The X-Men's fiercest hero digs his claws into retail stores globally with the release of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game from Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Marvel (NYSE: MVL). Developed by critically acclaimed studio Raven Software, the game allows players to harness Wolverine's brute strength, regenerative mutant abilities, and indestructible adamantium claws as they battle powerful forces and uncover the mysteries behind his origin. Inspired by the feature film from Twentieth Century Fox released in theaters everywhere on the same date, the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game also features the voices of some of the film's leading men: Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth) and will.i.am (John Wraith).
This is a bit nuts, but it seems to be for a good cause in the end. Activision has apparently sponsored the wolverine enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo for one year in exchange for the zoo changing their only male wolverine's name to Logan. Dead serious.
GamerDeals.net writes:
TVGB: "Does anyone follow GameStop contests regularly? Are they all as odd as their upcoming contest for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine release? There are so many awesome features about Wolverine to pick out, but GameStop has decided that their contest should be based around his hefty mutton chops. Everyone (who is male, I guess) is invited to grow out their mutton chops and post them at GameStop.com/mutton."
10 characters have been revealed so far to appear in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. On May 1st the game arrives for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC (labeled "Uncaged Edition" and M-Rated), Wii, PS2, PSP and DS.
A US columnist is out of a job after posting an online review of an illegally downloaded copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Spanish website HardGame2 writes: "If there is any doubt, Activision has confirmed that May 1 will be released in Spain (and in all Europe) the official videogame of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, based on the Fox film, also released that day in our country. The game will launch on PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable".
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is set to be released on May 1st and Dan Vondra, Project Lead at Raven Software, stopped by the Playstation.Blog today for a live chat with fans. During the chat, Vondra revealed the game's length and a few other details about the single-player campaign.
Activision has released a new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine that once again shows that Wolverine is a bad, bad man in this game. They've also revealed that GameStop pre-order customers will receive exclusive downloadable content for the game.