That's right, your real American heroes are finally coming to life on the 360, PS3 and Wii (what, no PC?), in August this year. Obviously, this would never had happened had it not been for the movie coming out; seems EA would be too afraid to launch the game without a movie backing.

The game looks set to pick up where the movie ends, and should include most of your beloved characters. Press release after the jump.

Here's the PR spiel from EA:

G.I. JOE for all major video game consoles will feature an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie, from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Hasbro, leaves off, allowing players to re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line. The game will feature 12 G.I. JOE characters, each with unique abilities and weapons. Adding to the adrenaline rush will be an intense single-screen co-op mode allowing two players to easily unite as a team in a classic struggle between good and evil to defeat the powers of COBRA. G.I JOE is set to launch on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, WiiTM, PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), Nintendo DSTM and mobile devices this summer.