Prior to 2013, developer TT Games had already worked on a huge number of licenses as part of their incredibly fun and addictive Lego series of games: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Caped Crusader, Batman. Being owned by publisher WB Games, who in turn are owned by parent company Time Warner who…
Toys and video games have gone hand in hand for years with little plastic representations of video game characters being sold on the shelves of specialty stores and toy departments, but it was really only until recently with the popularity of games like Skylanders, Disney Infinity, Playmotion and now Lego Dimensions that the two have truly become one. The…
Growing up I was a huge video game magazine reader and I loved reading issues of Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly at the start of the year where they would have a big preview of all the great games expected to arrive in the next twelve months any beyond. With a lot of great comic book games either…
When it arrives in January of 2016, Lego Marvel’s The Avengers will be the first console Marvel game to feature content inspired by Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Phase Two is sssoooo 2015, what about 2016, in particular, the hotly anticipated Captain America: Civil War? While Lego Marvel’s The Avengers will release months to Civil War, which doesn’t…
One of the best parts of Lego Marvel Super Heroes was exploring the huge map of New York City: hunting down gold bricks, unlocking heroes and vehicles or just listening to the funny dialogue the random citizens would spout off as you walk, flew, or drove around. As the sequel is primarily focusing on the events of…
Announced this weekend at the PlayStation Experience among all of the new trailers for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Ni No Kuni 2 was a new offer for the PlayStation Now service that allows you to stream games on your PlayStation 4. Starting December 8th, the service will be discounted to $99 a year and eleven games from…
In 2016, I’m devoting a year to determine what is the single best Marvel console video game to date, kicking things off in January with a look at Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Today as opposed to my traditional articles and features, I want to try, emphasis on try, something a little bit different: streaming. With the help of my…
Though they weren’t called by their code names in this year’s Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were the latest characters to join the roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and battled along side the likes of Iron Man and Captain America. As next year’s Lego Marvel’s The Avengers uses a lot of the events that…
In 2015 I looked at Acclaim’s roster of in-house produced comic book video games, and in 2016 I’m taking the year-long feature concept further and will determine what is the greatest Marvel console video game of all time. There are some things I’d like to clarify before the feature starts in the new year, the…
Fresh off this summer’s Secret Wars mini-series spin-off based on the classic Avengers/Guardians of the Galaxy crossover The Korvac Saga, Michael Korvac has now been announced to be joining the roster of next year’s Lego Marvel’s The Avengers. Korvac initially was a technician from the future who was captured by the alien race known as the Badoon.…
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