HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL DS! A LIST OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOK GAMES ON THE HANDHELD

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…

REVIEW: IRON MAN 2 (NINTENDO DS)

NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM  05/13/2013 Iron Man 2 comes to us courtesy of studio Griptonite games, a developer I’ve taking a liking to for crafting some great superhero themed games like Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Shattered dimensions (also for the NDS) and Marvel Super Hero Squad: the Infinity Gauntlet. To simply sum up…

REVIEW: IRON MAN 2 (PSP/Wii)

NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 05/13/2013 Iron Man 2 for both the Wii and PSP are similar to the first Iron Man film tie-in games in that the development for each of the consoles was handled by a different studio. While a rebranded Secret Level would continue on to craft Iron Man 2 for the…

REVIEW: IRON MAN 2 (XBOX 360)

NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 05/02/2013 Iron Man 2 would once again be developed by Secret Level games, who were renamed Sega Studios San Francisco. The hope from publisher Sega was that by bringing in Secret Level under the official Sega umbrella the studio would be able to recover and make a better product than…

REVIEW: MARVEL VS. CAPCOM (DREAMCAST)

Because I still had my Dreamcast hooked up, and the fact that it’s being rereleased as a download title in two weeks, I decided to take a look at the original Marvel Vs. Capcom. In the late 1990’s, what was known as the “Vs.” series became hugely popular due to its combination of Street Fighter…

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: ORIGINS RELEASE DATE

Capcom has landed probably the best release date for their PSN/XBLA title Marvel Vs. Capcom Origins. It will be available for download on PSN September 25th and XBLA the following day on the 26th. PlayStation loyalists get to watch the Avengers on Blu-Ray when it drops on that date and then duke it out with…

MORE MARVEL: AVENGERS ALLIANCE CHARACTERS CONFIRMED

While there is still no firm release date for the Avengers Facebook game, some new additions have been made to the roster: Daredevil Dr. Strange Iron Fist Luke Cage Black Cat Spider-Woman Sif She-Hulk War Machine Some of the villains shown with the new heroes are the Executioners, the Wrecking Crew and Bullseye.