Catwoman Game Now Available

July 23, 2004, 7:55 am EDT
Total comments: 22

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EA's Catwoman Videogame Leaps onto Retail Shelves

Gamers Play as Catwoman in Game Based on Highly Anticipated Catwoman Motion Picture Starring Halle Berry

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2004--Electronic Arts announced today that Catwoman the videogame, licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and based on the highly anticipated Catwoman motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures starring Oscar(R) winning actress, Halle Berry, is now available for PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance, and PC CD-ROM.

The game follows the story of Patience Philips, who is killed after she uncovers a dark secret held by her employers. Brought back to life by a rare Egyptian cat, she becomes Catwoman and sets out to discover the truth about herself and her murder. Players will encounter key characters from the movie, including challenging bosses such as Armando, Hedare's head henchman and Laurel Hedare, the beautiful face behind the evil empire.

Boasting incredible acrobatic skills, players can leap across roofs, run up walls, pounce on prey, utilize unique "cat senses," and avoid enemy bullets with feline grace. In addition, players can use Catwoman's whip to swing through the air and utilize the fully interactive environments to trap or knock her foes unconscious.

Developed by EA's UK Studio, Catwoman is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB and carries an MSRP of $39.95 for console platforms, $29.95 for the Game Boy Advance and $39.95 for PC. The game's official website is www.catwoman.ea.com.

Talkback

JaleJuly 23, 2004

Anyone for Spiderman 2?

Ian SaneJuly 23, 2004

This game is getting creamed in the reviews. And you know what? It's probably still better than the movie. HA!

Hey isn't this a Warner Bros property? Will we be seeing that penalty thing they talked about a few months back?

joshnickersonJuly 23, 2004

I say if game companies get penalized for bad games, movie studios should get penalized for bad movies.

odifiendJuly 23, 2004

The industry would collaspe!

Bartman3010July 23, 2004

Will Ferrel would be out of a job

odifiendJuly 23, 2004

Is that a no on whether I should see anchorman or are you talking about his movies in general, bartman?

NinGurl69 *hugglesJuly 23, 2004

I want to see Anchorman.

on DVD.

Flames_of_chaosLukasz Balicki, Staff AlumnusJuly 23, 2004

I saw this in bestbuy today while looking for Tales of Symphonia they where sold out of ToS but o well i picked up sonic mega collection and mega man aniversary collection(cube).

KDR_11kJuly 23, 2004

Apropos Anchorman, is PGC some kind of advertising platform for bad movies? I could swear half of the ads here are movies I never heard of before, that include no actor I ever heard about and that look like they have the production values of a porn flick. I mean, titles like "Harold & Kumar go to white castle"...

NinGurl69 *hugglesJuly 23, 2004

That movie looks kool.

odifiendJuly 24, 2004

Yeah I'd check that out if I were you . And they're the dudes from American Pie and Van Wilder.

NinGurl69 *hugglesJuly 24, 2004

HOLY CRAP YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT one GUY IS Kumar!

KDR_11kJuly 24, 2004

odifiend: I know what American Pie is (bad "comedy") but what's Van Wilder?

joeamisJuly 24, 2004

a National Lampoons movie, never saw it

mouse_clickerJuly 24, 2004

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odifiend: I know what American Pie is (bad "comedy") but what's Van Wilder?

It was National Lampoon trying to relive its glory days of Animal House, complete with the same story of a slacker making his way through college while still trying to find time to party. It was a pretty funny movie, though- had some good laughs.

MysticGohan24July 25, 2004

I hate the Catwoman Movies, mainly because I hate the Costume design. She looks like a friggin stripper slut, not Catwoman from the DC comics. It's a horrible attempt to get
pervs in the theaters.

I hope the movie and games burn in flames. I just hope the Batman Movie will be better than this, Warner needs to learn from it animation department ( Superman series, Batman and Justice League ) something that mimics the comic closely without screwing up. Hellboy was a great adaption without all the crap hollywood like to kill.

KDR_11kJuly 25, 2004

I think what's really sad is that Warner can now demand more money from EA for making a bad game to a bad movie for "brand damage"... With a movie like Catwoman, that reasoning somehow doesn't hold up.

JaleJuly 26, 2004

Yeh but Movie licenses are seldom good. All i have seen are the Lucasarts ones, which are a total franchise and then Spiderman 2 which is not without faults.

odifiendJuly 26, 2004

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I think what's really sad is that Warner can now demand more money from EA for making a bad game to a bad movie for "brand damage"... With a movie like Catwoman, that reasoning somehow doesn't hold up.

lol. Yeah if they bring up brand damage they should be laughed out of court. I think the screenplay was writted for the sole purpose of getting Halle Berry into that cat suit. What is really funny though is that Halle has said that she refuses to do Xmen 3 because she didn't want to be stuck in the role of Storm.
Marvel: "How about catwoman?"
Berry: "Will I get to look pretty?"
Actually now that I think about it, it is probably because Storm is not the main character. She must rather be in a terrible movie as the lead then a good movie as a supporting actress/ co-star.

KDR_11kJuly 26, 2004

odifiend: It's a term in the license contract, not something they sue for. If the reviews are under 70% the royalities rise accordingly. Got the Atari head guy pretty worked up. "How can they say we hurt their brand name when Enter the Matrix sold MILLIONS" (Atari didn't pay more but would be obliged to under the new terms)? Though I'm not sure they put that paragraph into the Catwoman contract already.

odifiendJuly 26, 2004

Hmm...I see. A question though, do royalties rise for the next project that developer does or does WB say well you'll be paying x amount of dollars in royalties, but if the game sucks, 1.5X amount? Also in this new system is there an official reviewer that WB is going by? I can see this being abused easily if WB can attack anyone who makes their games, regardless of sales... not that I'm defending Atari.

KDR_11kJuly 26, 2004

I don't know the exact terms, just what WB stated in a press release. I think it's the per-copy royalities of the bad game, not the next one. Also they're going by review average, Game Rankings-style.

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