Sometimes dreams really do come true. Mere hours ago, Nintendo dropped their big June Direct, and while it was firmly focused on the current Nintendo Switch and not its successor, it was still full of huge announcements. The biggest, of course, being that Capcom’s Marvel games are finally coming to modern devices. Marvel vs. Capcom…
Unveiled at the start of last month, Batman: Arkham Shadow is the latest chapter in the beloved Arkham series of Batman games that began with the Rocksteady Studios developed Batman: Arkham Asylum. Over its close to 15 years of existence, the Arkham series has been expanded upon by other creators – both in and out…
WARNING: This article gets into mild-spoilers for X-Men ’97 up to its ninth episode. It goes without saying that X-Men: The Animated Series and its phenomenal revival, X-Men ’97, are among the greatest superhero adaptations into any medium ever. From the moment the earworm of a theme song hit you all the way back in…
Camouflaj, the makers of our 2020 Game of the Year and 2022 VR Game of the Year, Marvel’s Iron Man VR, have finally announced their their long awaited follow-up project and once again the talented studio is playing in the superhero world. With their last title, Camouflaj formed a partnership with Marvel, and this time…
DEVELOPER: Raw Thrills (Original)/Cradle Games (Console port) PUBLISHER: GameMill Entertainment REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. Tested on PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been featured in dozens of video games, but when you bring up the TMNT and the interactive…
At D23 2022, Skydance New Media announced a collaboration with Marvel Games on a project set during 1943 starring Captain America and Black Panther, which in this period is T’Challa’s grandfather Azzuri. Headed up by Amy Hennig, one of the creative forces behind the Uncharted franchise, the game didn’t have a official title until today…
DEVELOPER: Rocksteady Studios PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. AUTHOR’S NOTE: During the development of this title, it was made public that Rocksteady Studios became a toxic and unsafe work environment for the women working within its studio. You can read more about the details HERE. The…
Last year we were given early access to a wonderful documentary titled FPS: First Person Shooter. It explored the evolution of a genre once called DOOM clones that eventually evolved into easily one of the most popular styles of video games on the market. Now the people behind FPS are working on a follow up,…
For previous Game of the Year articles, I spliced in standard, expected awards with fun categories of my own creation as a way to homage the magazines that I used to cherish buying in my formative years. For 2023, I’ve simplified things to just the sole Game of the Year and this year that title…
I’m going to experiment with something different with how I do news delivery here. As opposed to chasing it when it comes up, something that’s hard to capitalize on as I work a full-time job, I’m going to try summarizing a week or so’s worth of news stories in a newsletter style format. PEACEMAKER COMES…
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