The Collective, who you might remember from titles such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the more recent The Da Vinci Code, is about to embark into the next-generation of consoles. Going back into their vampire-ish history, they’ve announced they are developing an original IP titled Harker for next-gen systems.

Harker is based on the classic novel, “Dracula” and will try to send the survival horror genre into “a new and much more personal direction.” The story follows Jonathan Harker, who has vowed vengeance on all vampires after his loving wife Mina had fallen to the iconic Dracula. Players will be searching and destroying any vampires that may come in your way eliminating them with a close combat system the only way vampires can be killed.

“Harker’s goal is to bring an in-your-face, visceral, and personal style of combat to the survival horror genre,” said Nigel Cook, producer. “None of these vampires are going to die with one shot. They’re going to fight for their survival, which will give the player a huge level of satisfaction when they successfully execute one.”

Be on the lookout for Harker when it comes out in 2008.