You sank my battleship n00b! The classic board game Battleship is headed to consoles
Yes, that's right, the strategic board game everyone played when they were kids is not just being made into a ridiculously OTT, Michael Bay wet dream of a movie, but also an action video game. Activision has announced that Battleship The Video Game is on its way, and it'll include some strategic naval command and, wait for it, FPS gameplay. Yep, X-Com, Syndicate and now Battleship have all gone first person shooter.
Developed by Double Helix, whose titles have included Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and Silent Hill Homecoming, the game is set to be a standalone story, and not a direct movie tie-in.
"Inspired by the film's exciting action and stunning backdrop, the game is next-gen naval warfare that thrusts players into the middle of humanity's last stand against an unfamiliar menace," says David Oxford of Activision Publishing.
The game will let players switch seamlessly between the tactical and FPS elements of the game, fighting battles on multiple fronts on land and sea, featuring the various ship classes from the original game, alongside new ground units and an alien menace to contend with.
To turn a game as simple as Battleship into a strategy/FPS hybrid may sound rather odd, but, despite out initial concerns, we're willing to give Activision the benefit of the doubt for now, at least until the game arrives on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Europe in April and in the 'States in May (with Wii, DS and 3DS to arrive later).
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