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Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

Critic score4 critics
First release
Nov 17, 2005
Engine
Jade
Genres
Adventure, Shooter · Action

Play as man. Play as Kong. Embark on an epic adventure created in collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson and based on the Universal Pictures' film. Survive as Jack in a world crawling with predators and live the legend as Kong. Use weapons, traps and your team wisely to survive in first-person as Jack. Break jaws, slam enemies and throw massive objects in Kong's third-person battles.

Also known as Peter Jackson's King Kong

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Storyline
In 1933, an ambitious filmmaker named Carl Denham charters a tramp steamer to the uncharted and forbidding Skull Island, bringing along scriptwriter Jack Driscoll and aspiring actress Ann Darrow to shoot his movie. When the expedition lands, the crew quickly discovers the island is a nightmarish world untouched by time, teeming with monstrous insects, vicious predators, and towering prehistoric beasts. Disaster strikes when the native islanders capture Ann and offer her as a sacrifice to Kong, a colossal gorilla who rules the jungle. Torn between terror and devotion, Jack plunges deep into the wilds to rescue her, armed with little more than scavenged weapons and his own resolve. Players experience the ordeal from two perspectives, guiding Jack through tense first-person survival and taking control of the mighty Kong himself as he battles giant creatures to protect Ann. Together their intertwined struggles drive a desperate fight for survival on Skull Island.Read more

In 1933, an ambitious filmmaker named Carl Denham charters a tramp steamer to the uncharted and forbidding Skull Island, bringing along scriptwriter Jack Driscoll and aspiring actress Ann Darrow to shoot his movie. When the expedition lands, the crew quickly discovers the island is a nightmarish world untouched by time, teeming with monstrous insects, vicious predators, and towering prehistoric beasts. Disaster strikes when the native islanders capture Ann and offer her as a sacrifice to Kong, a colossal gorilla who rules the jungle. Torn between terror and devotion, Jack plunges deep into the wilds to rescue her, armed with little more than scavenged weapons and his own resolve. Players experience the ordeal from two perspectives, guiding Jack through tense first-person survival and taking control of the mighty Kong himself as he battles giant creatures to protect Ann. Together their intertwined struggles drive a desperate fight for survival on Skull Island.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 17, 2005
PlayStation 2
Nov 17, 2005
Xbox
Nov 17, 2005
All 4 release dates
Nintendo GameCube
Nov 17, 2005
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
dinosaurs, bloody, death, action-adventure, kaiju
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At a Glance

Critic Score
80

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio
IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026