WP writes: "Love it or hate it, it's impossible to ignore the hype that's built up around the upcoming "Watchmen" film. Whether it's the Internet fanboys debating how accurately the movie will represent the original graphic novel or the legal back-and-forth between Warner Bros. and Fox (which was so perfectly timed that it could have easily been a publicity stunt), the "Watchmen" film has been at the forefront of the entertainment press for the last few months. It's no surprise then that a Watchmen video game is in the works. What is surprising, however, is the fact that it's not a full retail title, but rather a downloadable game that's targeted for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."
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.
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.
"A brawler? Are you serious? As a game developer you look at the Watchmen movie / graphic novel and think “Hmmm that would totally go good with a fighting game, but since Dr. Manhattan would own everybody lets make it a brawler with Rorschach and Nite Owl!” Screw you Deadline Games!" - FirstDropShow
Well, *as* a brawler, it was decent. And had better graphics than most downloadable games. And don't forget, most games take longer to make than most movies, so movie games are always rushed.
That said... yeah, it wasn't worthy of the source material.
so looking forward to this, the game AND the movie!
after just reading WATCHMEN: ABSOLUTE in preparation of the movie, I gotta say I'm SO stoked for the movie AND the game. The comic is rele deep and politcal as well as emotional. One of the strangest yet BEST comics I've EVER read. It's up there with the Sin City graphic novels. Hope the game is decent, but even if it isn't I'll still enjoy playing as Rorschach and Nite Owl II.