Developer Rocksteady showed the world what AAA comic book games could be with their series of Batman games. They’ve largely sat out this generation however, releasing only Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015 followed by the much smaller in scope Batman: Arkham VR a year later. Several E3’s and Game Awards events have come and gone, with many anticipating…
Home cabinet manufacturer Arcade1up announced their line of new machines back in early June. Two of these units not only include some of the greatest Marvel arcade games ever made, but also a pair of Super Nintendo games that have never before been rereleased. Pre-orders are open as of today at select retailers. There’s some…
To the excitement of the PlayStation faithful, but to the ire of those who plan to play on other platforms, Spider-Man was announced to be coming as a playable character in the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers via a free update, with the caveat being that this is only for those who play on either PlayStation 4 or 5.…
Yesterday, the somewhat controversial news came out regarding Spider-Man coming to Marvel’s Avengers in a free update, exclusive to those who play on Sony’s PlayStation family of consoles. Now, in a new post on the PlayStation Blog, Andy Wong, the Community and Social Media Manager at Crystal Dynamics speaks of even more content that’s coming first…
The Injustice fighting games, developed by Mortal Kombat kreators NetherRealm Studios, are known for their terrific story modes that tell of a world where heroes are divided and Superman rules over all with a fist of steel. What helped to further elevate the Injustice universe was an ongoing comic series by writer Tom Taylor that filled in story gaps around the…
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, exploded in popularity in the late 80’s/early 90’s after the property became a multimedia juggernaut. Near overnight the Heroes in a Half Shell went from indie comic book darlings to dominating the television airwaves, toy aisles, and of course, video games. In 1989,…
After Panels to Pixels’ Joshua Sutton tweeted out a description from a UK retailer over the weekend describing Spider-Man as an exclusive character in Marvel’s Avengers, the rumor mill began circulating over whether this would actually come to pass. Now, just a few short days later from Josh’s discovery, rumor has morphed into fact: Spider-Man is coming to…
Though a firm release date or price has yet to be revealed by Sony as it pertains to the PlayStation 5, today they put out some new information about the hotly anticipated console, specifically what peripherals players have invested into their PlayStation 4’s that will be able to move forward later this year. Of particular…
Marvel’s stable of characters have become big business for Sony’s PlayStation division. 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man has gone on to become the best-selling superhero game of all time, and doing so on one platform no less, and the recently released Marvel’s Iron Man VR has seen respectable reviews – it currently holds a 73 on Metacritic and this site…
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK THE WEB OF SPIDER-MAN GAMES: THE AMAZING AND THE (NOT SO) SPECTACULAR WHAT THEY SAID AT THE TIME: Microsoft Xbox 360/Sony PlayStation 3 “Shadows is halfway there, with plenty of cool “Spider-Man” moments. But it never really hits any stride, instead setting into repetition…
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