Watchmen: Justice is Coming has only just been announced, but it'll be ready for release later this month.

The game is set in 1975, before the events of the movie, at a time when masked vigilantes have been outlawed. It'll have all the usual MMO elements, from an in-game chat system to customizable characters and "strategic 3D combat".

More details on Watchmen: Justice is Coming can be found on the game's official Web site at www.watchmenjusticeiscoming.com. The full press release announcing the game follows after the jump.

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced Watchmen : Justice is Coming , an online multiplayer game for the iPhone and iPod Touch based on the upcoming film Watchmen , from Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures.  Available from the iTunes App Store this March, Watchmen : Justice is Coming will take iPhone gaming to a new level allowing players to battle in realistic 3D environments and visualize changes to the world in real time.

Watchmen : Justice is Coming is a multiplayer online adventure fighting game developed by Last Legion Games exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  The game will use “cloudMMO,” Last Legion's patent pending cloud based multiplayer technology that leverages Amazon.com Web Services allowing players to adventure through the incredible world of Watchmen .  Players will experience an ever-changing gaming environment, chat with other players and participate in street battles.

In Watchmen: Justice is Coming , players bring their own unique form of justice to New York City in the 1970s before the film’s central story unfolds.   Masked adventuring has been outlawed.  During this critical time period, crime is rampant and average citizens must take matters into their own hands to survive.  Players create their personal avatar and enter the rain-soaked city of Manhattan.  The dark metropolitan world is a vast network of interlocking and overlapping spaces that include: the seedy and saturated neon Red Light District; a run down Financial District and its dark waterfront; the downtown back-alleys of Lower Manhattan; a wide open City Park; and more.

An original story inspired by director Zack Snyder’s big screen version of Watchmen, which is based on the graphic novel illustrated and co-created by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen : Justice is Coming leads players on an immersive adventure inside the depths of the Watchmen universe.  Average citizens evolve into fully equipped costumed avengers by completing unique challenges, exploring the universe and battling enemies.

Watchmen fans can visit www.watchmenjusticeiscoming.com for updates on the game and to read Last Legion’s blog.