DEVELOPER: Rocksteady Studios (originals)/Turn me Up Games (porting duties) PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. The Arkham series of Batman video games developed by Rocksteady Studios needs little introduction. Marrying a blend of stealth, easy to pick up combat and exploration with some of the talent behind…
DEVELOPER: Acclaim Studios Austin (original)/Nightdive Studios (remaster) PUBLISHER: Nightdive Studios REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. To read out thoughts on the Nintendo 64 original, click HERE. It’s fair to say that the Nintendo 64 was kept afloat against the juggernaut that was Sony’s first PlayStation because of Nintendo’s own…
If you frequent a site like this and hear the words “Batman” and “vengeance”, chances are you’ll think of a 2001 Ubisoft title inspired by Batman: The Animated Series. For a modern audience though, their minds will more than likely snap to the Matt Reeves directed The Batman that opened in 2022. When it finally…
It looks as though Hellboy isn’t the only comic book character with a game set to release this October that’s now subject to a delay. In August, Batman: Arkham Trilogy, a compilation that brings all 3 of the Rocksteady Studios developed Arkham games to Nintendo’s hardware, was given a release date of October 13th. Today,…
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…
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,…
DEVELOPER: Tribute Games PUBLISHER: Dotemu REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X via GamePass/Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. Chances are if you were born in the mid-80s, you had a toy box full of ninja turtles, strange anthropomorphic mutants, robotic foot ninjas, and green ooze that your parents assuredly loved getting out of…
DEVELOPER: TT Games PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. In 2013, developer TT Games produced what this very site dubbed the best Marvel console game ever in 2016: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. It more than earned that distinction by simply being a game that could be enjoyed…
DEVELOPER: Toybox Inc. PUBLISHER: Nintendo REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. Women have not had it easy in comic book video games. Sure, popular heroines like Wonder Woman, Black Widow, Gamora, Captain Marvel and others are nearly always present in large ensemble games, but the amount of comic book games…
In the fall of 2013, the TT Games developed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes was released, and without an ounce of hyperbole, it’s still today one of, if not the, best Marvel Comics video games ever released. Though the LEGO games that have arrived since then, both of the DC and Marvel variety, have made many…
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