GayGamer writes: "With its embargo lifted at last, I can dish a bit about the preview of Watchmen: The End Is Nigh that I saw a short while ago. I have to admit that despite being a Watchmen fan I had little foreknowledge about the game, under development at Deadline Games in concert with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. A brawler featuring Rorschach and Nite Owl was not what I expected, and my first reaction was disappointment, until I learned that this is the first of a series of episodic adventures, in which case the rather pared-down roster of Rorschach and Nite Owl makes more sense."
Warner Brother's DC Entertainment has been known for putting out (mostly) consistent content for years, and that includes forays into video games. Given that DC focuses a lot more on their solo characters, particularly Batman, Superman and Green Lantern, than Marvel does, its no wonder that DC has had an easier time adapting their IP's to other trans-media proprieties. While Marvel's team movie effort The Avengers has proven wildly successful, DC's Dark Knight trilogy, recent Man of Steel film and the entire animated universe helmed by DC animation veteran Bruce Timm has defined an era of superhero cartoons and direct-to-dvd animated features.
Man, DC Comics hasn't had great luck with games, has it? They had to resort to a few pretty average games to fill out the list.
A list of five classic graphic novels that could make outstanding video games, including works by Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and Jeph Loeb.
Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons revealed that he was paid a hefty sum to be a consultant on the critically-panned Watchmen: The End Is Nigh game even though he wasn’t heavily involved. Gibbons also says the game is not canon, and because of that, he was actually fine with liking and disliking parts of the game.
