It was developed by EA Tiburon and co-published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in conjunction with DC Comics.

The game features the voice and likeness of Brandon Routh (Superman / Clark Kent) as well as the voices of Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor), Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane), Parker Posey (Kitty Kowalski) and Sam Huntington (Jimmy Olsen), all reprising their roles from the film.

mile free-roaming map, and the character is able to fly into the stratosphere generated in the game (though not into the depths of the ocean) surrounding the fictional city.

At the beginning of the game the players start off using the most basic forms of Superman's powers and they must upgrade them in order to achieve greater strength, speed, distance and damage.

Superman uses his full array of powers, including his strength, freeze breath, and heat vision to destroy the deadly rocks before they can strike the city.

Superman flies to the distant galaxy in the space rocket that his father sent him to Earth in to investigate the ruins of his homeworld and to see if there is anything left.

He finds only gigantic, asteroid-sized chunks of kryptonite, pieces of the planet that were irradiated by the supernova that destroyed the great civilization.

Superman turns his ship around and heads back to Earth, but along the way he is intercepted by Mongul and forced to compete in gladiatorial combat in Warworld.

Next, he confronts Overkhast, an alien who can fire energy from his hands and who can also transform into a gigantic energy-based creature that can emit shock waves of power.

Superman's return to Metropolis is greeted with ecstatic applause by most, but Lois Lane seems somewhat hesitant to put her faith in him again.

Realizing that he is about to be defeated, Metallo fires a large missile to destroy Metropolis, but Superman intercepts the projectile and hurls it into the sky.

Superman shows Metallo no mercy, gathering all of his strength and charging the villain, tearing through his body and ripping out his power source.

Lex Luthor experiments with the crystals by adding a small particle to water, also causing an electromagnetic pulse that releases numerous villains and genetic creatures including Bizarro.

Lois had sneaked onto the ship and is trapped as it is sinking, and Superman rescues her and takes her unconscious form to the coast guard.

Superman flies back to Metropolis to take care of the few remaining villains who earlier escaped him, ending the game.

[6][7] IGN criticized the game's lack of a concluding villain saying that "the final boss in Superman Returns: The Videogame is a tornado.

X-Play gave the Xbox 360 version a 1/5 for poor control, boring and bland enemies, and for featuring a tornado as the final boss.

Club gave it a D and wrote that "a making-of documentary on how such a precious franchise was so flagrantly mishandled would be far more entertaining than anything the game has to offer".

GameSpot gave it a score of six out of ten, calling it "a passable puzzler that offers a decent selection of Sudoku-style puzzles".