Second Watchmen game dated, priced

As you probably already know, the second game based on The Wathmen film is due for release at the end of July on various platforms. To take advantage of the upcoming Blu-Ray release, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is offering the second title, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, in various formats.

Developed by Deadline Games A/S and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Watchmen: The End is Nigh is a mature themed action brawler featuring visceral combat in settings taken from and inspired by 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 Keene Act sent them all underground. In Part 2, the duo team up again to help solve the case of a missing girl, Violet Greene.

Gamers who weren’t turned off by the first game will be able to get the Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience, a retail Blu-ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid which will include Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 and the Watchmen: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray. This includes an additional 25 minutes of footage not seen in theaters, available only on Blu-ray and DVD. The two-disc collectible set will also feature exclusive artwork in a premium package. The game will be playable on the PS3. The Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience will be available on July 21 for a suggested retail price of $49.99.

Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 will be released as a single game available for the Xbox 360 on July 21 for a suggested retail price of $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 suggested retail price of $14.99 and on Xbox LIVE Arcade on August 26 for 1200 Microsoft Points.

Rock Band Judas Priest tracks June 9

Harmonix announced that 12 tracks from heavy metal rockers Iron Maiden will be added June 9 to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PS3 and the Wii. The release of these downloadable tracks coincides with the U.S. release of Flight 666 on Blu-ray and DVD as well as a double-CD soundtrack album and limited edition double-vinyl picture disc. Flight 666 documents the first leg of Maiden’s legendary SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR, which took them 50,000 miles around the planet, playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days.

One of the stars of the movie is the band’s customized Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew and 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, a fully qualified and active Airline Captain with Astraeus Airlines.

Aces High (live) Flight 666 (2009)

2 Minutes to Midnight Powerslave (1984)

The Trooper Piece of Mind (1983)

Wasted Years Somewhere in Time (1986)

The Number of the Beast The Number of the Beast (1982)

Run to the Hills The Number of the Beast (1982)

Can I Play With Madness Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

The Clairvoyant Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

Powerslave Powerslave (1984)

Fear of the Dark (live) Flight 666 (2009)

Hallowed Be Thy Name (live) Flight 666 (2009)

Iron Maiden (live) Flight 666 (2009)

The Iron Maiden tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Iron Maiden Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PS3. These tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks only for Wii.

Resident Evil: Degeneration DVD Dated and Detailed

Lately it’s seemed like all the talk of the Resident Evil universe has been focused on the next entry in the video game series, Resident Evil 5. That’s not all the zombie fightin’ fun that Capcom has lined up though. You might remember that Sony and Capcom have also teamed up for Resident Evil: Degeneration, the upcoming direct-to-DVD CGI film set within the established RE universe. Today, Sony dished out some details on the upcoming flick, including its official release date and the features to be included on the DVD.

The story in Resident Evil: Degeneration focuses on fan favorites Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield, as they fight off flesh devouring zombies rampaging throughout Harvardville Airport. The film is produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi (associate producer of the Resident Evil: Apocalypse movie and producer of the Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 4 video games) and directed by Makoto Kamiya (special effects director of L: Change The World and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack).

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Dead Space Film Oct. 28

Anchor Bay Entertainment’s animated film based on EA’s upcoming horror survival action game, Dead Space, will be hitting retail at the end of this month. The film was directed by Chuck Patton, and features the voices of Bruce Boxleitner, Kelly Hu, Keith Szarabajka, Jim Cummings and Kevin Michael Richardson. The film was animated and produced by Film Roman, (The Simpsons, King of the Hill). More important than all the name recognition (mind you your exposure to that is limited considering the big star of this film is the aging Bruce Boxleitner), is how the movie ties into the comic book and the game on which it is based. Dead Space: Downfall attempts to bridge the gap in the narrative between the Dead Space comic series and the game.

In the film, a deep-space mining ship called the USG Ishimura has recovered an ancient religious artifact. Unfortunately this object ,which would seem to prove the existence of a higher power, should not have been removed from its resting place. Once aboard the ship, the object unleashes a dangerous alien race that is hell-bent on possessing every crew member, turning them into indescribable monstrosities until no one is left to resist. The ship takes on a whole new atmosphere as the remaining crew members struggle to stay alive and keep their insanity as the alien menace twists and mutate once familiar faces into monsters..

Find out more about the film by visiting Amazon.com. The animated straight-to-DVD-and-Blu-ray release will hit stores on October 28. The game will be released on October 14 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.