“When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much,” says Ryan. “That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why…
In 2009, developer Rocksteady Studios applied the Metroid template to Batman, giving rise to the brilliant Batman: Arkham Asylum and starting one of the single best comic book video game series of all time. At the beginning of Arkham Asylum, the player only has a limited number of the Dark Knight’s gadgets. As they progress…
Over the past week or so, Comic Book Video Games has broken down the big news stories and releases from what is now effectively the last generation of consoles. Now it’s time to crown the top ten titles that graced the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One thus far. Technically speaking, both consoles are still being…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2020 is a year that’s difficult to simply talk about its video game news when the entire planet was, and still is, in the midst…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 March of 2019 gave us the first ever State of Play, a Nintendo Direct style program from Sony meant to…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Marvel made big moves to reassert themselves in the console space in 2016, announcing a collaboration with Sony and Insomniac Games for…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014, 2015 2016 started in a big way with the release of LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, the second Marvel outing from TT Games, that recounted the…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014 It wouldn’t take long for some big comic book video game news to arrive in 2015. In January came the announcement that developer TT…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013 2013 may have been the year when hardware manufacturers released new consoles, but there was also plenty of software that made players feel safe with…
Last November, both Sony and Microsoft rolled out their next-generation consoles in the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X respectively. While support for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hasn’t dried up yet, it’s inevitable that the boxes we’ve enjoyed for the past seven years will become quaint relics. To that end, I thought…
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