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.

PS3 Owners Slide Into Home Tomorrow

After all the hype, the hoopla, and the building anticipation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. finally announced that its PlayStation Home Beta service will be available to all PS3 users around the world this week. Starting tomorrow, PS3 owners will be able to download the 3D service, creating and customizing their own unique avatars while exploring Sony’s virtual community in real time and chatting things up with friends and strangers through text or voice chat.

Users will also be able to play mini-games, watch videos, and attend special events hosted by Sony or any of its partners. Home will also let users create their own communities by using the “Club” feature to create clubs with other Home users who share the same interests.

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Zack Snyder Signs 3-Game Deal with EA

The man with the plan behind the awesome film 300 has signed with EA for a 3 game deal. Filmmaker Zack Snyder will bring his unique vision to the development of three original EA games, leading the creative direction of the games while working in partnership with the production team at EA Los Angeles.

Snyder’s recent works include hit movies, “The Dawn of the Dead” and “300” and is currently working on an adaptation of “Watchmen,” the film based on the legendary comic book series, due to release in March 2009.

EA will own the right to whatever Snyder creates and will handle publishing the games worldwide. The deal was brokered on behalf of Mr. Snyder and Cruel & Unusual Films by Creative Artists Agency.

Watchmen Game Details

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that it plans to publish Watchmen, based on the feature length film (which in turn is based on the popular DC Comics series), for the PS3 and Xbox 360. the most interesting part of this announcement is that it plans to deliver the game in bits, using a episodic release model. How many episodes of the game? That was not disclosed.

The games will be set prior to the events of the film, set in an alternate 1985 timeline, where super heroes (”masks”) have been banned. The game’s story opens with a former hero looking for the truth behind the murder of one of his own, leading to a world-ending conspiracy.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment calls the game a complex, multi-layered mystery adventure featuring a deep storyline and lots of combat-focused action . The film’s creators are working closely with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to make sure that the game is an extension of the experiences found in the film.

The first episode in the Watchmen game will be released sometime in 2009. Want more Comic-Con news? Follow the link.