Van Helsing

April 27, 2004 Megatube Vivendi Universal Games
Shooter
XBOX PS2
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Van Helsing is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Mobile phone, which is based on the 2004 action/horror film of the same name by Stephen Sommers. Starting off with the killing of Mr. Hyde in Paris, one must use the character of Van Helsing to hunt down Dracula in Transylvania. The character of Carl is completely missing from the video game but to reasonable accuracy, the characters of Anna Valerious, Velkan Valerious, Igor, Dracula and his three brides are portrayed as in the movie.
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51.7
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58.6
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Game Info

Release Date April 27, 2004
Developer Megatube
Publisher Vivendi Universal Games
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Action, Horror, Historical