The trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' classic Watchmen comic ran alongside The Dark Knight's released last week and went a long way into convincing people that such a movie might actually turn out to be good. Now Variety has confirmed that Warner Bros. Interactive will be releasing a game version of the movie. However you won't see the game in stores, at least not right away. According to the story, the game will be released for the PCs and other platforms as a downloadable episodic title.

It's hoped that releasing the game in this format will improve the quality of the game as a whole (usually game movies have short development cycles and get poor reviews as a result). At least two episodes are planned; the first will be released in March 2008 alongside the film while the second will be released in fall 2009 alongside the movie's DVD release. The title is being developed by Deadline Games (best known for their 2005 action title Total Overdose) and will feature the character Nite Owl and Rorschach.