2017 was a MASSIVE year for comic book video games from sheer volume alone with long gestating titles like Battle Chasers: Nightwar finally coming out, the release of two major AAA fighting games and surprises like a remaster of Rogue Trooper and a collection of NES Disney games that included the likes of DuckTales and it’s pricey sequel, DuckTales 2. So far the…
2017 is coming to a close, and what a year it has been: The total site views for Comic Gamers Assemble eclipsed 100,000 views earlier in the year; The article count for the site also went well over 1,000 individual pieces; Over 50 reviews were written and published and this has been one of the single busiest…
In previous years around the holiday season I’ve looked at comic book games with a Christmas twist such as Batman: Arkham Origins, the many games inspired by Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, and Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. While growing up, video games were of my most coveted Christmas gifts as it was only really around that time of year when I…
The first piece of DLC content for those who purchased either the deluxe version or season pass for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 arrives tomorrow on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC. Announced via the Marvel Minute show on the Marvel Entertainment YouTube channel, the inaugural expansion for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will be themed after last summer’s Guardians of the…
After weeks of will they/won’t they speculation and hope from fans who want the likes of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four to share the screen with the Avengers in a Marvel movie, Disney has officially purchased 21st Century Fox’s film assets to the tune of over $50 billion, ultimately meaning that such things can…
Announced back in 2014 and getting continuously delayed since then, it’s easy to forget that Payday developer Starbreeze is lending its talents to a new co-operative game based in the universe of The Walking Dead. Via a new cinematic trailer devoid of any gameplay footage that introduces one of the playable characters, Aidan, it looks like we can finally expect…
Sony’s currently ongoing PlayStation Experience event didn’t come with any new trailer, gameplay footage, or a release date for next year’s highly anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man from Insomniac, but we did learn more about the writing team behind the title. Assisting Insomniac’s lead writer Jon Paquette are the writing team of Dan Slott and Christos Gage. Slott has been…
As someone who was born in the 80’s, my video game education, like many I’m sure, started with the NES. Everyone has their favorite series from that era: whether it’s Nintendo first-party heavy hitters like Mario and Zelda, but for me, it was Mega Man. There wasn’t much I didn’t like about Capcom’s beloved franchise:…
Next Tuesday won’t just see the release of the Winter Soldier, Black Widow and Venom as playable characters in Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, but also two new costume packs as well. The first set, known as “Cosmic Crusaders”, provides new skins for Rocket, Nova, Gamora, Mega Man X, Zero and Strider: The new skins for both Rocket…
I want to preface this piece very early on by saying I love the character of Miles Morales: In either collected edition or trade, I have every issue starring the character as written by Brian Micheal Bendis; I have multiple Miles Morales Spider-Man action figures and even a hoodie and t-shirt modeled after Miles’ now…
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