Tuesday, July 21, 2009

DVD News: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces the Launch of Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2: A Hybrid Offering for PLAYSTATION®3: Game a



Episodic Street Brawler Based on ‘Watchmen’ Film Available in Multiple Formats for All Gamers


Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, the second of two episodic action videogames based on the Watchmen film, launches today on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and as a Blu-ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid - Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience - in conjunction with Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD of the Watchmen: Director’s Cut. Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, is offered in an innovative retail Blu-Ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid, as well as additional retail and downloadable formats in North America.

Providing Watchmen fans with a variety of purchase options, the game will be offered in the following formats.

  • Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience is a distinct, retail Blu-ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid which will include the Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 video game and the Watchmen: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray. This two-disc collectible set of the action-packed blockbuster includes an additional 25 minutes of footage not seen in theaters and exclusive artwork in a premium collector’s package. Both the game and Blu-ray disc are playable on the PLAYSTATION®3 entertainment system. Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience launches today for a retail price of $49.99.
  • Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 is available today for the first time as a single game on Xbox 360 for $29.99.
  • Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 will be available for download on PC on July 29 and PlayStation®Network on July 30 for a retail price of $14.99, and on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360 on August 26 for 1200 Microsoft Points.

Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 is a hardcore mature action brawler featuring bloody visceral combat in settings which are reminiscent of the film. Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 1 takes place more than a decade before the film’s main story, delving into the partnership of urban vigilantes Rorschach and Nite Owl before the hero-banning Keene Act. In Part 2 the duo teams up again as Rorschach contacts Nite Owl to help solve the case of a missing girl, Violet Greene.

The game features a split screen co-op multiplayer option in addition to a single-player experience with an A.I. partner. Staying true to the tone of the Watchmen world, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 features stunning graphics in gritty settings. Players can battle as many as twenty enemies at the same time in bloody, intense street-fighting action. Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 feature nine chapters of gut-wrenching action, including locales from the film, allowing for hours of intense gameplay and a fully developed storyline.

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