Writers, directors, and actors have a lot of source material to draw upon when adapting comic book characters to the big screen. Now they have another tool in their arsenal to play with: video games. When making Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans admitted to taking inspiration from the underappreciated Captain America: Super…
Revealed in a late June Nintendo Direct, Batman: Arkham Trilogy is a collection of Batman: Arkham Asylum, City, and Knight as well as all their applicable DLC converted by Turn Me Up Games for the Nintendo Switch. Upon its unveiling, it was given a vague “Fall 2023” release window, but now we know when we…
Released in March, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos from publisher Outright Games and developer PHL Collective still remains one of the year’s most pleasant surprises. For all the talks of state-of-the-art tech and titles that last dozens – if not hundreds – of hours, Cosmic Chaos proves that going bigger doesn’t always mean better. When…
DEVELOPERS: WB Games Montréal (primary), QLOC S.A., and other support studios PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. For further context, click HERE to read my first review of Gotham Knights. I owe WB Games Montréal an apology. The point in starting what’s now Comic Book Video Games was to see…
It was rumored all the way back in early 2022 that the Rocksteady Studios developed Batman games could be coming to Nintendo Switch. This news started spreading when French retailer WTT posted a listing for the port with a place holder date of August 31st, 2022. Many a Nintendo Direct came and went since then,…
With a long-running TV series now packed into his ring and a big-budget film now under their iconic yellow belt, The Flash’s stock in the public eye has certainly risen within the last few years. One area in which the Scarlet Speedster has yet to truly break in though is video games. The Flash has…
DEVELOPER: Probe Entertainment Ltd. PUBLISHER: Sega REVIEWED ON: Retron 5 with a Retron 3-in-1 adaptor and a Retro-Bit Sega Genesis 6-button controller. The Flash is enjoying what might be considered his brightest time in the public spotlight. While the character in his many incarnations has been speeding through the pages of DC Comics for decades…
Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, debuted in April of 1938, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope we all look as good as the Man of Steel when we’re 85 years old. For over 8 decades now, the world has been enthralled about the tales of the…
Originally unveiled in 2020 with a 2022 release window during a DC FanDome event, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the first non-Batman title from Rocksteady Studios since Urban Chaos: Riot Response, was delayed into 2023. At the end of the year it was originally supposed to launch in, a trailer that debuted at the…
DEVELOPER: PHL Collective PUBLISHER: Outright Games REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X from a copy purchased by the author. Between the mature take on the team in Zack Snyder’s film and the hero-versus-hero Injustice series, the younger crowd doesn’t really have a Justice League to call their own these days in the multimedia landscape. For a…
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