Watchmen Get Beatem' Upt'

Remember when I humored the possibilty that the movie-licensed beatem' up may be making a comeback? Looks like I was onto something.

In part of a savvy marketing campaign, the wiseguys behind upcoming doomsday-superhero flick Watchmen have created a classic side-scrolling beatem' up called Minutemen, available to play on the official movie site free of charge.

From what I've gathered (I know, I need to read the graphic novel), Minutemen takes place years before the events in the movie and has two playable characters, Night Owl and Silk Spectre.

Everything about this game is arcade-authentic. Go drop a virtual-token into the cab and see for yourself.