Its story was created by Donald and Geremy Mustard and featured a script written by science fiction writers Orson Scott Card and Cameron Dayton; the full orchestral soundtrack was done by Tommy Tallarico and Emmanuel Fratianni.

Despite a large advertising campaign including promotion in cinemas, the game's retail performance fell far short of expectations.

In June 2006, Donald Mustard posted a statement on the website of his new venture, Chair Entertainment, stating that he "would be happy to finish the Advent series if the opportunity presented itself", but confirmed he does not currently hold the rights to do.

[2] In the distant future Gideon Wyeth; the game's protagonist, escorting a group of human ambassadors from a space station to a meeting with an alien race called the Aurelians.

A battle ensues after the Koroem wounds one of the Aurelians, but it is ultimately killed when Gideon uses a previously unknown mystical ability.

"[26] Jim Schaefer of Detroit Free Press gave it three stars out of four, saying, "my biggest overall complaint is that the game's camera can be jumpy and jittery, leaving you discombobulated.

"[25] Charles Herold of The New York Times, however, gave it an average review, saying that "Its most interesting aspect is 'flick targeting,' in which you snap your right control stick at an enemy to lock your weapons on it.

[29] A million dollars was offered in a contest via Xbox Live for the first player to find a set of hidden symbols spread throughout the levels of the game.

Majesco offered, as compensation to those players, the choice of two free games (BloodRayne 2, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, Psychonauts, Raze's Hell, and/or Phantom Dust) and an apology on its home page.

The comic was written by Lee Hammock and drawn by Billy Dallas Patton as a direct tie-in to the action of the game.

The new comic series, Advent Rising: Rock the Planet, was written by Rob Worley, with layouts by Arthur Dela Cruz, pencils by Cliff Richards, inks by Dennis Crisostomo, colors by Cris Delara, and letters by Simon Bowland.

In the midst of extracting herself from a hostile negotiation, Marin is interrupted by a planetary invasion led by monstrous aliens bent on human genocide.

In her efforts to escape the dying world, she encounters young Gideon Wyeth, the protagonist of Advent Rising, and together they find themselves swept up in a massive struggle against dire forces bent on the destruction of humanity.