The output on Comic Book Video Games has been lacking as of late. By the time I’m able to get news out, it’s already, well, old news. So, I’m trying a new format wherein I collect things from the past month in almost a magazine style format as a way to address breaking information and…
The big-budget, AAA space has been seemingly plagued with nothing more than extensive delays and cancellations as of late. In the super hero space, both the standalone Wonder Woman and Black Panther games were cancelled before they could even be shown off. Given the recent developments around both EA and Microsoft, it wouldn’t be too…
With Mariah Carey set to defrost in just over a week, the days left for Tribute Games and Dotemu to reveal a 2025 release date for Marvel Cosmic Invasion were beginning to close in. Through a new trailer that also dropped 2 new characters to the roster, we now know that players will be able…
Now that E3 is dead and gone, Summer Game Fest weekend has become the big mid-year event where developers and publishers both big and small show up with hot new trailers for their upcoming projects. Among the biggest reveals this past weekend were games based on comic book properties. Tribute Games, the beloved developers of…
Sony’s latest State of Play presentation concluded with a surprise that absolutely no one saw coming. PlayStation Studios have announced a new partnership with Marvel Games and Arc System Works (Guilty Gear series, Dragon Ball FighterZ) to develop a new fighting game. Titled Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, it can only be described as well, the…
Ever since the reveal, launch, and eventual success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge from developer Tribute Games and publisher Dotemu, the question was when either Marvel or DC would apply their universe to this concept. Well, if you’re going to do it, you might as well go the best, right? Marvel Cosmic Invasion…
Last year, the once Apple Arcade exclusive roguelike Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate made its way to both Nintendo Switch and PC. Back in August of 2024, developer Super Evil Megacorp unveiled a roadmap to extend the life of their game that included DLC and the first piece dropped this week. Titled “Casey Jones…
I didn’t ever think I would ever have to offer this up as a reminder in 2025, but such is the time we live in: Nazis and fascists are not good, and we shouldn’t be living in constant fear of them coming back. Controversial words, I know. As we live day-to-day in a never ending…
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…
At the dawn of what’s now known the whole world over as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, video game publisher Sega and a cadre of developers navigated tight deadlines and short development cycles to build games starring superheroes like Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. These were all based on the films released from 2008-2011…
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