The annual Game Awards took place this past Thursday, and while there wasn’t a bombshell announcement like Wonder Woman or Blade – both of which were sadly absent this year – there was still something for lovers of retro comic book video games to get excited over. BATMAN: ARKHAM SHADOW TAKES HOME GOLD AND TUROK…
Released in 1995, Justice League Task Force was a fighting game developed for both the SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Capitalizing on the popularity of games like Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, players took control of heroes and villains from the DC Universe and pit them in one-on-one bouts against one another. For the…
This week, Batman: Arkham Shadow released as an exclusive for the Meta Quest 3 family of VR devices. Developed by Camouflaj, the team behind the brilliant Marvel’s Iron Man VR that we’ve awarded 2 Game of the Year awards here, its a follow up of sorts to 2013’s Batman: Arkham Origins and its spin-off Batman:…
DEVELOPER: AHEARTFULOFGAMES PUBLISHER: Outright Games REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 (PS5) from a copy purchased by the author. AUTHORS NOTE: spoilers will follow for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. It’s a good year to be a lover of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the video game space. Though they were ported from other places,…
At the dawn of what’s now known the whole world over as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, video game publisher Sega and a cadre of developers navigated tight deadlines and short development cycles to build games starring superheroes like Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. These were all based on the films released from 2008-2011…
It’s that time of year once again where there’s more games and media coming out than there’s hours in the day to engage with them. In case you missed these news items for one reason or another, here’s some recent developments in the comic book video game space. TMNT: SPLINTERED FATE COMES TO PC NEXT…
DEVELOPER: Capcom PUBLISHER: Capcom REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a digital copy purchased by the author. AUTHOR’S NOTE: This review will focus on the offline offerings of the game exclusively. Marvel in the mid-90s was far from the pop culture juggernaut it is now. Where nowadays it’s a branch of a multi-billion dollar corporation, there…
Capcom made the dreams of countless many come true when, during a Nintendo Direct in June, they unveiled the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection – Arcade Classics. Collecting every Capcom developed Marvel game from the 90s/early 00s – with the exception of the SNES exclusive X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse and Marvel Super Heroes in War of…
During Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, a story trailer dropped for the Camouflaj developed Batman: Arkham Shadow that promised the first glimpse of gameplay would be unveiled during Gamescom in August. During the Opening Night Live event as part of the kickoff of the event, both Camouflaj and Keighley delivered on just that. Developed as…
DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: Super Evil Megacorp REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. For a while, it looked like the best days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the video game space was disappearing in the rearview mirror. Publishers like Activision, Ubisoft and development partners like PlatinumGames tried to capture the lightning…
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