Fans of Discovery Channel’s reality TV series “Deadliest Catch” will be able to battle 40-foot waves, storms, ice, and a nearly 100-percent crewmember injury rate in the dangerous hunt for undersea riches on the Bering Sea with the new video game Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm, to be launched on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC in April 2008.

Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm is being developed by Liquid Dragon Studios. The game is published by Greenwave, a recently established video game publisher based in Seattle. The game will be available April 2008 for the Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft and for PC. The game is not yet rated.

The game was inspired by Sig, Edgar, and Norman Hansen—three brothers who have made their living crab fishing on the Bering Sea aboard their family’s fishing vessel, the Northwestern. The Hansens and the Northwestern are featured on Discovery Channel’s highest rated and Emmy-nominated series—“Deadliest Catch.”

Authenticity and realism were critical to the Hansen brothers. They invited key development team members to Dutch Harbor, Alaska to personally experience life on the Northwestern. The game’s realism is enhanced with four real Bering Sea harbors and 34,000 miles of real Bering Sea coastline created from the United States Geological Survey. In addition, Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm is the first video game to feature United States Coast Guard vessels and helicopters.