Superman Returns: The Videogame (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Superman Returns: The Videogame

Superman Returns is a video game based on the movie of the same name, It was developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics…

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What Superman Returns: The Videogame is

Superman Returns: The Videogame is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2006. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Superman Returns is a video game based on the movie of the same name, It was developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. It features a story arc from the movie, which was released on June 28, 2006, and more than 60 years of comic book content. EA Tiburon, known for its Madden NFL game series, has claimed that the game combines strong creative vision and compelling new technology to deliver a powerful and emotional gaming experience to their consumers, and they will experience a real sense of flying while mastering Superman's superhero powers to save Metropolis. In the game, Superman combats Bizarro, who…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Superman series

Superman Returns: The Videogame is the 16th of 28 entries we hold in the Superman series. The next entry was Superman Returns: The Videogame in 2006. Its critic score of 60 is 9 points below the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at 76.

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How it was received

Superman Returns: The Videogame holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 8 hrs.

What it launched against

Superman Returns: The Videogame launched on 22 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

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