THE 2017 COMIC GAMERS ASSEMBLE GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

2017 is coming to a close, and what a year it has been: The total site views for Comic Gamers Assemble eclipsed 100,000 views earlier in the year; The article count for the site also went well over 1,000 individual pieces; Over 50 reviews were written and published and this has been one of the single busiest…

A CHRISTMAS TIME FUN LOOK AT TOYS BASED ON COMIC BOOK VIDEO GAMES

In previous years around the holiday season I’ve looked at comic book games with a Christmas twist such as Batman: Arkham Origins, the many games inspired by Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, and Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. While growing up, video games were of my most coveted Christmas gifts as it was only really around that time of year when I…

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 SEASON PASS CONTENT ARRIVES TOMORROW IN LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2

The first piece of DLC content for those who purchased either the deluxe version or season pass for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 arrives tomorrow on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC. Announced via the Marvel Minute show on the Marvel Entertainment YouTube channel, the inaugural expansion for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will be themed after last summer’s Guardians of the…

OVERKILL’S THE WALKING DEAD GETS RELEASE WINDOW AND AN INTRODUCTION VIDEO FOR ONE OF ITS CHARACTERS

Announced back in 2014 and getting continuously delayed since then, it’s easy to forget that Payday developer Starbreeze is lending its talents to a new co-operative game based in the universe of The Walking Dead. Via a new cinematic trailer devoid of any gameplay footage that introduces one of the playable characters, Aidan, it looks like we can finally expect…

AND THE MARVEL WRITERS CONTRIBUTING TO MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN ARE…

Sony’s currently ongoing PlayStation Experience event didn’t come with any new trailer, gameplay footage, or a release date for next year’s highly anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man from Insomniac, but we did learn more about the writing team behind the title. Assisting Insomniac’s lead writer Jon Paquette are the writing team of Dan Slott and Christos Gage. Slott has been…

THAT TIME A GAME ALLOWED ME TO PLAY AS MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOK CHARACTER AND VIDEO GAME CHARACTER AT THE SAME TIME

As someone who was born in the 80’s, my video game education, like many I’m sure, started with the NES. Everyone has their favorite series from that era: whether it’s Nintendo first-party heavy hitters like Mario and Zelda, but for me, it was Mega Man. There wasn’t much I didn’t like about Capcom’s beloved franchise:…