The folks from Pixar were on hand to show off the video game adaptation of their animated movie, Wall-E. In Wall-E, the world has been taken over by a benevolent corporation and in a little switch, it's the consumers who are the enemies rather than the big corporate menace. Players can either take on the role of Wall-E (a trash compactor robot that looks like a cross between R.O.B. and Johnny 5) or the sleek and "iPod inspired" Eve, a flying female robot with a killer laser, both of whom are trying to save the universe from its own twisted remains.

Wall-E has a pretty powerful laser himself, as well as the ability to make "trash cubes" that can help solve puzzles or be used as projectiles. Players can also partner the two up to help solve some of the game's many puzzles. Wall-E can be played as a single player experience or with up to three other friends.

The version I saw demoed was on the Xbox 360, but like most movie franchise games these days, it will be released on every console known to man, including the Mac. Now there's a shocker for you! However, each platform will have its own unique brand of gameplay. For instance, the home console versions are more exploration/platformer based, while the PSP will concentrate more on the racing aspects and the Nintendo DS version is more of an action puzzler.

The graphics for the 360 version that was displayed seemed rather nice and exactly what you'd expect form a Pixar fueled production, but overall the gameplay aspect seemed rather typical. I always hate passing too harsh judgment on things that are still in production, but from what I saw, Wall-E isn't really a game I'm going to be running out to buy on launch day.