Wolverine demo available now on Xbox 360

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 30th 2009 at 11:00PM }

It appears the demo for X-Men Origins: Wolverine is available now on Xbox 360. Go experience the thrills of watching Wolverine cut bad guys into meaty chunks and shove them head-first into ... well, you'll see. Don't be fooled, gamer parents out there: Activision may have the PG-13 rated movie's title on the box, but this game is certainly rated Mature and likely not suitable for the kiddies. Definitely take Wolverine for a test drive if you're up for an intense God of War experience set in the Marvel universe.

Tags: activision, demo, raven, raven-software, wolverine, x-men-origins-wolverine

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

giantenemycrab @ Apr 30th 2009 11:03PM

Anyone have this game yet? is it very good?

The Dark Wayne @ May 1st 2009 11:13AM

I only have the demo right now, but as far as I can tell it's great. The combat is really good, it flows well, it's incredibly cinematic and the animations are great, and there's just a special realistic flair to it. Like when a guy jumped at me to do an attack I pressed B and I grabbed him out of the air and did a separate animation than if I were just grabbing him or even if he had just been knocked by an attack. Best of all, it's not even the QTE fest I expected, it still has QTEs but not really. They are separate little sequences, but it's not a PRESS A sorta deal, it lets you figure it out yourself, and there are more than one choices

Poisoned Al @ Apr 30th 2009 11:13PM

Ooo, I'll look at that later. Not now as it's four in the morning and it way past sleepy time now.... zzzzzzzzzz

The Dark Wayne @ Apr 30th 2009 11:15PM

oh great, they release the demo when I have no chance of getting my preorder cash back

ifalldownstairs @ Apr 30th 2009 11:17PM

It still kind of depresses me that this game had to be the cover story of the last EGM. No matter how good this game turns out to be (better than most movie games from the looks of it, but still a simple brawler) it would have been nice for the magazine to go out on the planned Street Fighter IV cover just because the Street Fighter series has so much importance in the industry.

Temidien @ May 1st 2009 8:27AM

shhh... you don't want the last sound you hear to be *snikt*

ice~ @ Apr 30th 2009 11:23PM

Wow didn't expect this at all

Obie @ Apr 30th 2009 11:44PM

Looks like fun, I also just ordered my movie tickets.

Let's hope it's a good one...bub. *SNIKT*

jose @ Apr 30th 2009 11:46PM

What about... PS3?..... * sniff sniff *

Bowers @ Apr 30th 2009 11:51PM

we got an even better demo, also set in the marvel universe...

Alex @ Apr 30th 2009 11:50PM

do they still make games for the PS3???

ice~ @ Apr 30th 2009 11:51PM

HAHHAA ALEX OMFG YOUR JOKE MADE ME PISS MYSELF SO HARD THAT I PEED ALL OVER MY KEYBOARD AND NOW MY COMPUTERS STUCK ON CAPS BUT I REALLY AM THIS EXCITED OVER YOUR HILARIOUS JOKE OMG HAHAHAHA +1000000!!!

The Dark Wayne @ Apr 30th 2009 11:52PM

what game is that bowers?

tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 30th 2009 11:54PM

"do they still make games for the PS3???"

You...haven't been paying very much attention this year, have you?

Alex @ May 1st 2009 1:21AM

I congratulate you all on your highly evolved sense of humor

eNrique @ May 1st 2009 1:53AM

Sense of humor =/= being a douche

Jose @ Apr 30th 2009 11:54PM

@ bowers

True, I haven't downloaded it yet. Gotta try that out.

Oh, and alex, uncharted 2 says hi

Alex @ May 1st 2009 1:46PM

What's uncharted? Is that for the DS?

gamepete64 @ May 1st 2009 12:32AM

it's alright, definitely not as good as the developers were hyping it up to be in my opinion.

Rein @ May 1st 2009 12:46AM

I gotta say, that was one bad ass intro. I hope the movie is as bad ass as that intro was.

gamepete64 @ May 1st 2009 12:50AM

I agree. So awesome. I didn't expect that much blood.

Rein @ May 1st 2009 12:53AM

I'm playing through it right now and while it's kinda repetitive, it's still fun. I need a mindless hack and slash game right now. Also, lunging at jumping targets is so much fun.

Maybe i'll pick it up when the price drops.

N3M3515 @ May 1st 2009 12:58AM

saw the movie last week, and it was so over the top it made a better comedy. A lot of people will love it, but I could never understand why.

hallowhero @ May 1st 2009 1:22AM

It was good. pretty fun. really gory. that was kind of unexpected.

Kris @ May 1st 2009 4:34AM

this game gives me a boner.

Carlos @ May 1st 2009 6:55AM

adamantium boner O__o

Rob Bourne @ May 1st 2009 8:43AM

It ain't on the UK marketplace - or on the site at least anyways.

Gutted :(

Albert @ May 1st 2009 8:47AM

I haven't been on Xbox Live for a while, been mostly on PSN, so coming back, with a Silver account, it's been pretty shocking. No online gaming, even no leaderboards in some cases.

Worst of all, demos show up as available, until I try to download them. "Gold Members Only. Move along. Move along."

But these are the droids you're looking for. Take 'em. I want the demo.

m3nphls @ May 1st 2009 9:53AM

What demo??? the full torrent is up!!!

Cellien @ May 1st 2009 1:13PM

Geeze... they can't win with Wolverine can they? First the movie, now the game is up for download....

Ares @ May 1st 2009 12:52PM

Game is repetitive and boring. Definitely a failure in my opinion.

ANt @ May 1st 2009 1:36PM

It's so so IMHO. Repetitive, but fun.....definitely wait until it's on the next Best Buy $10 sale!!

Alex @ May 1st 2009 1:50PM

I gave this a try...pretty much God of War with different skins. It was fun during the demo but I don't know if it would hold my interest for more than a few hours of play.

Cinematics are gorgeous, but the slow-mo fight moves sometimes interrupt the flow of the fighting. Camera seems to be too far away during a lot of the fights.

AndyS @ May 1st 2009 3:26PM

I had some kind of rock get attached to me (a few feet behind Wolverine) that floated in the air and followed me around for about the second half of the demo. Pretty funny.

I like the idea of this game, but it didn't grab me as much as I wanted. All the points for doing things flashing over the characters was a weird design choice for a gritty game like this for one thing.

I do like games like Ninja Gaiden with a strong combo system and this seems to have that.

Don't think I'll buy it right off, but may try it down the road if I find a deal.