A trend that has surfaced in gaming last generation and spilling into this one is companies either remaking, or remastering games. Chances are if you picked up a PS4 last fall it may have came with a remaster of the critically acclaimed PS3 title The Last of Us, or maybe you picked up an updated version…
Presently I’m busy playing games and gathering my thoughts on the second chapter of my “Year of Acclaim” feature (something that’s proving to be EXTREMELY difficult), and on top of that I’m brainstorming up some new ideas I’d like to share with you for other parts of the year as well. Starting with: APRIL ULTIMATE…
There hasn’t been any new Marvel themed figures released for Disney Infinity 2.0 since launch with the major fall push going towards Disney Characters like Tinkerbell, Stitch and Donald Duck among others. Things swing back towards Marvel’s favor tomorrow with the release of three new figures to Disney Infinity 2.0: Green Goblin, Ronan the Accuser…
The Nintendo DS. Once a system I thought would spell the demise of the Nintendo handheld as we knew it, especially in the wake of Sony’s PSP device, went on to become a machine I would own multiple iterations of and spend countless hours playing. Games like Elite Beat Agents, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, the…
Say what you will about publisher Activision, but under their watch they successfully reinvigorated the Spider-Man video game franchise with developers Neversoft and Treyarch at the turn of the millennium. After the release of 2005’s Ultimate Spider-Man however, things seemed to be taking a downward spiral in terms of quality for the once well-regarded franchise.…
10 years after its release, Spider-Man 2 stands as a benchmark to which every game featuring the character is judged by, of which it totally deserves that distinction. Treyarch, the developer behind the game and now part of the Call of Duty brain trust, accomplished what none other had done before in the interactive space;…
Marvel has been throwing around a lot of popular event names as a lead up to the return to their Secret Wars story in 2015; Everything from Old Man Logan, Marvel Zombies, House of M, and of course Civil War. Yesterday they posted another teaser with no ties to a previous event, simply titled “The…
Whereas the first Disney Infinity game came with three different play sets in one package, this year model leaves it up to the player (or the parent of the player) to purchase the remaining two independently. One of the first out of the gate is the Spider-Man play set, inspired by the Disney animated series…
Today’s the day true believers! The day when Disney destroys the wallets of Marvel loving video game fans with Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heroes. I wasn’t able to track down a collector’s edition due to the availability being limited to online only orders in Canada, however I did indulge in every other figure I…
Spider-Man 2 is the losing your virginity of Spider-Man games: You’ll never forget your first time, but it will never be your best time. Read any comments section in the review for a Spider-Man game from 2005 forwards and you’ll probably see a lot of “I loved Spider-Man 2! Why can’t they make another Spider-Man…
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