WHY BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM WORKED

I spoke in length about why leading up to the release of the first “Arkham” game I remained skeptical, but now I’d like to do something a little more positive and thus more fitting with one of my favorite game series of all time. Here’s my reasons as to why Batman: Arkham Asylum was the…

SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED COMING TO MOBILE

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…

REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: SEPARATION ANXIETY

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…

MAXIMUM CARNAGE: THE BEST COMIC TO GAME ADAPTATION TO DATE

Comic book video games come in a variety of categories: Some use the comic solely as their source material, even calling on comic writers for story input, (The “Arkham” series,) others take inspiration from animated series (Batman: Vengeance,) and then there’s those that exist in the world of a feature film (The Amazing Spider-Man 2.)…

REVIEW: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (3DS)

NOTE: I played in 2D but turned the slider up periodically to check to see how the game looks and found no real difference at all. For games that try to launch across nearly every single available platform on the market, there’s a few options that a developer can take when bringing a game to…

SPIDER-MAN DEVELOPER NEVERSOFT CLOSES DUE TO MERGER

When gamers think of the name Neversoft, memories will probably flood in of hitting that high combo while listening to “Guerilla Radio” by Rage Against the Machine in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, or shredding on a plastic instrument with friends in a Guitar Hero session. To me, the name will always be synonymous with the first ever…