Battleship Setting Co-Ordinates for Consoles This Spring

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Richard Walker

It's official. Hollywood has finally ran out of original ideas. Now they're remaking bloody board games for crying out loud! And to coincide with the release of the Battleship movie based upon the classic game of tactical naval warfare and starring Liam Neeson and Taylor Kitsch, Activision and developer Double Helix are bringing the video game to a console near you this spring.

Also entitled Battleship, the game of the movie of the board game promises a blend of tactical naval command inspired by the original tabletop game and "boots-on-the-ground" first-person shooter gameplay. Playing as elite demolitions specialist Cole Mathis, you'll clash with an extraterrestrial aquatic threat lurking among the sand and sea of the Hawaiian archipelago.

What follows is a "siege on the sea" as Mathis commands the US Navy fleet and rallies troops on land for a "war on the shore" (groan). You'll be able to switch seamlessly between your 'Battle Command' tactical map during the FPS bits and bombard the enemy while protecting your own frigates, carriers, submarines, cruisers and destroyers.

Battleship will be coming to Europe in April 2012 followed by the North American launch on May 15th. Next up, David Cronenberg's Operation! and David Fincher's Mouse Trap (just kidding...for now).

Comments
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  • ho-hum. what a waste of money.
  • fe fi fo fum i smell a game thats dumb
  • Id pay to see & play "David Cronenberg's Operation"
  • I really feel for Richard, having to report on mind numbing drivel like this. "War on the Shore". I read that and rolled my eyes so hard I tore something in my eyes.
  • Is it just me or does anyone else think this film just looks terrible.
  • @#5 A movie based on a board game with an alien attack and starring Qui-Gon Jinn, Eric from True Blood, Kakihara from Ichi the Killer and Rihanna? Its not just you. ; )
  • Honestly, I thought that the movie actually looked decent. I personally think that its worth at least one watch, but only because Liam Neeson is carrying the new generation of actors through the movie.
  • Is this a movie cash-in of a stupid film somehow based on a board game? And they managed to shoe-horn in some CGI aliens too. So sad.
  • "You sunk my Battleship"
  • Who wants to play battlesh!ts? But the movie does look decent only because Liam Neesons in it don't know how good the game could actually be though hopefully ok but prob more of just a rental IMHO
  • Smells like a fail.. What does a fail smell? Well it's kinda.. Humm like my feet after training...
  • @11 Like you're girls vag after 2 weeks of no showering.
  • Cant wait for the movie and ill hire the game :P
  • Personally guys, when anyone finds a gameplay video,can you put a link here and tell me if it's worth the buy?
  • This will be a nice game to rent for a platinum
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