Superman is one video games’ longest running protagonist, and he even has the Guinness World Record to prove it. Despite this coveted distinction, the Man of Steel hasn’t had much luck headlining his own game. This fall will mark the 15th anniversary of the release of EA’s Superman Returns, the last console game to star…
In 2009, developer Rocksteady Studios applied the Metroid template to Batman, giving rise to the brilliant Batman: Arkham Asylum and starting one of the single best comic book video game series of all time. At the beginning of Arkham Asylum, the player only has a limited number of the Dark Knight’s gadgets. As they progress…
Next-generation is here! Join us as we break down, year by year, the big comic book video game news and releases on what is now “last gen.” Previous posts: 2013, 2014, 2015 2016 started in a big way with the release of LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, the second Marvel outing from TT Games, that recounted the…
When the public was given a first look at PlayStation 5 software during the summer, easily the game that would’ve caused people to find several hundred dollars for a new console was Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the next chapter in Sony and Insomniac Games’ new Spider-Man saga. Thankfully, Sony announced earlier this week that those who can’t…
Developer Rocksteady showed the world what AAA comic book games could be with their series of Batman games. They’ve largely sat out this generation however, releasing only Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015 followed by the much smaller in scope Batman: Arkham VR a year later. Several E3’s and Game Awards events have come and gone, with many anticipating…
Superman hasn’t had the greatest track record in the video game world, never quite being able to escape the long shadow cast by the 1999 release of Superman, or Superman 64, one of the worst reviewed games in history. For having such a sordid history with the interactive medium, it hasn’t stopped the Man of Steel from claiming the…
Books are something I rarely cover or review, but like in the case of WRONG! Retro Games, You Messed Up Our Comic Book Heroes! by Chris Baker, I make the exception when a book addresses what is covered on this site: Video games based on comic book properties. I was made aware of the existence of a…
Save a few mobile games like 2013’s Man of Steel, there hasn’t been a big-budget console Superman game since the 2006 tie-in game to Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. Freelance writer Matt Paprocki just had a story published on Polygon about the troubled development of the last Superman game and having read it, you’ll sadly understand why no one has gotten a…
Ed Boon from Netherrealm Studios was teasing over the weekend that something Injustice 2 related would be revealed today, and it just has been in the form of a new trailer. While devoid of gameplay, it does hint at the direction the story of the sequel will take with the tagline “the lines are redrawn” suggesting that…
This week marks a lot of important anniversaries for the manufacturers who make the consoles that we love to play video games on: Monday marked the 15th anniversary of the arrival of Microsoft in the console space with the original Xbox; November 17th sees the 10th anniversary of Sony’s third entry in the console space…
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