Jack will have an assortment of over-the-top weapons to take on these demons, and we're told gameplay involves a special ability that lets him slow down time, too.

That’s all we know for now, and until EA and Visceral decide to officially unveil the title, it may be a while before we get the official word. It's likely they're trying to space out their promotion, as the team just released Dead Space: Extraction and still have Dante's Inferno on the way. They still haven’t even confirmed Dead Space 2, even though we all know it’s happening.

What do you all think of this potential re-imagining of Jack the Ripper?

Sounds fun, could be good if done right.

Since playing Dead Space I've been following this studio because it seems like they create amazing atmospheres in their games.

When I first heard about Dante's Inferno I was excited until I found out it was a God of War clone... I had higher expectations for them.

I bet they'll use the engine the used for Dante's Inferno and add slow down effects, and some other tweaks as well.

If they wanted to do something in that setting they should have made a game based on someone finding the Necronomicon or something... like all those H.P. Lovecraft books. Using Jack the Ripper is a bit of a stretch.