On Friday Jason Schreier, reporting for Bloomberg, released an article about the struggles that WB Games has faced under outgoing executive David Haddad since around 2015. You can read the full article HERE, but to sum up some key points, 2024 was a bad year for the publisher, especially as it related to comic book…
2024, at least in terms of games based on beloved comic book properties, felt like a stop gap year. Marvel, for example, had no big original game like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 or Marvel’s Midnight Suns and titles starring the likes of Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Iron Man, Blade and others were missing in action. This…
Released in 1995, Justice League Task Force was a fighting game developed for both the SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Capitalizing on the popularity of games like Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, players took control of heroes and villains from the DC Universe and pit them in one-on-one bouts against one another. For the…
DEVELOPER: Rocksteady Studios PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. AUTHOR’S NOTE: During the development of this title, it was made public that Rocksteady Studios became a toxic and unsafe work environment for the women working within its studio. You can read more about the details HERE. The…
For previous Game of the Year articles, I spliced in standard, expected awards with fun categories of my own creation as a way to homage the magazines that I used to cherish buying in my formative years. For 2023, I’ve simplified things to just the sole Game of the Year and this year that title…
DEVELOPER: Rocksteady Studios PUBLISHER: WB Games PREVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a beta code invite. Rocksteady Studios humbly debuted their first game, Urban Chaos: Riot Response, in 2006 and then quickly skyrocketed to the top of many players favorite developer of all time lists after 2009’s Batman: Arkham Asylum. Its 2 direct sequels, Batman: Arkham…
Released in March, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos from publisher Outright Games and developer PHL Collective still remains one of the year’s most pleasant surprises. For all the talks of state-of-the-art tech and titles that last dozens – if not hundreds – of hours, Cosmic Chaos proves that going bigger doesn’t always mean better. When…
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…
Originally unveiled in 2020 with a 2022 release window during a DC FanDome event, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the first non-Batman title from Rocksteady Studios since Urban Chaos: Riot Response, was delayed into 2023. At the end of the year it was originally supposed to launch in, a trailer that debuted at the…
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