DEVELOPERS: Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Montreal PUBLISHER: Square Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Add-on content is free to download. Marvel’s Avengers has struggled to retain an audience with its Games as a Service offerings, but something that has caused players to come back, at least or a few hours,…
DEVELOPERS: Iguana Entertainment (originals)/Nighdive Studios (remasters) PUBLISHERS: Acclaim Entertainment (originals)/Nightdive Studios (remasters) REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (slim) from copies purchased by the author. When players think of the Nintendo 64’s library, they tend to think of big, first party Nintendo titles like Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time or four-player party…
DEVELOPERS: Engine Software/Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Chengdu/Ubisoft Pune Production PUBLISHER: Ubisoft REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. When we reviewed Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game on PlayStation 3 this summer to celebrate the film’s tenth anniversary, we wrote on the subject of Ubisoft getting it back up for sale:…
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Montreal PUBLISHER: Square-Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Add-on content is free to download. Marvel’s Avengers, Square-Enix’s attempt to turn one of the most popular brands on the planet into a “Games as a Service” title, has been fighting an uphill battle since its launch.…
Thanks once again to Shaun Musgrave for bringing this product to my attention. Follow him on Twitter HERE and read his work over at TouchArcade. Arcades, locations that people once had to visit, have found their ways into homes, and that’s not exactly a bad thing right now given the present state of the world.…
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…
NOTE: Played on a PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. “I made it for all the right reasons…now this.” – Tony Stark The Avengers have existed for over half a century, but their star has never burned brighter than in the last decade or so thanks to the shared Marvel Cinematic…
In 2004, creator Bryan Lee O’Malley introduced readers to Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, the first in a six-part saga about the struggles of a twenty-something year old slacker learning to grow up and change from past life mistakes. On the surface level though, the story revolves around Scott’s quest to vanquish the seven…
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, exploded in popularity in the late 80’s/early 90’s after the property became a multimedia juggernaut. Near overnight the Heroes in a Half Shell went from indie comic book darlings to dominating the television airwaves, toy aisles, and of course, video games. In 1989,…
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK THE WEB OF SPIDER-MAN GAMES: THE AMAZING AND THE (NOT SO) SPECTACULAR WHAT THEY SAID AT THE TIME: Microsoft Xbox 360/Sony PlayStation 3 “Shadows is halfway there, with plenty of cool “Spider-Man” moments. But it never really hits any stride, instead setting into repetition…
