Activision unsheathes Wolverine details

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Dec 9, 2008 1:47 pm PT

First X-Men: Origins movie tie-in coming to PS3, PS2, PSP, PC, 360, Wii, and DS; will debut alongside film inspiration in May 2009.

Though it didn't participate directly in this past July's E3 Media & Business Summit, Activision held its own event just blocks away. During the week of the annual game-industry convention, the company also made several announcements, including the development of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The game will be based on the forthcoming film of the same name starring Hugh Jackman, who--judging by the first screenshot--is lending his likeness to the game.

Wolverine the game....

At the time of the Wolverine reveal, the only detail Activision would give was that the game was in development at Madison, Wisconsin-based studio Raven Software (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance). Today, the Guitar Hero-driven half of top third-party publisher Activision Blizzard announced a bevy of details about the game, including its platforms and launch date. It will arrive alongside the forthcoming film in May 2009. Amaze Entertainment (Crash of the Titans, Call of Duty: Roads to Victory) is developing the PSP, DS, Wii, and PS2 editions of the game, with Raven handling the PS3, 360, and PC versions.

The X-Men Origins game will trace Wolverine's backstory beyond the film, which sees the long-lived, fast-healing Canadian mutant subjected to horrific experiments by a shadowy military agency. After surviving the "Weapon X" program--which gave him both indestructible bones and retractable, razor-sharp claws--the hero escapes to the jungles of Africa, one of several real-world locales that Activision says will be re-created. Further plot details were scant, and no mention was made of Wolverine's half-brother and fellow mutant Sabretooth, a major character in the film played by Liev Shcreiber (The Manchurian Candidate).

...Wolverine the movie.

Gameplay details were thin, with the announcement saying that Wolverine would be an action game with an emphasis on melee combat, complete with combos and finishing moves. Fans of the X-Men franchise will be hoping for an improvement on Activision's last game based on the character, 2003's poorly received X2: Wolverine's Revenge.

72 Comments

  • starduke

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 1:42 pm PT

    Nooooooo! I jsut went on the Nintendo site for the DS version and they have screen shots for the DS version of X-men Origins Wolverine. They are the worst screenshots I have EVER seen! They make Wolvie look like a dork, not the bad dude he is! They actually did it! They wrecked Wolverine! At least on they did on the DS. I hope the PC version is good! Please, Please let the PC version be good! I hate to have to say it, but Wolverine DS is a total fail! We should have a funeral if the other games are this bad. I don't know for what, though. The Wolverine game or for Activision.

  • starduke

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 12:21 pm PT

    I hope this game is good. Wolverine deserves a really good game. So, did Spider-Man, and most of his games are bad. Hey, you're right jadefury27, Wolvie was in THPS 3. Spidey was in THPS 2. Was there a Marvel character in THPS 1? I liked to skate as Spidey and Wolvie. Wolvie was also in the X-men Legends games (duh, starduke, he is an X-man), which were the predasessors of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. I have the second one for PC, and Wolvie's good in that. Not the main character, though. This game is before the X-men, so Wolvie can really be a berserker in this. None of this were're the good guys, so we don't kill kind of stuff. When ever Wolvie's hanging out with the X-men he's pretty tame. Compare the X-men books with him in them to the stand alone Wolvie title. Not the new Old Man Logan storyline, though. The ones before that. He actually kills with his claws!
    Wolvie is one bad dude.

  • masha2932

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 3:56 pm PT

    Hope the ps2 version is decent. I know the ps2 is on its deathbed, but it isn't much to ask for a good version. Fingers crossed

  • MX6_007

    Posted Feb 4, 2009 8:36 pm PT

    Thats great its coming on PS2 coool cool coooooooooooool iam waiting 4 that 1

  • sage_spartan

    Posted Dec 15, 2008 12:38 am PT

    weapon x didnt give wolverine the claws... do your research.

  • necronaux

    Posted Dec 11, 2008 11:42 am PT

    Hey! Another video game based on a movie. Didn't see that coming.

  • Duvendor

    Posted Dec 11, 2008 10:48 am PT

    "...with Raven handling the PS3, 360, and PC versions." I think that will be a game much more like The Darkness or "God of War" type. I´ll hope they do a great job even with the schedule delivery so short.

  • Flat_Line_____

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:22 pm PT

    dlaury Posted Dec 10, 2008 1:34 am ET I hope it's not another x:men legends, marvel ultimate alliance, fantastic four type game. I'm pretty sick of those Baldur's Gate clone comic book games. Something with better graphics, better story, and most definitely a better playing mechanic, maybe 3rd person shooter style, would be nice. Just not another overhead dungeon crawler...
    ==============================================
    Exactly, Needs to be a over the shoulder 3rd person cam or shooter style like you said. For some reason the games with popular characters from sources outside of games never really get up-close and personal with the main character. And for all the close combat that is sure to be in this game I think that kind of cam would lend to a more visceral feel.

  • Hekynn

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 5:49 pm PT

    Man they better do a better do a good job on this one

  • Alphamale001

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 11:35 am PT

    cid_007, awesome!

    Man I hope this game is good. Movie tie-in games have been really lackluster lately, save for a few. Hopefully this can bust through the sloppy developed mold and be a fantastic game. How hard can it be? It has sweet chops, metal claws and one pissed off man. Sounds like all the makings of a stellar game.

  • kingeliran

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 11:17 am PT

    actully there is an old game about wolverine and it was pretty good at his time, maybe this one will be good to, maybe it will come out like iron man or the hulk (sucky)
    we will have to wait and see...

  • jammer06

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 11:13 am PT

    HEY WHO KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE BETTER THAN THE OTHER X-MEN GAME THEY CAME UP WITH

  • Henninger

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 10:35 am PT

    Its gonna suck.

  • InvisibleImam

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 9:58 am PT

    Another lazy port by activision!!

  • AngelCage-2

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 9:20 am PT

    Is a shame that Wolvie will NOT have a great man anytime soon... a shame.

  • Mr_AB

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 9:18 am PT

    does anyone else agree they need to make a ballin x-men game like the arcade game from the 90's? i could have played that game forever and it was basic... great melee, each mutant had a special power, and it was fun playing with friends... actually, is that available for any system? even the nes, super new, etc.? i would love to have it

    and yeah this game will probably blow

  • ngboy

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 8:51 am PT

    movie based videogames for the most part suck because they're usually rushed to coincide with the release of the actual movie. this case will be no different.

  • The_Fell_One

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 8:37 am PT

    I think it's hilarious that they're doing a timed release with the movie when that's exactly what earned this game's predecessors such poor marks.

  • shadowblade99

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 8:08 am PT

    I'm not going to hold my breath on this game. But I'll keep an eye on it. Wolverine is one of my all time favs from the marvel line up.

  • nappan

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 7:44 am PT

    @jadefury27: Definitely a matter of quality gameplay here... because otherwise it's just a brawler with claws and healing. Riddick was a great example of how the few special qualities of a character shine most when the emphasis is on quality gameplay and storytelling. Alas... I fear this game is doomed if we pay attention to the history of the franchise.

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