Launching day-and-date with the film on June 17, 2005, the "Batman Begins" video game challenges gamers to step into the shadows of Gotham City's perilous criminal underworld as DC Comics' legendary Dark Knight, and use fear as their ultimate weapon.
Based on Christopher Nolan's film, the "Batman Begins" video game explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. Gamers will play as both Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego, Batman, hunting evil-doers from the shadows, using strength, intellect and an array of high tech gadgets to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city, including classic villains the Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul and Carmine Falcone.
"Batman Begins" is currently in development by EA and Eurocom for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(R) video game console from Microsoft(R), and Nintendo GameCube(TM).
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