REVIEW: BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (PS4)

In 2009, then little known developer Rocksteady with only one game to their credit changed the way the world would look at licensed and comic book games forever with the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum. Combining an amazing combat system, tense sneaking encounters, a touch of Metroid-esque gadget collection and exploration as well as fan-favourite cast members from…

REVIEW: BATMAN FOREVER: THE ARCADE GAME (PSONE)

Batman Forever was the turning point for Warner Bros. third go at the Batman film franchise not only from a movie making stand point, but for the tie-in games as well. Except for the games developed by American studios like Batman Returns on the Sega Genesis, most of the Batman film games were developed by Japanese…

REVIEW: LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM “THE SQUAD” DLC (PS4)

The Suicide Squad have been getting quite the push from DC over the past couple of years: they were teased in 2013’s Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate; They shared the spotlight with Batman in the direct-to-DVD feature Batman: Assault on Arkham; A version of the team appeared on The CW’s Arrow TV-series and who could forget the theatrical…

REVIEW: BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS (Wii U)/WHAT’S NEW FOR Wii U

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.…

REVIEW: BATMAN RETURNS (SEGA GENESIS)

Batman Returns on the NES is a pretty terrific game. Batman Returns on the SNES is a fantastic game. Batman Returns on the Sega Genesis is one of those constant reminders of why I’m forever grateful that I owned a SNES growing up as opposed to Sega’s machine that I wished I had after being…

REVIEW: LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM (3DS)

I love Lego Marvel Super Heroes, completing it 100% on the Xbox 360 and mere months later when I purchased a PS4, I double-dipped on the game, again reaching 100% completion. I also loved it so much that I picked up the 3DS version of the game, subtitled “Universe in Peril,” and I thought it…

REVIEW: BATMAN RETURNS (SNES)

Like Sunsoft before them, Konami produced both an 8 and 16-bit versions of a Batman game of the same name in Batman Returns. Unlike Sunsoft however, who somehow managed to make worse games despite having access to better hardware in both the cases of Batman on Sega Genesis and Batman: Revenge of the Joker, Returns…