person ▁shoot er , ▁also ▁entitled ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ' s ▁The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁World s , ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁P ixel og ic ▁and ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁Sony ▁Play Station . ▁It ▁used ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁game ' s ▁music ▁and ▁graph ical ▁elements , ▁but ▁featured ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁campaign ▁with ▁a ▁focus ▁on ▁veh icular ▁combat . ▁ ▁Anim ated ▁version ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁U LL Ad ub ULL A ▁II ▁production ▁had ▁been ▁commission ed ▁for ▁an ▁animated ▁CG I ▁film ▁version . ▁Test ▁foot age ▁of ▁some ▁Mart ian ▁machines ▁was ▁released , ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁itself ▁never ▁material ised . ▁ ▁T ours ▁ ▁A ▁live ▁tour , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁album , ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁Ireland ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ▁returned ▁to ▁conduct ▁the ▁ 4 8 - pie ce ▁U LL Ad ub ULL A ▁Str ings ▁and ▁ 1 0 - pie ce ▁Black ▁Sm oke ▁Band . ▁A ▁" virtual " ▁Richard ▁Bur ton ▁( a ▁large ▁b ust ▁of ▁the ▁Journal ist ▁onto ▁which ▁was ▁project ed ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁Bur ton ▁with ▁a ▁super - im posed ▁actor ' s ▁mouth ▁and ▁j aw ▁lip ▁syn ched ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁Bur ton ▁record ings ) ▁performed ▁as ▁The ▁Journal ist . ▁Justin ▁Hay ward ▁repr ised ▁his ▁original ▁role ▁as ▁The ▁S ung ▁Th ought s ▁of ▁the ▁Journal ist ▁and