Though vaccine rollout has begun worldwide, many unfortunately still haven’t got a shot or are only on their first. Thus, this year’s E3 will be a digital only event that’s just around the corner. Announced today, Square-Enix will be holding a presentation on Sunday, June 13th at 12:15 PT. During that event, the public will…
Dark Horse has found some success in the film and television industry with the likes of 300, Sin City, the Hellboy films from acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro and more recently, The Umbrella Academy series now streaming on Netflix. The publisher, however, has yet to duplicate this in the interactive space. Hellboy did land a…
Earlier this week, Sony Pictures dropped the first trailer for Venom: Let There be Carnage, the sequel to 2018’s Venom that, hopefully, will arrive in theaters this September. This will mark the live-action debut for the scarlet symbiote, but for many – myself included – they got their introduction to the character through the beat…
In March, Crystal Dynamics finally provided a content road map for the troubled Marvel’s Avengers in advance of its next-generation release. Despite these promises, however, the game isn’t exactly out of the woods just yet. This month, Marvel’s Avengers Creative Director, Shaun Escayg, departed Crystal Dynamics for Naughty Dog and the title also failed to…
Bill Rosemann, VP and Head of Creative at Marvel Games, has gone on the record stating that there’s no interconnected Marvel Gaming Universe akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite a statement that all console games under the “Marvel’s” umbrella take place in their own reality though, three of them: Marvel’s Spider-Man; Marvel’s Iron Man…
Easily one of the best deals today in the video game space is Microsoft’s Game Pass for the Xbox platform. Paid up front for a year or via a monthly subscription, players who buy into the program have access to not only brand new titles, but also software going all the way back to the…
The release of The Avengers in Video Games: A Guide to Solo Adventures and Mighty Marvel Team-Ups, with Creator Interviews is finally upon us. Written throughout 2019, it’s a piece of work I’m very proud of and I’m happy I finally get to share it with the public. Covering the games starring Iron Man, Hulk,…
After a brief delay, The Avengers in Video Games: A Guide to Solo Adventures and Mighty Marvel Team-Ups, with Creator Interviews is now available for purchase. A follow-up to my first book, The Web of Spider-Man Games: The Amazing and the (Not So) Spectacular, The Avengers in Video Games covers in great detail the titles…
“When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much,” says Ryan. “That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why…
DEVELOPERS: 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 has struggled to retain an audience with its Games as a Service offerings, but something that has caused players to come back, at least or a few hours,…
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