The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has given birth to a new golden age of Marvel video games that started with last year’s Marvel’s Spider-Man and will continue with Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order and (hopefully) whatever Square-Enix has cooking with their Avengers Project. Rewind eleven years though, and it was a…
Earlier this year, Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart were each awarded Guinness World Records for the “longest career as a live action Marvel superhero” having played Wolverine and Professor Charles Xavier respectively for 17 years from 2000-2017. Jackman also held a record for the most times playing a superhero which, according to IGN, was just…
It will be sometime before players can expect a sequel to last year’s Game of the Year nominated Marvel’s Spider-Man, but for those looking to spend more time in that world, Marvel has you covered with the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Velocity, a spin-off comic book series launching this August. From Dennis Hopeless, the writer on the adaptation of…
Before the days of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, console exclusive comic book video games were a big selling point of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, or simply Spider-Man (1991), was the first ever 16-bit console Spider-Man game and it was followed two years by X-Men when the team was arguably the hottest thing going in comics at the…
The logistics of making a Marvel Gaming Universe that would be comparable to the intricately woven, interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe is near impossible due in large part to how video games are made, distributed and sold. If you consider last year’s Marvel Spider-Man for the Sony PlayStation 4 as the start of the MGU, it could very…
Game Informer just unveiled the cover for their June issue issue and Marvel video game lovers have a lot to get excited over as it spotlights Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order which arrives this July, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. Originally developed by Raven Software as well as Vicarious Visions with publishing duties being handled…
Today is Free Comic Book Day, an annual event where people can go to their local comic or hobby shop and walk out with comics at no charge. But, what if you could get something extra without leaving the house? For Free Comic Book Day 2019, both my recently released book, The Web of Spider-Man…
When it launches later this year, you won’t be able to play Marvel’s Iron Man VR with just your PlayStation 4 like you did with Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2018. As the name states, this is a VR title and thus requires the PlayStation VR headset as well as two PlayStation Move controllers if you want to step into…
One of the more engaging Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame reviews I’ve seen has been from Victor Lucas of The Electric Playground. In it, Victor compares the journey these movies have taken over the past eleven years with that of his own, how his team was invited to do the making of documentary for Sega’s Iron Man and how the success of…
This week the world turns its collective attention to Marvel Avengers: Endgame, a film that will conclude over a decade of films in the shared Marvel Cinematic Universe and reveal the fate of those affected by The Snap at the conclusion of Marvel Avengers: Infinity War. Throughout the years there have been many Marvel video games that share a…
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