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Elite parkour athletes converged at the World Freerun Championships in London to compete and to sample and promote Mirror's Edge. Here's to the Mirror's Edge sequel I hope won't take too long to arrive!

Below - the official game launch trailer.

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^ Mirror's Edge: Use your parkour skills and vision to evade adversaries. A single misstep could mean the difference between life and death. | HD version | YouTube version

Title: Mirror's Edge
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Developer/Publisher: DICE / Electronic Arts
Game type: First person action, platformer
Theme: Parkour (free running), political dissidence

mirror's edge

Parkour suspense action - and possible simulation sickness - without the real world physical effort on your part. Releases this fall on the PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.

The story follows Faith and her struggle to free her sister from a corrupt government. Her parents were killed while protesting against the government and she was forced to grow up on the street, later becoming a runner. Faith was taught not to rely on modern forms of communication, partially because the ruthless police state prefers eavesdropping every chance they get. As Faith attempts to rescue her sister, while running messages for the criminal underworld, she gets caught up in a series of events which lead to her being pursued by the totalitarian government. Acting as Faith's guide is a mysterious character named Mercury, who will help Faith in her attempt to outwit and overcome the many government agents that are out to eliminate her.

The game's name derives from the mirror-like aesthetic of the city of tall, gleaming skyscrapers and Faith's existence on the fringes of that city along with other dissidents, who have been pushed to the edge. Though set in a seemingly utopian city environment with low crime, clean streets, and sterile architecture, it is ruled by a totalitarian government regime that conducts unbridled levels of surveillance on citizens. In this world of communications monitoring, the only way to deliver confidential information between parties is to employ couriers (called runners) to physically deliver the information.

What you see in the video above is entirely in-game and in real time, exactly how you'll experience it on your HDTV. Breathtaking. I can't wait.

Related info

Mirror's Edge official site
Wikipedia article
IGN hands on preview
Screenshots