Beat-em-ups as a genre are repetitive by nature: punch some guys, move right, punch some more guys, more than likely ride an elevator, fight a boss, rinse, repeat until games end. What helps alleviate some of the tedium is being able to bring along a friend for the ride. In the arcade, where the games…
Though initially penned in for a fall 2014 release date, news struck yesterday that we’ll not be getting the closing chapter of Rocksteady’s closing chapter in the “Arkham” series, Batman: Arkham Knight, until 2015. Instead of drowning in Arkham-less sorrow, I’m here to offer some creative alternatives as to what do to while we wait further…
For those still playing The Amazing Spider-Man 2, or a better question should be for those who held onto your copy, the Web Threads costume pack is now available to download on both consoles and PC. The pack includes six new suits that were previously only available as pre-order bonuses: The Iron Spider, the alien…
The Lego Batman 3 Twitter account has been teasing a new character for the upcoming game today and now we finally know who it is. Making his Lego game debut, having sat out the DC crossover game Lego Batman 2, is Plastic Man. After seeing how Mr. Fantastic functioned in last year’s Lego Marvel Super…
Zen Studios announced today that it’s partnered with Telltale Games to bring their vision of The Walking Dead to their Zen Pinball platform. Zen Studios is no stranger to adapting comic book characters to the pinball scene, having produced Marvel themed tables for their Pinball FX 2 platform. The Walking Dead Pinball will include such…
This week’s episode of DC’s online show All Access has an interview with staff from Rocksteady Games where they discuss the freshly delayed, but still highly anticipated, Batman: Arkham Knight:
Batman: Arkham Knight, the next chapter in the “Arkham” series from returning Rocksteady games, or as some of you might know it as, “the reason you ran out and bought a current generation system”(well, that was me anyway,) has been delayed until an undetermined time in 2015. The “Arkham” games have traditionally been late in…
Comic book video games come in a variety of categories: Some use the comic solely as their source material, even calling on comic writers for story input, (The “Arkham” series,) others take inspiration from animated series (Batman: Vengeance,) and then there’s those that exist in the world of a feature film (The Amazing Spider-Man 2.)…
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