Beowulf game to expand on upcoming movie

Ubisoft, the publisher of great games like Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Resident Evil and a ton of other games, is set to release another movie game based on the classic English poem Beowulf. The game is designed to expand on the movie from Paramount Pictures that is based on the same work. The film is set to be released on November 16, 2007, and Ubisoft expects to release the game around that same time.

The movie is touted as being a revolutionary 3D experience. GameDaily.com reports that the movie “features the groundbreaking Real D technology that enables real actors to be transformed into 3D characters, stars Angelina Jolie as Grendel’s mother, Crispin Glover as Grendel, Anthony Hopkins as King Hrothgar and Ray Winstone as Beowulf.” The film will be released in 1500 3D theaters in addition to traditional 2D venues.

The Beowulf game will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC and PSP and will be a fantasy action adventure game. Much of the details of the gameplay have not yet been released but it is clear that the game will include a type of points system that will be used to upgrade releasable thanes who will be used throughout the game in Beowulf‘s struggle against the Titans.

Some may look at this partnership as a fantastic synergy of two giants of commercial entertainment to produce an overall unimaginable and enthralling experience. I just see this giving high school students another way out of reading the very difficult book. Both are noble causes.

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