December 17^th, 2004 (1:49pm) - Vivendi Universal Games has announced the development of a new Incredible Hulk videogame, simply titled The Incredible Hulk. This new game, unlike the previous Hulk game released by VU Games to coincide with the theatrical release of the feature film, is based on the original Marvel comic book character and will feature a storyline written by Eisner Award-winning comic book writer Paul Jenkins (Hulk, Spider-Man) and high-quality original art created by signature comic artist Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates).

"Our collaboration with Marvel on The Incredible Hulk will give gamers the opportunity to play as one of the most powerful and exciting characters to ever exist," said Michael Pole, EVP, Worldwide Studios, VU Games. "The Incredible Hulk will deliver unlimited power and freedom immersed in an authentic world that will engage Hulk fans and core gamers."

"We are very excited to have Radical developing this new Hulk title, continuing another blockbuster Marvel game franchise," said Ames Kirshen, Director Of Video Game Development at Marvel Enterprises. "Vivendi Universal Games and Radical are creating an interactive world where the player will have all of the freedoms and larger than life abilities of the Hulk in enormous and interactive ’sandbox’ environments which really capture the essence of the character."

In The Incredible Hulk, players can jump anywhere, climb anything and smash everything -- even destroy entire buildings. Gamers will create their own Hulk-powered weapons from anything they can rip out of the environment, unlock new moves to battle huge enemies in epic boss fights and experience deep and varied game elements by exploring free-roaming non-mission and side mission gameplay.

The Incredible Hulk is being developed by Radical Games, creators the successful The Simpsons: Hit & Run, and will see a release in Summer 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube.