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.: July 21, 2009.: July 24, 2009.: July 28, 2009 (PS3).: July 29, 2009 (X360),Mode(s),Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is an episodic video game series that serves as a prequel to the of the. The game was originally announced for release in downloadable installments on, and, with the first one released in March 2009 to coincide with the film's theatrical release. The second episode was released in July and August 2009.Both episodes were released together on disc on July 21, 2009 for. A limited edition of the PlayStation 3 version was released billed as 'The Complete Experience', which also included the extended Director's Cut version of the film in format. Contents.Gameplay The game allows players to take on the roles of either or in single player or cooperative multiplayer.

Rorschach and Nite Owl are the only playable characters in the game's first episode, which comprises six 'chapters.' Cutscenes that look like animated comic panels, similar to those seen in the released on, bookend each chapter. Two of the film's actors, and, provide their voices for their characters Nite Owl and Rorschach, respectively. The game features a mix of beat-em-up and puzzle gameplay, with the two characters having different strengths and abilities. Rorschach is faster with unconventional attacks and makes use of improvised weapons like crowbars and baseball bats; Nite Owl is slower but has a solid martial arts method and uses technological devices, such as 'screecher bombs', and the grappling gun. The characters must work cooperatively to pass puzzles and defeat enemies.The game is set in 1972 during the (for the film adaptation, The Watchmen) era. The first chapter of the game is a tutorial taking place while Rorschach and Nite Owl infiltrate a prison.

Underboss, a villain mentioned in the comic book, appears in the game, as do other adversaries who are only mentioned or briefly shown in flashbacks in the original comic. Nite Owl's flying craft, Archimedes, appears, though the player never has control over it during the game.An article on Comicmix.com emphasized the game's focus on teamwork between the two characters: in single-player mode, the AI controls the other character aside from the main character, while the game can be played in Local Co-op with two players as both characters. The article also mentioned there would be no online Co-op mode.Plot The End Is Nigh takes place during the Crimebusters era (renamed Watchmen for the film adaptation), when Rorschach and Nite Owl II were crime-fighting vigilantes before the Keene Act passed in 1977. Upon hearing a police bulletin, Nite Owl and Rorschach make their way to prison to help quell the rioting that has erupted there.Once there, they find out the riots were a ruse to cover up the escape of The Underboss, a crime lord.

They make their way to a bar, the Rumrunner, and question one of the patrons to find out who orchestrated the escape. They find out Jimmy the Gimmick was behind it, so they chase him down the docks to an abandoned amusement park. They corner him on the tracks of a roller coaster, where someone activates the carts to try to kill Jimmy.

Nite Owl holds them back with his grappling hook but a mysterious sniper shoots the cable, causing the carts to fly right into Jimmy, causing him to be severely injured. Before his fall off the roller coaster, Jimmy managed to tell them the Underboss is in his old hideout in the sewers, so after calling an ambulance for Jimmy, that is where Nite Owl and Rorschach go.They don't find him, but they do find a missing FBI associate director, tied up and bleeding heavily, seemingly tortured.

He tells them that someone (who the heroes presume to be Underboss) means to kill two reporters, and, the would-be informers of the Watergate scandal. Upon leaving the sewers, Nite Owl and Rorschach are ambushed by the police, Rorschach chiming in that they have been set up.They fight their way through them to get to the construction site where Felt told them Underboss is, only to find that the reporters are already dead. Underboss claims he had nothing to do with it, that he was set up. The duo chases him up the construction site and manages to corner him, but snipes him from afar. It turned out the Comedian was the mastermind behind all the events, working on behalf of the American government to cover up the Watergate Scandal (a reference to a comment made about Woodward and Bernstein by the Comedian in both the graphic novel and film).In Part 2, Rorschach sets on the trail of a missing girl named Violet Greene. With a reluctant Nite Owl in tow, they infiltrate a seedy strip club, where they discover that the kidnapper is the Twilight Lady, an old flame of Nite Owl's.

They break into her mansion (which acts as a high class brothel) and discover that Violet enjoys being a prostitute, however Rorschach claims that she may have been brainwashed. Nite Owl says that if Violet is there of her 'own free will' then there is nothing that they can do. Rorschach disagrees, and the pair chase Twilight Lady through the mansion, before she is thrown into a skylight. The ending of the chapter depends upon the outcome of the final battle (between Nite Owl and Rorschach). If Nite Owl wins, then he throws Rorschach through the skylight and rescues Twilight Lady before ordering her to leave town and never return. If Rorschach wins, however, he throws Nite Owl to one side and shoots Twilight Lady with the harpoon gun, killing her.

Whichever character is the victor, the game ends with the partnership between Nite Owl and Rorschach being severed, and Nite Owl teaming up with the Comedian to quell a riot (an event which is depicted both in the graphic novel, and the film).Development was announced to be publishing two downloadable games during the theatrical and DVD releases of the 2009 film, with serving as developer. Took this low-key approach to adapting the film to avoid rushing the game on this tight schedule, as most film games are panned by critics and gamers., the comic's artist, was an advisor for the game.announced the title of the game to be Watchmen: The End Is Nigh and had the game as its cover story for December 2008.A teaser trailer premiered on show on December 14, 2008. Reception Part 1 Watchmen: The End Is Nigh - Part 1Review scoresPublicationScoreB−B−B−N/A5/105/10N/AN/A3/106.5/106.5/106.5/10N/A4.9/10N/AGameZoneN/AN/A6.5/10N/AN/A5.5/105.5/105.5/10N/AN/A7/1071%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A34%N/ATeletext GameCentralN/AN/A4/10N/A4/10N/AAggregate score61/5/100Part 1 received 'mixed' reviews on all platforms according to the website. 's review stated that Part 1 was a 'decent HD-generation beat-em-up' but cautioned that 'as gorgeous as everything is, it's also repetitive.' Said that co-op was fun, but that they were disappointed no online co-op was given. 's Daniel Wilks commended Part 1 for its 'rain effects and shadow and character models' as well as its 'decent fighting engine'.

However, he criticized it for 'repetitive action and level design and being not particularly difficult'. Video game talk show 's two presenters gave it 4 and 5 out of 10.gave the PlayStation 3 version an unfavorable review and called it 'a distressingly shallow videogame in which there's nothing for players to do but beat the living crap out of everyone they see.' Gave the same console version four stars out of ten, saying, 'The game requires very little in the way of strategy or timing - just mashing on the attack buttons is more than enough to get you through half the game.

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A collaboration between The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, will release on July 13, it has been confirmed. Along with the news, a new gameplay trailer has been uploaded by Glaiel, offering a more substantial serving of footage than previous videos.For anyone who played and loved Super Meat Boy – which McMillen worked on – this looks essential. Even the movement of player-character Ash looks similar to that oddly loveable chunk of meat, though the levels don't appear to scroll, instead switching to different screens.Whether the game holds surprises or whether it is, indeed, a fairly straightforward platformer is besides the point: I think it's gonna be good.

Here's the video.