Are you a die hard Xbox fan anticipating the next Spider-Man outing from developer Beenox and publisher Activision? Well, you may want to dust off your Xbox 360 then. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set to hit stores in North America in just under two weeks on April 29th, three days before the movie it…
I don’t know if I can speak about this game without wearing rose colored glasses as this game holds many cherished memories for me. As a kid, I loved Spider-Man. I loved the comics, I loved the cartoon and then I got to play a game featuring him on my Game Boy. I played through…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Marvel’s iconic web-slinger, and as we approach the 700th and supposed final issue of the Amazing Spider-Man, I thought it would be topical to look at some of the more important video games starring the wall crawling wonder. As popular as Spider-Man is, there was only one game…
This week the sequel Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two drops courtesy of Disney Interactive and Junction point studios, the developer founded by legendary game designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief). In an interview with Polygon about the game, he mentioned how much he would love to make a game starring some of Marvel’s…
When it launched a week before the release of the Amazing Spider-Man film, the game of the same name arrived on everything from the current generation home consoles, handhelds and even smart phones. Next spring, the game will arrive on Nintendo’s Wii U console packaged with all the DLC I gave a resounding “meh” not…
I finally had a chance to play last week’s Amazing Spider-Man DLC over the weekend, so I’ll chime in with my impressions. Rhino Challenge Pack I’ve actually been in possession of this since I purchased the game last June. The pack is a score attack game where you take control of the Rhino and try…
Boy, that came out of nowhere. The official Playstation blog announced Monday that four DLC packs are coming for the Amazing Spider-Man, two of which are the Amazon exclusive Stan Lee Adventure Pack and the Rhino Challenge Pack that was the Gamestop/EB Games exclusive pre-order bonus. The first of the new packs is the Lizard…
Because I still had my Dreamcast hooked up, and the fact that it’s being rereleased as a download title in two weeks, I decided to take a look at the original Marvel Vs. Capcom. In the late 1990’s, what was known as the “Vs.” series became hugely popular due to its combination of Street Fighter…
This past Sunday marked the 13th anniversary of the launch of the Sega Dreamcast. That’s not a nice number that people usually break out the retrospectives over, but I have a soft spot for the system and that gives me an excuse to talk about it, and one of my favorite superhero games: Spider-Man. Now,…
Capcom has landed probably the best release date for their PSN/XBLA title Marvel Vs. Capcom Origins. It will be available for download on PSN September 25th and XBLA the following day on the 26th. PlayStation loyalists get to watch the Avengers on Blu-Ray when it drops on that date and then duke it out with…
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