When it was initially announced, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions from series first developer Beenox seemed like a game hinged on a flimsy gimmick for the purpose of injecting life into Activision’s fledgling but once renowned series of Spider-Man games. Upon its release, Shattered Dimensions turned out to be a really great game, presented as a love…
Griptonite Games pulled double duty in the summer of 2011 on comic book movie games: They were responsible for three out of the four versions of Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters as well as the handheld version of Captain America: Super Soldier. The studio has had varying degree of quality in their comic book…
When it came to bringing Captain America: Super Soldier to the Wii, and eventually the 3DS, Sega looked to High Voltage Software, who also brought Iron Man 2 to the Wii and PSP handheld. The results are something far better than those mediocre games even managing to have some better qualities to the superior game…
Prior to the release of Spider-Man: Edge of Time on the Nintendo DS, development duties for Spider-Man games on the DS had fallen on Griptonite Games who created some pretty great “metroidvania” style games featuring the web-slinger with Web of Shadows and Shattered Dimensions. That particular studio was purchased by Glu Mobile in 2011 to work…
Who would’ve thought that in order to create the single best Captain America video game experience to date, you’d have to turn to the Great White North. Such is the case with Captain America: Super Soldier for the PS3/Xbox360 from publisher Sega and Vancouver based developer Next Level Games. Captain America: Super Soldier can be…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 02/01/2013 To say that I’m excited for Lego Marvel Super Heroes is an understatement. As a Marvel fan and someone who collects and writes about comic themed video games, it’s nothing short of a dream come true. However, my enthusiasm for a Lego themed Marvel game actually came about when…
Thor: God of Thunder gets a pretty hard rap. I’m sure it’s been listed on a couple of “Worst of” lists for the year 2011, and can be found heavily discounted in bargain bins everywhere in large quantities. So, is Thor REALLY that bad? Well….okay so Thor can be good. Is it really good? No.…
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