I’m proud to announce that my second book, The Avengers in Video Games: A Guide to Solo Adventures and Mighty Marvel Team-Ups, with Creator Interviews, is now available for pre-order from places like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Unlike The Web of Spider-Man Games which was self-published and digital only, The Avengers in Video Games…
Back when this site went by the name Comic Gamers Assemble, it became somewhat of a tradition, like it is for many outlets, to hand out “Game of the Year” awards. Given that this site is no IGN, these were mostly acknowledgements given to games, developers and publishers without any physical trophies being handed out.…
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Montreal PUBLISHER: Square-Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Add-on content is free to download. Marvel’s Avengers, Square-Enix’s attempt to turn one of the most popular brands on the planet into a “Games as a Service” title, has been fighting an uphill battle since its launch.…
Throughout last week, I’ve bounced back and forth on whether I published my review for Marvel’s Avengers too early or if I was too harsh on it. Even though I felt disappointed with the finished product, I still found myself logging in every day to play for an hour or two, maybe even more. At the…
Just like Marvel’s Spider-Man with Hostile Takeover, Marvel’s Avengers received it’s own prologue novel, The Extinction Key, to further build upon that game’s expanded universe. The book deals with the team battling against the resurrected Zodiac, an ancient organization that for centuries has tried to rewrite the world with an ancient, key like artifact. If you’re looking for a way…
NOTE: Played on a PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. “I made it for all the right reasons…now this.” – Tony Stark The Avengers have existed for over half a century, but their star has never burned brighter than in the last decade or so thanks to the shared Marvel Cinematic…
Marvel’s Avengers officially releases this Friday, September 4th, or even today if you pre-ordered the deluxe edition. With the game coming to many, and in the hands of a few, a third War Table event was put off today highlighting what people can expect when they start, as well as a glimpse of what’s to come,…
Marvel’s Avengers will be in players hands in but a week and a bit, but publisher Square-Enix is already looking to hype up whatever follows after the credits roll in yet another War Table event, scheduled for September 1st. They’ve already announced via their second pre-beta presentation that Hawkeye will be coming shortly after launch, complete…
Players have been able to sample Marvel’s Avengers thru various betas that have taken place throughout the month of August, but in less than two weeks, the full game will be finally be in people’s hands. To further build excitement, a launch trailer was published that does what the Avengers do best: inspire the hero in…
“Despite all this spin-off talk, Rosemann isn’t actively overlapping his universe of interconnected games — at least not yet. It’s more like a Spider-Verse. “Each game is in the Marvel universe, but they’re in their own reality, if you will,” he says. “Currently, our plan is to keep each game set in its own Marvel…
