singularity-comic-book posts

We have already reported that Gamestop customers that pre-order the upcoming Raven Software-Activision first person shooter Singularity will be getting an exclusive multiplayer character to use in the long-in-development game. Now Activision sends word that Amazon.com customers are getting their own pre-order offer for the game.

Specifically people who put their money down for the game at the retail web site will get an exclusive Singularity comic book for free. This is apparently the same comic boo,published by Image Comics, that was first announced back at E3 in June 2009. You can check out the first seven pages of the comic in our new gallery below (Warning: the pages will take a while to download). Singularity itself is due for release June 29.

[Via email press release]

Alternative reality games are a tricky breed. Most are designed to help promote or tease another product but they are supposed to be fun experiences themselves. This week a number of gaming web sites, including our sister site Joystiq, got a package that contains a USB flash drive. The contents included a text file and audio file. Joystiq managed to figure out that the message in the audio file was in fact a clue that leads to a web site with a Flash-driven visual of a TV set.

There are even more audio files on the site that, once deciphered, come up with a message that states, "APRIL WEEK TWO." That likely means more of this ARG is to come. But to what end? The Joystiq comments pages have readers speculating it's for the promotion of Fallout New Vegas , Call of Duty 7 , Singularity or The Outsider. Hopefully answers will be coming soon.

Among the many game-to-comic tie-ins announced this week during the San Diego Comic Con is one for Singularity, the upcoming temporal-themed first person shooter from developer Raven Software and publisher Activision.

The comic is being produced by Twistory Studios and will be published by Image Comics. The storyline seems to be a prequel to the events in the game with the press release stating it will tell the " . . . story of the shadowy events, which occurred off the Russian Peninsula, that unraveled time as we know it and ultimately led to the Singularity."

The one-shot comic book is due to be released sometime after the release of the game. Some of the comic book's' creators will be signing at Activision's booth at various times during Comic-Con this week.