DEVELOPER: PHL Collective PUBLISHER: Outright Games REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X from a copy purchased by the author. Between the mature take on the team in Zack Snyder’s film and the hero-versus-hero Injustice series, the younger crowd doesn’t really have a Justice League to call their own these days in the multimedia landscape. For a…
DEVELOPER: Kemco PUBLISHERS: Kemco/Vatical Entertainment REVIEWED ON: Game Boy Advance SP from a copy purchased by the author. Catwoman is up there with the likes of fellow DC Comics alum Wonder Woman as one of the most popular female comic book characters of all time. The sometimes hero, sometimes villain broke out from guest appearances…
DEVELOPER: Firaxis Games PUBLISHER: 2K Games REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X from a copy purchased by the author. Building an RPG around superheroes is not a task that should be taken lightly. The expectation of many players going into a comic book video game is that they want to experience the power fantasy that comes…
DEVELOPERS: Camouflaj/Endeavor One PUBLISHERS: Sony Interactive Entertainment/Oculus Studios REVIEWED ON: Meta Quest 2 from a code provided by the developer. To read our review of Marvel’s Iron Man VR for PSVR, click HERE. To read why we awarded it our 2020 game of the year, click HERE. In 2019, one of the biggest surprises during…
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…
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: Acclaim Teeside (original)/Nightdive Studios (remaster) PUBLISHER: Acclaim (original)/Nightdive Studios (remaster) REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. For our thoughts on the 1999 original, click HERE. Despite having their name stamped on arcade conversions of hits like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam, the now defunct publisher Acclaim was mostly known…
DEVELOPER: Eidos-Montréal PUBLISHER: Square Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. The game was played on a TV not equipped for 4K resolution. “Who?!!” This was assuredly a reaction that would’ve been rightfully warranted after Rocket Raccoon stole a slot in the roster from the likes of Gambit, Cable, and…
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…
DEVELOPERS: Crystal Dynamics/Eidos-Montréal/Nixxes PUBLISHER: Square Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. It’s hard to believe it, but it will soon be one year since the launch of Marvel’s Avengers. Though its debut and first few months did the game very little favors, 2021 has been a good year…
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