Battleship launches on consoles today

Activision's take on the classic board game turned movie makes its way out into the retail sea today.

Battleship Superbowl Trailer Goes Online

Even though it might be a flick about a classic boardgame, the upcoming big budget blast-a-thon is anything but old school.

True- Battleship might be about an alien invasion, that's nothing new, but the whole feel of the trailer is amazingly video-gamey. It almost looks like it's meant to be played and not watched. So much so that it almost warrants a viewing just to see if producer/director Peter Hancock manages to pull this off.

Either way, this is one hell of a coming attraction-