At the dawn of what’s now known the whole world over as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, video game publisher Sega and a cadre of developers navigated tight deadlines and short development cycles to build games starring superheroes like Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. These were all based on the films released from 2008-2011…
It’s that time of year once again where there’s more games and media coming out than there’s hours in the day to engage with them. In case you missed these news items for one reason or another, here’s some recent developments in the comic book video game space. TMNT: SPLINTERED FATE COMES TO PC NEXT…
DEVELOPER: Capcom PUBLISHER: Capcom REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a digital copy purchased by the author. AUTHOR’S NOTE: This review will focus on the offline offerings of the game exclusively. Marvel in the mid-90s was far from the pop culture juggernaut it is now. Where nowadays it’s a branch of a multi-billion dollar corporation, there…
Capcom made the dreams of countless many come true when, during a Nintendo Direct in June, they unveiled the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection – Arcade Classics. Collecting every Capcom developed Marvel game from the 90s/early 00s – with the exception of the SNES exclusive X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse and Marvel Super Heroes in War of…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, the roguelike developed by Super Evil Megacorp, by nature is designed to keep players coming back for just one more run. Now they’ll have more incentive to do so as today the studio who brought Splintered Fate to life announced a content roadmap which will see it arriving on…
During Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, a story trailer dropped for the Camouflaj developed Batman: Arkham Shadow that promised the first glimpse of gameplay would be unveiled during Gamescom in August. During the Opening Night Live event as part of the kickoff of the event, both Camouflaj and Keighley delivered on just that. Developed as…
DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: Super Evil Megacorp REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. For a while, it looked like the best days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the video game space was disappearing in the rearview mirror. Publishers like Activision, Ubisoft and development partners like PlatinumGames tried to capture the lightning…
Sometimes dreams really do come true. Mere hours ago, Nintendo dropped their big June Direct, and while it was firmly focused on the current Nintendo Switch and not its successor, it was still full of huge announcements. The biggest, of course, being that Capcom’s Marvel games are finally coming to modern devices. Marvel vs. Capcom…
Unveiled at the start of last month, Batman: Arkham Shadow is the latest chapter in the beloved Arkham series of Batman games that began with the Rocksteady Studios developed Batman: Arkham Asylum. Over its close to 15 years of existence, the Arkham series has been expanded upon by other creators – both in and out…
Originally released as an exclusive for the Nintendo 64 back in the fall of 2000, Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion finally made its way to modern machines in 2023 with the loving crafted Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion – Remastered, helmed by Nightdive Studios. Nightdive of course was the developer also responsible for resurrecting the…
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