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…
Released over 8 years ago in March of 2017, the Nintendo Switch was the console/handheld hybrid that let players take their games wherever they wanted and finally delivered on the promise made by the Sega Nomad in the 90s. The Wii U, Nintendo’s last home console before the Switch, was a precursor to this concept…
DEVELOPER: Art of Play Interactive PUBLISHER: Art of Play Interactive REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. Thanks in no part to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, beat ’em ups have seen a resurgence in the past few years. Properties like G.I Joe, Toxic Crusaders and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers…
There are too many years to count that have been hailed as “the best year ever” for video games. One that comes to mind in recent memory – if you count 18 years ago recent – is 2007. That fall saw the release of brand new franchises like Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Assassin’s Creed and Mass…
But a few weeks ago, Jason Schreier published a piece for Bloomberg about the turmoil that Warner Bros. video game branch has been under during the reign of outgoing executive David Haddad who has been with the division since 2015. Now it appears that things were even worse than what Schreier originally reported. Today, WB…
On Friday Jason Schreier, reporting for Bloomberg, released an article about the struggles that WB Games has faced under outgoing executive David Haddad since around 2015. You can read the full article HERE, but to sum up some key points, 2024 was a bad year for the publisher, especially as it related to comic book…
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…
DEVELOPER: Camouflaj (Primary) with assistance from partner studios PUBLISHER: Oculus Studios REVIEWED ON: Meta Quest 3S purchased by the author. Batman: Arkham Shadow came as a free download with the device. EDITOR’S NOTE: In late October, I published a piece stating I would not be reviewing Batman: Arkham Shadow close to launch. Fortunately, I was…
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