Developer Beenox’s fortunes turned around pretty quickly with their work on the Spider-Man video game franchise. After an excellent debut in 2010 in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, they lost a lot of good will they gathered with a rushed follow-up in 2011, Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Luckily for them, there was a Spider-Man movie coming out in 2012 and with…
Leading up to 2007, Activision could really do no wrong when it came to the Spider-Man license. After a strong start in 2000’s Spider-Man, they built upon that game’s foundation in a PSOne sequel Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro and the first Spider-Man movie game on the sixth generation of consoles before once again revolutionizing how we all played Spider-Man games with Spider-Man…
When it launched in the fall of 2000, Activision’s Spider-Man would eventually be playable on every platform on the market: PSOne, PS2 (via backwards compatability), N64, PC, DC and even the Game Boy Color. As the game goes, one of those games are not like the other, I’m of course referring to the Game Boy Color port…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, a show near and dear to my, and I’m assuming a lot of people’s, heart. To mark that event, a lot of the talent from the show reunited over this past weekend to discuss the now classic animated series that ran on the FOX…
The much anticipated the Amazing Spider-Man 2 finally reaches North American theaters this week, accompanied by its tie-in game from Activision today releasing across nearly every platform and handheld available. One of the first antagonists announced for the sequel, also making his big screen debut, is Max Dillon AKA Electro. This wouldn’t be the…
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…
Several outlets have written reports about their hands on time with Beenox’s upcoming the Amazing Spider-Man and have shared a few new details about the mechanics and a new villian. For months developer Beenox has touted the new mechanic known as “Web Rush” but has not gone into further detail until now. Players will hold…
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