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 first Thor film came out in 2011, there were three unique titles released alongside it under the banner Thor: God of Thunder from Sega. 2013’s Thor: The Dark World only saw a free-to-play mobile game release next to it; however a truncated version of the films events were played out in a bonus…
Announced and simultaneously released on the same day in early December of last year, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was rereleased as a timed digital only exclusive to the PlayStation 4. That exclusivity is now over as UMVC3 is now available for the Xbox One and has returned to the PC platform digitally. Not only is the game available…
During PSX last December, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was dropped onto the PlayStation network as a digital download and for those who owned PlayStation 4’s, it gave them bragging rights over those who played on Xbox One or PC. However today’s announcement takes away the goodwill of getting to play UMVC3 early, that is if you’re a fan…
PlayStation 4 owners will be able to play Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 sometime today after the game was shadow dropped along with the announcement of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite at the 2016 PlayStation Experience. Those who prefer to play on either the Xbox One or PC, or don’t own a PS4, will eventually be able to play the remaster,…
PSX is now underway and already we’ve seen the next chapter in the Marvel Vs. Capcom franchise: Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinitie coming in 2017. The trailer for the game was CG but featured Mega Man X, Ryu, Iron Man and Captain Marvel with a brief Ultron teaser at the end. The first official gameplay reveal of Infinite will happen this evening…
Over this past month I’ve now looked at three versions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 that have all addressed the Civil War conflict. Prior to the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and even the story in the comics from Mark Millar, Captain America and Iron Man have been battling in video games and continue to do so even today. To…
The Guardians of the Galaxy have existed in some incarnation or another since the 1960’s, but in the world of video games, the characters are in their relative infancy. The first time any character from the Guardians would be playable in any video game would be in the 2011 re-issue of Marvel Vs. Capom 3:…
Not content releasing three versions of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (the original, Ultimate and PSVita port), it was discovered via the NeoGaf message boards that the publishser famous for rereleases is readying Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capom 3X. The rumor was started when a poster discovered a piece of artwork with the UMVC3 logo over a…
Last year when Nintendo launched the 3DS, Capcom had a handheld port of Super Street Fighter IV ready to go with the new system. This week Sony launched the successor to the PSP, the PlayStation VITA. One of the games to coincide with the system is a port of Capcom’s Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.…
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