NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 05/02/2013 When the original Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, publisher Sega launched an Iron Man game across every relevant gaming platform at the time. It would mark the first time that an Iron Man game would be released for a home console (not counting handhelds) where the hero would…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 03/16/2013 Looking back I can see why people may not have bothered to give the DS version of Iron Man a chance: All of the home console versions reviewed incredibly bad, so the chances that a version on an underpowered handheld being worth anyone’s time was slim. Of all the…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 03/15/2013 2002’s the Invincible Iron Man (IIM for abbreviation purposes here on out) from developer Torus Games and publisher Activision is not the first game to bill Iron Man as a title character, that honor would go to 1995’s Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal from Acclaim (coming…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 02/01/2013 To say that I’m excited for Lego Marvel Super Heroes is an understatement. As a Marvel fan and someone who collects and writes about comic themed video games, it’s nothing short of a dream come true. However, my enthusiasm for a Lego themed Marvel game actually came about when…
In my discussion of why I thought Batman: Arkham Asylum worked, I mentioned how it was due largely to the fact that it took the Batman character and merged it with Nintendo’s long-standing Metroid franchise. I then began to think about what other games would be great templates to join to a comic book character…
For those who wanted a little Lego Marvel Super Heroes action on the go yet lack a dedicated handheld gaming device are now in luck. Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril is out now on iOS devices at a cost of $4.99. Universe in Peril is a port of the 3DS/PS Vita game that…
As we knew from the debut of Disney Infinity 2.0, the starter set will come with team members from the Avengers roster. Today it’s been unveiled that there will be a Spider-Man play set that appears to be taking inspiration from the Disney animated series, Ultimate Spider-Man. Confirmed as figures in the set are the…
In order to proper evaluate this game, I think it’s best to imagine yourself back in the early 90’s when this game came out: You’re an impressionable young kid who loves video games, comic books, cartoons, and you don’t have the luxury of the internet to provide you with up to date information on all…
Gameloft has already released one mobile Spider-Man game this year, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and it appears they’re set to launch another. Today the company revealed Spider-Man Unlimited, an episodic game that from its debut trailer appears to be in the “endless runner” genre, similar to how the company adapted Iron Man 3 to the…
Beat-em-ups as a genre are repetitive by nature: punch some guys, move right, punch some more guys, more than likely ride an elevator, fight a boss, rinse, repeat until games end. What helps alleviate some of the tedium is being able to bring along a friend for the ride. In the arcade, where the games…
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