Prior to the release of Spider-Man: Edge of Time on the Nintendo DS, development duties for Spider-Man games on the DS had fallen on Griptonite Games who created some pretty great “metroidvania” style games featuring the web-slinger with Web of Shadows and Shattered Dimensions. That particular studio was purchased by Glu Mobile in 2011 to work…
In order to proper evaluate this game, I think it’s best to imagine yourself back in the early 90’s when this game came out: You’re an impressionable young kid who loves video games, comic books, cartoons, and you don’t have the luxury of the internet to provide you with up to date information on all…
Beat-em-ups as a genre are repetitive by nature: punch some guys, move right, punch some more guys, more than likely ride an elevator, fight a boss, rinse, repeat until games end. What helps alleviate some of the tedium is being able to bring along a friend for the ride. In the arcade, where the games…
NOTE: I played in 2D but turned the slider up periodically to check to see how the game looks and found no real difference at all. For games that try to launch across nearly every single available platform on the market, there’s a few options that a developer can take when bringing a game to…
It seems that the day of publishers trying to cash in on movies with full retail games is coming to an end as more and more films are met with free-to-play mobile to match their release date, trying to grab those caught up in the hype of opening weekend madness. Since the debut of the…
The much anticipated the Amazing Spider-Man 2 finally reaches North American theaters this week, accompanied by its tie-in game from Activision today releasing across nearly every platform and handheld available. One of the first antagonists announced for the sequel, also making his big screen debut, is Max Dillon AKA Electro. This wouldn’t be the…
I don’t know if I can speak about this game without wearing rose colored glasses as this game holds many cherished memories for me. As a kid, I loved Spider-Man. I loved the comics, I loved the cartoon and then I got to play a game featuring him on my Game Boy. I played through…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Marvel’s iconic web-slinger, and as we approach the 700th and supposed final issue of the Amazing Spider-Man, I thought it would be topical to look at some of the more important video games starring the wall crawling wonder. As popular as Spider-Man is, there was only one game…
I finally had a chance to play last week’s Amazing Spider-Man DLC over the weekend, so I’ll chime in with my impressions. Rhino Challenge Pack I’ve actually been in possession of this since I purchased the game last June. The pack is a score attack game where you take control of the Rhino and try…
This past Sunday marked the 13th anniversary of the launch of the Sega Dreamcast. That’s not a nice number that people usually break out the retrospectives over, but I have a soft spot for the system and that gives me an excuse to talk about it, and one of my favorite superhero games: Spider-Man. Now,…
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