From Nintendo to Sony and Sega, game companies are seeing the value in releasing their classic video game content in nostalgia shells. New to the arena is a new challenger, Capcom, but their definition of a dedicated device is a little bit more ambitious. Capcom Home Arcade is a dedicated plug-and-play, two-player arcade stick shaped…
It’s been over a year since the launch of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and you would barely even know the game came out at all. The announcement of the return of Capcom’s beloved Vs. Series was met with excitement in late 2016, but throughout 2017 and until the game’s release, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was dealt blow after blow from a…
Capcom has done a tremendous job this generation making their back catalog of franchises and games matter again. From bringing the GameCube exclusive Resident Evil and Resident Evil 0 to non-Nintendo systems for the first time to surprising us with the out of nowhere Disney Afternoon Collection, it’s never been a better time to be a fan of Capcom. Last…
Co-created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and debuting in the pages of the Fantastic Four in 1966, it would be forty years after his introduction to the world that Black Panther would make any appearances in a video game. It was in the massive Marvel crossover action-RPG Marvel Ultimate Alliance released in 2006 that players would be able…
Fighting games should not be designed for players like me, yet in 2017, developers like Netherrealm went out of their way to make sure that they were. Fighting games were born in the arcade where two opponents would stand shoulder-to-shoulder determining who would have to put in a quarter to continue playing and who could…
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…
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:…
Before the September launch of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, Capcom announced the DLC roster of characters that would be added to the game before the end of 2017. So far Sigma, Black Panther and Monster Hunter have been added, and now we know when to expect the remaining trio. Three Marvel characters: Winter Soldier; Black Widow and Marvel Vs.…
When the first Thor film came out in 2011, there were three unique titles released alongside it under the banner Thor: God of Thunder from Sega. 2013’s Thor: The Dark World only saw a free-to-play mobile game release next to it; however a truncated version of the films events were played out in a bonus…
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