NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK THE WEB OF SPIDER-MAN GAMES: THE AMAZING AND THE (NOT SO) SPECTACULAR WHAT THEY SAID AT THE TIME: Microsoft Xbox 360/Sony PlayStation 3 “Shadows is halfway there, with plenty of cool “Spider-Man” moments. But it never really hits any stride, instead setting into repetition…
It’s very easy to get excited for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the next chapter in the Marvel’s Spider-Man saga from Insomniac Games. Building off of the momentum of the momentum of the best-selling superhero game of all time, people are hungry to spend more time in this universe. Conversely, the game is facing a somewhat of an uphill…
Fans of Marvel’s ever growing video game universe can paint their walls and fill their book shelves with two new upcoming book offerings. First up is the Marvel’s Spider-Man Poster Book which should be available both in comic and book stores now. As the title implies, it’s a collection of posters from the smash hit 2018…
When Sony revealed their first look at games for the upcoming PlayStation 5, they did so with a trailer for next chapter in the saga that started with 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Now that same game is also being used to debut what PlayStation 5 games will look like when they start arriving…
Last week the existence of the PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales was revealed to the public during Sony’s PlayStation 5 event, however many questions still lingered about the scale of the game. Is this the official sequel to 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man? Is this merely the size of the City at War downloadable expansions that followed the launch of Marvel’s…
Due to the ongoing COVD-19 pandemic, E3 had to be cancelled this year, but just because the massive trade show didn’t take place doesn’t mean there wasn’t some exciting news worth talking about, especially for those who love games based on comic books. On Wednesday, home arcade cabinet company Arcade1up showed off not one, but…
This past weekend, The Electric Playground published a video celebrating the legacy of the Nintendo 3DS, a video I was lucky enough to be included in. The Nintendo 3DS marks the companies last dedicated handheld, if you discount the fact that the Nintendo Switch now comes in a portable only variety. Though it had a bit of…
The climax of December 31st this year won’t just mark the end of another calendar year, but also the closure of an entire decade, and as we roll into the 20’s, it’s time to look back at a ten years of comic book video games. This decade has been an interesting one for comic book,…
Over one year separated from the release of the blockbuster Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel is keeping players hungry for a sequel engaged with a series of comics. First there was the adaptation of the game’s plot in City at War, followed by the recently started Marvel’s Spider-Man: Velocity, and now an all-new series featuring the universe’s take on Black Cat. Announced…
Leaked from retailers like the UK division of Amazon, but really coming as no surprise given its success, a Game of the Year edition of Marvel’s Spider-Man has been officially unveiled, and it’s available now. At a price of $39.99 USD, the rerelease of Marvel’s Spider-Man, available both physically and as a download from the PlayStation store, contains the…
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