The Warriors come out to play-yay on Facebook

The Warriors cult classic film is now a game app on Facebook, based on a fast and loose interpretation of the 1970’s cult classic film of the same name from Paramount. The film deals with the New York gang, The Warriors, trying to get home after being accused of killing an influential gang leader. Hijinx involving baseball bats and broken bottles ensue.

The app, located at apps.facebook.com/warriorsstreetbrawl, lets you choose one of the gangs from the film and start brawling your friends - if you score enough victories you’ll move up in rank, but if you lose, you have to retire to clear your name. Users can vote on the battles and see who gets crowned the true overlord of New York.

Good luck.

The Warriors: Street Brawl now available

Paramount Digital Entertainment’s The Warriors: Street Brawl is now available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Just in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the cult-classic film, The Warriors, the XBLA game lets players become a Warrior and brawl their way through gang-infested New York City trying to make it all the way back to Coney Island. In conjunction with the game release, Paramount Digital Entertainment has also launched The Warriors: Street Brawl Facebook app which allows users to challenge their friends and compete to determine who is the true Overlord of New York.

True to the storyline of the movie, The Warriors: Street Brawl begins at the gang summit in Van Cortland Park, where Cyrus, leader of all the gangs is assassinated. The players’ gang, The Warriors, are wrongfully accused of the murder, forcing the gang to attempt to leave Manhattan. On their way back to Coney Island, players will encounter hordes of rival gangs out to get revenge. Players take on the role of one of the iconic Warriors including Swan, Cochise, Vermin and Rembrandt, as they fight to uphold the gang’s reputation.

As gamers battle their way through the city, they will be able to build their entourage of Warriors by unlocking new playable characters including Mercy and Ajax. To overcome their enemies as they battle through each gameplay mission and mode, gamers can draw on an arsenal of weapons such as knives, bats, crowbars, 2×4’s and Molotov cocktails. This ultimately will lead to the epic beach showdown against Luther, the devious leader of The Rogues.

The Warriors; Street Brawl is now available to download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points. The new Facebook app can be found here.

The Rundown: Feb. 6, 2009

The screen above is from the excellent Left 4 Dead parody, Left 4 Speed - you can check it out on YouTube. Just wanted to share. Now onto today’s news:

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