WINTER (SOLDIER) IS COMING TO MARVEL’S AVENGERS LATER THIS MONTH

Back in August, the news broke that the next playable character that would be coming to Marvel’s Avengers would be The Winter Soldier. Since then, the game has gotten a new Villain Sector in the “No Rest for the Wicked” mission and Google Stadia, the streaming platform that was a home to Marvel’s Avengers has…

PREP YOUR SNOW GEAR: THE WINTER SOLDIER IS COMING TO MARVEL’S AVENGERS

Just a few months ago, the future of Marvel’s Avengers came into question after Square Enix, the game’s publisher, sold the studios responsible for its development, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal, to the Embracer Group. With new owners and the inevitability of having to relicense the mega-popular intellectual property, there was a cloud uncertainty hovering over…

MARRYING A COMIC WITH A VIDEO GAME PART 1

In my discussion of why I thought Batman: Arkham Asylum worked, I mentioned how it was due largely to the fact that it took the Batman character and merged it with Nintendo’s long-standing Metroid franchise. I then began to think about what other games would be great templates to join to a comic book character…