Handhelds to Open Dead Man’s Chest

Buena Vista Games says games based on the forthcoming Disney film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" for PSP, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS will go on sale June 27.

Buena Vista Games, a unit of the Walt Disney Company, has announced that handheld games based on the forthcoming film sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be available in stores June 27, more than a week before the film’s release July 7. The games will support Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP) as well as Nintendo’s DS and Game Boy Advance units.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest lets gamers embark on a high-seas adventure that parallels events from the upcoming summer blockbuster film release,” said Graham Hopper, Buena Vista Games senior VP and GM. “As one of the most successful handheld video game publishers, BVG looks forward to offering gamers the opportunity to take the action from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise with them wherever they go.”

The Pirates game is Buena Vista’s first for PSP: players control the character of Captain Jack Sparrow as he combats enemies; the game supports up multiplayer ship-to-ship battles over 10 maps with with up to four players over local wireless game play; the game supports GameShare mode, where only one disc is needed to support play on multiple PSP systems.

In the Nintendo DS game, players take one each other three main characters