REVIEW: XIII (2022)

DEVELOPERS: Ubisoft (original)/PlayMagic (2020 version)/Tower Five (2022 version) PUBLISHER: Microids REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. Read our thoughts about XIII (2020) HERE. Also check out our review of the 2003 original HERE. Second time’s a charm? In 2019, publisher Microids, seemingly out of nowhere, announced that they were going…

TWO PS3/360 ERA SPIDER-MAN GAMES NEARLY MADE A COMEBACK

For nearly a decade-and-a-half, publisher Activision’s name was synonymous with the Marvel Comics license. Starting with 2000’s Spider-Man from developer Neversoft and X-Men: Mutant Academy, the house of Call of Duty would pump out nearly a Spider-Man game a year on top of titles like the X-Men Legends franchise and Marvel Ultimate Alliance among others.…

REVIEW: XIII (2020)

DEVELOPER: PlayMagic PUBLISHER: Microids REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Ubisoft dominated the fall of 2003 with hits and cult favorites like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Beyond Good & Evil, the former of which is getting a reboot due early next year while the latter’s…

RIPE FOR REMAKE: SPIDER-MAN (2000)

A trend that has surfaced in gaming last generation and spilling into this one is companies either remaking, or remastering games. Chances are if you picked up a PS4 last fall it may have came with a remaster of the critically acclaimed PS3 title The Last of Us, or maybe you picked up an updated version…