Yesterday was a big day for comic book fans, and I’m not just saying that because Batman: Arkham Knight finally arrived to download and buy in stores. The other headline grabbing article was that Sony and Marvel announced not only the new Spider-Man who will appear alongside The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy in the…
Thanks (or no thanks, depending on how you look at it) to Sega, every one of the Marvel Phase One films launched alongside a promotional video game that landed on nearly every single device at the time, save one. While Sega had each of the solo heroes rights tied up to make games for, when…
It’s finally happened, Spider-Man is home! The news I woke up to this morning via my Facebook feed was that Sony/Disney/Marvel Studios have finally come to an agreement that will allow Spider-Man to become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This news has caused such a ripple that Marvel has moved its five-year film slate…
Fighting games as a genre go hand in hand with super hero comic books. As much as any fans of super hero books say they read for things like story, characters, plot, art, etc, they can’t lie and say they don’t also love a good old-fashioned throw down complete with epic splash pages, larger than…
Presently I’m busy playing games and gathering my thoughts on the second chapter of my “Year of Acclaim” feature (something that’s proving to be EXTREMELY difficult), and on top of that I’m brainstorming up some new ideas I’d like to share with you for other parts of the year as well. Starting with: APRIL ULTIMATE…
Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2008, the film to video game rights for all properties were licensed to publisher Sega to farm out development to whom ever they saw fit. While the results ranged from really good (Captain America: Super Soldier PS3/Xbox 360, Thor: God of Thunder Nintendo DS) to okay (The…
The Wii U launched today in North America, and what game are you going to pick up for your shiny new system? Mario? Nintendo Land? Why get those when you can get Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition! Let’s also not forget that in a short amount of time you can also grab a copy of…
Let me start this off by saying that his game has the best “Press Start” ever: Raising your hand triumphantly! The demo has two available characters to try, Hulk as the default character and Thor as the back up. You can tag back and forth between the two by simply raising your left hand. I’m…
Ubisoft put out a new trailer this week to promote the release of the demo for Avengers: Battle for Earth on XBLA. The trailer shows some fan favorite Hulk sections from the film and the outfits from the movie as well:
Gamescom is currently happening in Cologne, Germany and a new trailer was presented for Ubisoft’s upcoming Kinect fighting game Avengers: Battle for Earth. It’s still showing a vague release date of “Autumn 2012”, hopefully an official release date will be locked down soon.
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