Just a few months ago, the future of Marvel’s Avengers came into question after Square Enix, the game’s publisher, sold the studios responsible for its development, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal, to the Embracer Group. With new owners and the inevitability of having to relicense the mega-popular intellectual property, there was a cloud uncertainty hovering over…
Iron Man went from being a somewhat obscure but still beloved Marvel Comics legacy character to lunch box darling overnight in 2008. During that summer, the Jon Favreau directed Iron Man launched, revitalizing the career of Robert Downey Jr. and kickstarting the juggernaut that would come to be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In…
Last weekend, Arcade1up won bragging rights at EVO when they were ones who officially got to change the #FREEMVC2 campaign to #FREEDMVC2, even going as far as to have apparel with the hashtag printed on it for staff at the event. After a brief revival in 2009 via a digital only release, Marvel vs. Capcom…
Marvel’s Midnight Suns, the tactical-RPG from Firaxis Games and publisher 2K was officially unveiled to the world almost a year ago during Gamescom. Though its debut was met with a stylish CG trailer that was devoid of any gameplay, a release date of March 2022 was promised and in the weeks that would follow, footage…
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is easily one of the greatest comic book video games of all time without a question. Whether you’re a competitive fighting game player or just like to see beloved characters fill the screen with giant explosions, it’s impossible not to get sucked in by its gorgeous sprite…
In lieu of a once again absent E3, Geoff Keighley has stepped up with his Summer Game Fest for new game announcements and looks at already announced titles. The opening ceremonies just concluded, and among the reveals were some big comic book themed heavy hitters. Originally set to release in March before getting delayed to…
When Sony released Marvel’s Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4 in 2018, they were the first studio in over a decade-and-a-half to lock a Spider-Man game to a console’s ecosystem since Sega did it in the great 16-bit war of the 90s. If you played on anything other than a PlayStation console and you wanted to…
After playing catch up with Sony for much of the last generation, Microsoft encouraged many to return to the Xbox ecosystem with their Game Pass subscription service that offers countless games – including big first-party offerings – to download at a low monthly cost and dedication to backwards compatibility. Right now, for example, if you…
I can remember what it was like 20 years ago as if it was yesterday. After a week of mild spring weather, I woke up to snowfall which made my heart sink down to my feet. For you see, that day was the day I was to see Spider-Man, and if the road conditions were…
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was one of last fall’s most pleasant surprises, taking home the Game of the Year award for this site, and winning distinctions at the recent D.I.C.E awards for Adventure Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Story. Despite its near universal positive reception, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy hasn’t…
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