THE 2022 COMIC BOOK VIDEO GAMES GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Normally our annual Game of the Year awards drop before the new year. But, given that a high profile released arrived in December with Marvel’s Midnight Suns, it was an easy decision to push the event until January. It’s a good thing we did too because the latest Marvel video game opus is massive and…

REVIEW: TMNT: THE COWABUNGA COLLECTION

DEVELOPERS: Konami (originals)/Digital Eclipse (compilation) PUBLISHER: Konami REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X from a copy purchased by the author. Comic book video games, or really licensed titles in general, are in danger of becoming lost. That’s true for the computer entertainment industry at large, but I don’t think anyone really needs to be afraid that…

REVIEW: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER’S REVENGE

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…

ARCADE1UP’S NEW COMIC BOOK OFFERINGS INCLUDE COUNTER SIZED MARVEL AND TMNT CABINETS AND A HEAD-TO-HEAD MARVEL UNIT

Going into the busy holiday shopping season, Arcade1up’s major comic book video game offering this fall was once limited to their X-Men cabinet which includes the classic arcade game, Captain America and the Avengers, and Avengers in Galactic Storm. Now the maker of home cabinets have a few more units to add to their catalog…

SHREDDER’S REVENGE IS A WAKE UP CALL TO THE VALUE OF RETRO LICENSED GAMES

Last week, to the delight of many, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, produced in partnership between Dotemu and Tribute games, was announced. A game that no one saw coming at all, Shredder’s Revenge is a love letter to the beloved TMNT titles produced by Konami – and the 2007 TMNT game for the Game…