REVIEW: THE PUNISHER (XBOX)

  Existing as I do now in the future, I can’t think of anyone I would rather make a Punisher videogame than Volition. This is the studio that put itself on the map for making EVERYTHING destructible in the Red Faction shooter franchise, and would eventually go on to make the crazy over the top…

NEW DETAILS AND SHOTS FROM THE AVENGERS FACEBOOK GAME

  Last month Disney Interactive Media announced that there would be an Avengers Facebook game entitled Marvel: Avengers Alliance from developer Playdom. The initial details on the game was that the player would take control of a male or female S.H.I.E.L.D agent who would recruit various heroes from the Marvel Universe to combat a global…

NEW THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN IN-GAME SCREENSHOT

Taken from the official Xbox magazine, there is a new screenshot from the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man videogame circulating the internet. The first shot showcased the city line, while the new one shows some of the interior work and combat. This is also the first time there has been another human character other than Spider-Man shown…

GOTHAM CITY IMPOSTERS GETS A RELEASE DATE

Announced last year, Gotham City Imposters is a multiplayer and download-only title for the PSN/XBLA and PC. Players join the team either inspired by Batman or the Joker in various Gotham City themed maps in a team based FPS environment. It will arrive next Tuesday, February 7th/2012 on the PSN and PC, followed by the…

FIRST IN-GAME SCREEN FROM BEENOX’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

With the success of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Canadian developer Beenox is now Activision’s go to developer for its Spider-Man games. Last year’s Edge of Time was met with a fairly luke warm reception (though, it’s in fact pretty great), but the studio is getting a third chance this summer with the tie-in to Sony’s upcoming…

EGM’S TOP 5 COMIC BOOK GAMES

EGMnow has a feature up highlighting their staffs top comic based games. The list ranges all of comic-dom, featuring super heroes, manga properties and Disney comics. Ray Carsillo lists Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage as his pick, though apparently he doesn’t remember the title that fondly, as he mentions the ability for a second player to participate…

BATMAN BREAKS INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS

Not content with just breaking into Arkham City, the Caped Crusader has once again entered the Guinness Book of World Records. From the twitter account @arkhamcitynews, it was revealed that Batman: Arkham City will be honored in the 2012 Gamers Edition of the publication for the “Most Utterly Evil Supervillians” record. Batman will also grace…

PREVIEW: THE DARKNESS II

  What better way to kick start things than to talk about 2012’s first major comic game adaptation. For those who didn’t know, the Darkness is a title under the Image subsidiary Top Cow productions which debuted in the mid-1990’s. In the early years of this console generation, the Darkness came from developer Starbreeze studios…