Last November, both Sony and Microsoft rolled out their next-generation consoles in the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X respectively. While support for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hasn’t dried up yet, it’s inevitable that the boxes we’ve enjoyed for the past seven years will become quaint relics. To that end, I thought…
2020 is a year that everyone’s more than ready to put behind them. Outside of partners, family, and close friends, what helped many get through a tumultuous year was video games. Unlike the film and television industry which suffered production delays, and an ever shifting release schedule for major theatrical blockbusters, the video game industry…
It cannot go understated just how incredible Ubisoft’s fall 2003 line-up was. While not every title reached the sales they deserved, the company produced unforgettable classics like Prince of Perisa: The Sands of Time and Beyond Good & Evil, the stylish cel-shaded first-person shooter XIII and quietly nestled among them was Batman: Rise of Sin…
I love Capcom’s survival-horror franchise Resident Evil, and it’s surprising to me how I got to this point. Growing up, I admittedly was a huge scaredy cat. My earliest memory of going to the movies is cowering in the back seat of my parents station wagon at a drive-in screening of Ghostbusters II when Viggo…
Back when this site went by the name Comic Gamers Assemble, it became somewhat of a tradition, like it is for many outlets, to hand out “Game of the Year” awards. Given that this site is no IGN, these were mostly acknowledgements given to games, developers and publishers without any physical trophies being handed out.…
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Montreal PUBLISHER: Square-Enix REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Add-on content is free to download. Marvel’s Avengers, Square-Enix’s attempt to turn one of the most popular brands on the planet into a “Games as a Service” title, has been fighting an uphill battle since its launch.…
Thanks once again to Shaun Musgrave for bringing this product to my attention. Follow him on Twitter HERE and read his work over at TouchArcade. Arcades, locations that people once had to visit, have found their ways into homes, and that’s not exactly a bad thing right now given the present state of the world.…
DEVELOPER: Insomniac Games PUBLISHER: Sony Interactive Entertainment REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. At the start of the millennium, Marvel gave birth to the Ultimate Universe as a way to refresh characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers free of decades of continuity that scared away new readers.…
DEVELOPER: PlayMagic PUBLISHER: Microids REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 4 (Slim) from a copy purchased by the author. Ubisoft dominated the fall of 2003 with hits and cult favorites like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Beyond Good & Evil, the former of which is getting a reboot due early next year while the latter’s…
Prequel – a story or movie containing events that precede those of an existing work. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will release in just under a month, but as recently seen with Marvel’s Avengers, players can get an early look into the universe through a new prologue novel. Little is known about the book other than…
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