The long running Mortal Kombat series is no stranger to crossing over with comic books. The 8th numbered entry was even a match up against the heroes and villains of the DC Universe with the big bad of that entry being an amalgamation of Darkseid and MK warlord Shao Kahn. Most recently, Mortal Kombat 11…
San Diego Comic Con 2023 is officially underway, and select patrons visiting the convention were able to sit in on a panel dedicated to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at Hall H. For the many people around the world who couldn’t afford to travel to San Diego, details of the panel have just found their way onto…
As you can probably gather from the primary URL for this website, it largely covers the sub-section of video games inspired by popular comic books and superheroes. But, when you’re asked if you want to read Doom Guy: Life in First Person early and interview John Romero, a game designer you’ve followed since you first…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The writer of this review was given early access to the book from Abrams Press. If, on a daily basis, you hop into a game like Call of Duty to virtually assassinate opponents all over the world in fast-paced, online multiplayer deathmatches, you owe thanks to John Romero. Romero, along with John and…
Last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection from Konami and Digital Eclipse, to put it mildly, was one of the single best compilation packages ever produced. One of the best features – among several dozen of them – was the ability to listen to the totally tubular tunes that many who grew up…
Last October, EA announced they had entered into a multigame deal with Marvel Games to developed 3 action-adventure titles set within the Marvel Universe. The first of those to be announced was Iron Man from EA Motive, who built the Dead Space remake that dropped earlier this year, and now we know the second. Earlier…
DEVELOPERS: WB Games Montréal (primary), QLOC S.A., and other support studios PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. For further context, click HERE to read my first review of Gotham Knights. I owe WB Games Montréal an apology. The point in starting what’s now Comic Book Video Games was to see…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The writer of this article was given an advance look at FPS: First Person Shooter. First-person shooters, which not a few decades ago people referred to as “DOOM clones” after id Software’s ground breaking title spawned an ocean of imitators in the then unnamed genre , are still among the most played today.…
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