Watchmen Comes to iPhone as Massive Multiplayer Online Game

The new question is: Who plays the Watchmen?

Watchmen the movie opens in the USA today, followed by Hong Kong on the 12th, but here is something very cool. The Watchmen MMO on the iPhone – called Watchmen: Justice is Coming. Yes, an MMO on the iPhone:

Explore the incredible Watchmen universe in the year 1975, where crime is rampant and average citizens take matters into their own hands. Create your own unique character and begin adventuring through the dark and gritty streets of New York City while following an original Watchmen inspired storyline through a real-time 3D world. Discover hidden artifacts and level up your character by completing story objectives, defeating criminals and challenging other players to battle in a dynamic strategy fighting game.

• Rich real-time 3D environments with 1000’s of other player-characters in-game
• Create your own Watchmen avatar with unique look, skills, and costumes
• Battle online foes through strategic 3D combat engine
• Socialize with other online characters with in-game chat feature
  
• Unique player identity with persistent game-play progress and stats
• Adventure through 5 vast environments completing story objectives

The game is supposed to launch on the same day as the movie, so keep reading our tweets to see when it does as we’ll announce it there. You can read more and see more screenshots here.

Watchmen Opens in Hong Kong

Hong Kong gets to watch the Watchmen on March 12.

It was almost robbed from you, but now its Hong Kong release date has been confirmed. Hong Kong get ready for the single most important superhero movie you’ll ever see on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 as cinemas across Hong Kong will be bringing director Zack Snyder’s visionary new film to dazzle you senseless: Watchmen.

Watch the trailer below if you haven’t seen it yet, and get ready to book your tickets: