When most people think about Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, they don’t think about the epic tournament level matches, the crazy roster of fighters from both camps nor how the fact that it is still a wildly popular game even today. No, when people stop to contemplate Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, they think of the funky…
The mid-90’s were quite a transition for the video game industry. Not only were the at the time dated 16-bit machines on the way out, but the new console hardware, namely the Nintendo 64, the Sega Saturn as well as the Sony PlayStation were forcibly moving developers out of their 2-D comfort zone into the…
Yes, THAT Acclaim. However, it may not be what you think, or if you picked up on the hint in the last part of my Game of the Year feature, then yes, it’s exactly what you think. In 2015 I’m going to be reviewing all of the Acclaim comic book games, but not the…
2014 saw a lot of big-budget Hollywood movies make it to theaters, but hardly any tie-in games released next to them that arrived on a traditional console or handheld, more than likely due to diminishing returns on rushed-to-market games when easier, digestible games can be made for mobile devices. Never one to miss out on…
MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR WINNER: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE UNIVERSAL WEAPON Before this year, I doubt many people knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were, now over $750 millions dollars at the box office later, we’re all singing the songs from Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and dancing along with Baby Groot. The…
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR WINNER: WB GAMES I don’t know what secrets are withheld in the WB Games office on how to make the best licensed games on the market, but if I had one wish, I would wish for my student loans to go away, but if I had TWO wishes, I wish WB…
THE BEST REASON TO GET A SECOND JOB AWARD WINNER: DISNEY INFINITY 2.0: MARVEL SUPER HEROES (MULTI) The new “toys-to-life” category that has emerged in this decade thanks to Activision’s Skylanders is not a genre to be taken lightly, and it’s even a greater force to be recokoned with now that Disney has entered the…
The presents have been opened with care, or tore open with little to no regard in my case, and with New Year’s just around the corner, it means that 2014 is coming to a rapid close. This has been a big year for Comic Gamers Assemble and to celebrate I’m putting off the first ever…
The relavitely new “Batman: Arkham” franchise is something of an anomloy in today’s video game climate. Normally when a game comes out it’s mere months, or in the case of Assassin’s Creed as of late, right after a new chapter comes out before you’re already hearing about the next installment arriving in a year’s time.…
When it comes to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and video games, the two haven’t gotten along for quite some time. After being a part of some of the best licensed video games ever produced in Konami’s TMNT: The Arcade Game and Turtles in Time, there really hasn’t been a truly excellent game starring the anthropomorphic…
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