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.…
It was rumored all the way back in early 2022 that the Rocksteady Studios developed Batman games could be coming to Nintendo Switch. This news started spreading when French retailer WTT posted a listing for the port with a place holder date of August 31st, 2022. Many a Nintendo Direct came and went since then,…
With a long-running TV series now packed into his ring and a big-budget film now under their iconic yellow belt, The Flash’s stock in the public eye has certainly risen within the last few years. One area in which the Scarlet Speedster has yet to truly break in though is video games. The Flash has…
DEVELOPER: Probe Entertainment Ltd. PUBLISHER: Sega REVIEWED ON: Retron 5 with a Retron 3-in-1 adaptor and a Retro-Bit Sega Genesis 6-button controller. The Flash is enjoying what might be considered his brightest time in the public spotlight. While the character in his many incarnations has been speeding through the pages of DC Comics for decades…
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest kicked off today, and, like it was for Sony’s last PlayStation Showcase, the comic book video game that stole the show once again was Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Bryan Intihar, the Creative Director at Insomniac Games, took to the stage to talk to Geoff where he showed off some new art…
It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on the 1-year anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, the outstanding retro inspired arcade brawler from developer Tribute Games and publishing partner Dotemu. It still feels like just yesterday everyone was rushing to their console of choice to stomp the Foot Clan with their friends…
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