The Watchmen film is almost upon us, and its one video game adaptation, a digital download prequel for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network will be hitting just days before release, on March 4th and 5th respectively.

Joystiq got word of the release date via the official Watchmen website. In fact the official splash page is also up and also suggests the date.

Watchmen will be a very interesting game to keep an eye on. The game is looking very good, but the games length is up in the air. Watchmen is a 120 Million dollar movie, and there is a good chance that this movie will be one of the highest earners of the year along with Transformers 2. But like Zach Snyder's previous big title 300, which only got a PSP adaptation, it's also getting a very strange release.

If Watchmen ends up being something huge on the scale of Transformers or The Dark Knight we could end up seeing a large amount of sales over digital download, and in turn have more people start to download games over the internet. I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros. plan to do an advertising campaign in which the game is mentioned - a first for an XBLA or PSN title.

There are only 3 weeks to go before we can take control of Rorschach and Nite Owl through the crime busting era of Watchmen. I just hope it ends up being good, and that it's priced appropriately.

Source: Joystiq - Watchmen: The End is Nigh hitting 360 and PC March 4, PSN March 5