Paradox Interactive just released a teaser trailer for Salem at Gamescom. Check it out below to get a feeling for the tone of the upcoming free-to-play crafting MMO, which is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2012.

In Salem, players taking the roles of intrepid colonists from the Old World seeking to make lives for themselves in New England. The game features crafting, farming and building systems inspired by 17th century alchemy, as well as open PvP combat with permanent death. As Paradox puts it, "peaceful farming communities will have to remain vigilant, lest they find their way of life turned upside-down by witchcraft, thievery or even murder."