
Battleship (2012)
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Company: Double Helix Games (PS3 & X360) Magic Pockets (Wii DS & 3DS)
Release Date: May 15 2012
Genre: First-person shooter (PS3/X360) Turn-based strategy (Wii/DS/3DS)
Battleship is the name of two video games based on the film of the same name (which in turn is based on the board game Battleship) both of them published by Activision in 2012. It was released for PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Wii Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are a first-person shooter developed by Double Helix Games while the Wii DS and 3DS versions were a turn-based strategy game developed by Magic Pockets. Battleship follows elite demolitions specialist Cole Mathis as he clashes against an aquatic-based extra-terrestrial peril in the sand and sea of the beautiful Hawaiian archipelago. He uses his battle command to command the ships to battle against the alien fleet at sea. The human ships at sea are the Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) fictional Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yukon fictional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Quincy Adams fictional Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Chesapeake and fictional Virginia-class submarine USS Laredo.