THE WALKING DEAD PINBALL GETS A RELEASE DATE

Yesterday an entirely new The Walking Dead game was announced in Overkill’s The Walking Dead, now we also get a firm release for Zen Studios Pinball tables based on Telltale’s The Walking Dead seasons. The schedule is as follows: – Sony Devices: Zen Pinball 2 expansion for PS3/4/Vita in North America August 26th, 27th in…

REVIEW: CATWOMAN (PS2)

Upon finishing up Batman Begins on the PS2, I was up for another DC-themed movie game, so what do I reach and grab off my shelf? Catwoman, based on the infamously disastrous Halle Barry vehicle from 2004, where instead of being a thief she’s a literal CAT-Woman. Wait, shouldn’t it then be titled Cat-Woman, like Spider-Man? Sometimes…sometimes…

REVIEW: BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM

DC is in a unique position in that they can take the name “Batman” and plaster it on anything to sell it. The worst example of this being the recently released animated film “Batman: Assault on Arkham” where the caped crusader is a secondary character in a film that has his name in the title.…

GAMESCOM 2014: DOOMSDAY AND STARGIRL COME TO LEGO BATMAN 3 UPDATE: SINESTRO!

Gamescom 2014 is underway in Cologne, Germany and TT Games has let slip a few more character reveals for the upcoming Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. The first is the Superman killer himself, big fig Doomsday: Doomsday has arrived. #Gamescom2014 #LEGOBatmanGame pic.twitter.com/jMgcTX1POD — LEGO Batman (@LEGOBatmanGame) August 13, 2014 The second is a member of…

WHY DIDN’T IT GET A SEQUEL: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

They’re at this point literally dozens, if not hundreds of characters in the X-Men universe, but none as iconic as Wolverine. He’s been the face of the X-Men film franchise since the original came out in 2000 and has been the only mutant to appear in every film, as well as to have their own…

JAMES AND MIKE PLAY BATMAN: THE VIDEO GAME

Every Monday I visit the Cinemassacre.com website for “James & Mike Mondays” where James “AVGN” Rolfe, Mike Matei and sometimes a special guest(s) sit down, chat, and a play some games. This week the duo attempts to complete a game frequently talked about on this website, Batman: The Video Game on the NES. Do they succeed?…

DC OR MARVEL: WHICH COMPANY IS DOING VIDEO GAMES RIGHT?

I had to pick the title for this piece just right, as I didn’t want to trick people into thinking I was going to step onto the landmine argument of who’s better, DC or Marvel. Short answer: both are great, don’t worry about the publisher of your comics, just worry about the story, art, and characters,…