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Watchmen Episode 2 coming to PC after all

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 24, 2009 9:23 am PT

[UPDATE] The End Is Nigh will get compiled retail releases for Xbox 360 and PS3 this July; Warner Bros. reverses self on Friday, says next installment coming to PC after all.

Earlier this year, the movie comic-book Watchmen hit theaters, accompanied by the first episode of a two-part prequel game, The End Is Nigh, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today revealed some plans for The End Is Nigh Part 2 on the PS3 and 360, saying the game would be released in conjunction with the DVD and Blu-ray launches of Watchmen in July, and not only in downloadable form.

If you want to find out what happens to Rorschach and Nite Owl, you can still read the graphic novel or watch the movie.

Both parts of The End Is Nigh will be combined and offered at retail as a stand-alone title on the Xbox 360. For PS3 owners, Warner is offering Watchmen: The End Is Nigh The Complete Experience, which will include the director's-cut version of the film and both halves of the episodic game. Part 2 of The End Is Nigh will also be available on its own through Xbox Live Arcade or the PlayStation Network.

[UPDATE] On Thursday, it looked like gamers who invested $20 in the first Watchmen episode wouldn't have the option of finishing the series. That's when Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirmed to GameSpot the episode would not be released for the PC. On Friday, though, following reports on sites such as the Big Download, WBIE reversed itself, announcing the game would be available as PC DLC after all.

Developed by Deadline Games (Total Overdose, Chili Con Carnage), The End Is Nigh is a 3D action brawler featuring split-screen cooperative play for two. The game is set before the events of the film and follows film protagonists Rorschach and Nite Owl during their days as a crime-fighting duo cleaning up the streets. The game is intended to fill in backstory alluded to but never discussed in any detail in the comic and the movie.

For more on the first episode of the game, check out GameSpot's review of Watchmen: The End Is Nigh.

82 Comments

  • pakhair

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:05 am PT

    The game is plan fun.........

  • wahyudil

    Posted May 28, 2009 6:41 am PT

    I feel the fighting animation is too slow ...

  • DrunkenGoon

    Posted May 27, 2009 7:51 am PT

    I thoroughly enjoyed the first episode.. It was mindless brawler fun and for only $20 it was well worth it. No one said this was going to be some kind of epic game so no one should have went in expecting anything more.

  • DeadManRollin

    Posted May 26, 2009 9:18 pm PT

    You ignore PC as a gaming platform, and your company gets bankrupt. Example: Midway.

  • Irve

    Posted May 26, 2009 3:50 am PT

    I'm amazed that this is coming out at all .. surely after the first one people don't want to play any more ... this was a hiddiously expensive way to release a shoddy game... this is almost as ill advised as the game of Fight club

  • Mozillla

    Posted May 25, 2009 9:50 pm PT

    surpise this isn't coming for wii

  • Puckhog04

    Posted May 25, 2009 7:13 pm PT

    @Humorguy:

    What's funny about your comment is that us PC gamers get essentially every multiplat out there. A rare few come out a bit later on PC but we still get them. Whereas there's is a huge list of PC exclusives (more than any other platform, Yes, google it...PC exclusives of 2009) that do not appear anywhere but PC. Watchment The End is Nigh was an enjoyable game. Bought it off of Steam. Good to see the 2nd episode on PC (and i'm assuming on Steam and D2D). Haters can hate all they want...as EA has said, PC is the largest and most played gaming platform out there. Always has been and always will be.

  • birdgang_1

    Posted May 25, 2009 4:51 pm PT

    @pureskull123

    you mix grammar with spelling. My my, yet I'm the loser. Another example of irony.

  • pureskull123

    Posted May 25, 2009 2:39 pm PT

    @birdgang_1

    Making fun on someone elses grammar makes you sound like a total retarded geek who cannot get the poing for missing out 1 letter.

    LOSER!!!!

  • Gezquester

    Posted May 25, 2009 2:01 am PT

    Firstly Im kinda pissed that the rest of it comes after the fact, seems kind of stilly to me. Second, the prospect of the second part never being released on the pc is so ridiculous it seems unreal, like maybe it was a conspiracy or something, dont these people want to make money? Last but not least, I call BS on a complete physical release, I already got the first one… but I would prefer a disc, so I either buy the first one twice or get the second DLC, its frustrating!

  • birdgang_1

    Posted May 24, 2009 7:24 pm PT

    @Chet_Won

    Talk to me when your grammar lessons pave through. How ironic.

  • Revan_911

    Posted May 24, 2009 6:29 pm PT

    I'm glad to see some companies still respect their customers and don't crap in their mouths (EPIC GAMES).


    I might consider downloading the two games because i love Watchmen, and two of them combined for 40$ will offer plenty hours of enjoyment.

  • Chet_Won

    Posted May 24, 2009 6:27 pm PT

    birdgang your a moron I hope your happy that your computer gets this horrible game the 1st one garbage this one most likely more garbage

  • birdgang_1

    Posted May 24, 2009 6:03 pm PT

    @ Shootn This is why "consolers" should just shut the f'k up, due to them not knowing squat. They don't try PC games on "many types of pcs", they try it on ONE PC. If your computer specification is greater than or equivalent to that PC's setup, the game will work for you.

  • birdgang_1

    Posted May 24, 2009 5:59 pm PT

    @Humorguy_basic

    You're not stating the truth, you're rambling on about what PC-haters have been saying for years. Yet, PC gaming is still alive and well.

  • sheepradish

    Posted May 24, 2009 4:21 pm PT

    yes.

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted May 24, 2009 3:24 pm PT

    Great news just if you are a PC gamer, never mind if you bought the first and wanted the second. Because it says if PC gamers shout, sometimes we win, and we get a PC game release, which are few and far between nowadays!

  • XanderKage

    Posted May 24, 2009 2:47 pm PT

    Good to see they came to their sences... Though I doubt I'll get it (didn't get the first part), it's nice to see they care....

  • HOMIE_G64

    Posted May 24, 2009 12:30 pm PT

    I almost cried when they decided not to release the second portion to the PC. This is great news!

  • bormerc

    Posted May 24, 2009 10:00 am PT

    first game was good. i hope that'll be great

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