Punishment for PS2 and Xbox Owners
The angriest man from Marvel Comics, The Punisher, due next year.
The Marvel Enterprises library houses around 4,700 proprietary characters; not literally, but blimey, can you name them all? No, neither can we. The Punisher is fairly high on the list however, and he’s coming to home console in 2004.
For those of you unfamiliar with the tough guy vigilante, his real name is Frank Castle, he detests crime, and he’s been a staple of Marvel’s comic books for 30 years. In 1989, Dolph Lundgren brought the character pretty much straight to video. With the new Punisher film due in cinemas in 2004, THQ and its internal studio Volition are charged with making the videogame incarnation.
“The Punisher is one of Marvel’s grittiest heroes delivering a unique brand of vigilante justice that is a perfect fit for the video game universe,” said Germaine Gioia, Vice President of Licensing, THQ. “We look forward to working with Marvel in bringing a perfect blend of classic comic book and filmed franchise versions of The Punisher to console gamers across the globe.”
Tim Rothwell, President of Marvel’s Worldwide Consumer Products Group, said: “The Marvel Universe and all of its characters continue to provide engaging content in the interactive arena and THQ is doing a great job translating this popular vigilante to the major consoles. This is a game that will satisfy long-time Punisher fans of the Marvel Comics’ series as well as any new fans turned on to the character after his feature film adaptation this April.”
The Punisher is slated for release in autumn 2004 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
For those of you unfamiliar with the tough guy vigilante, his real name is Frank Castle, he detests crime, and he’s been a staple of Marvel’s comic books for 30 years. In 1989, Dolph Lundgren brought the character pretty much straight to video. With the new Punisher film due in cinemas in 2004, THQ and its internal studio Volition are charged with making the videogame incarnation.
“The Punisher is one of Marvel’s grittiest heroes delivering a unique brand of vigilante justice that is a perfect fit for the video game universe,” said Germaine Gioia, Vice President of Licensing, THQ. “We look forward to working with Marvel in bringing a perfect blend of classic comic book and filmed franchise versions of The Punisher to console gamers across the globe.”
Tim Rothwell, President of Marvel’s Worldwide Consumer Products Group, said: “The Marvel Universe and all of its characters continue to provide engaging content in the interactive arena and THQ is doing a great job translating this popular vigilante to the major consoles. This is a game that will satisfy long-time Punisher fans of the Marvel Comics’ series as well as any new fans turned on to the character after his feature film adaptation this April.”
The Punisher is slated for release in autumn 2004 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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