In order to proper evaluate this game, I think it’s best to imagine yourself back in the early 90’s when this game came out: You’re an impressionable young kid who loves video games, comic books, cartoons, and you don’t have the luxury of the internet to provide you with up to date information on all…
NOTE: GAME WAS PLAYED ON iPOD TOUCH 5 A trend that has developed with every major comic themed film since 2013 is that it’s accompanied by a mobile game tie-in: Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, Thor 2, Captain America 2 and more recently The Amazing Spider-Man 2 all had games launched on various mobile…
For someone who’s trying to build the most comprehensive hub for all things comic book game related, I feel ashamed that this got past me. Coming tomorrow from mobile developer Glitchsoft is the video game tie-in to this coming Friday’s blockbuster X-Men film, Days of Future Past. Players can take on the roles of classic X-Men…
Man, what a disappointment. “But Blair,” you ask, “how could you be POSSIBLY be disappointed in the Game Boy Advance version of a movie tie-in game that launched next to a film that nearly killed the X-Men film franchise as we know it?” That is indeed a fair question, so I’ll elaborate: Upon researching the…
One of things in my opinion that made the original Nintendo DS the gigantic success it turned out to be was the unique touch screen interface. Before the advent of the mobile smart phone gaming renaissance, it truly was a unique handheld gaming device for it’s time with its touch screen and button combination. When…
The X-Men films are no stranger to tie-in video games: A few days before the original X-Men’s release date of July 14th, 2000 gamers were able to pick up the underrated PSOne fighting game X-Men: Mutant Academy from publisher Activision, and several weeks before the first weekend of May release of X2: X-Men United, a…
The Avengers are set to star in another game, but it’s still not the game fans have been craving. Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics from Disney Interactive is the upcoming sequel to the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance and will also be played on that platform. Whereas that game was a turn based RPG-lite game where…
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…
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…
Last month Disney Interactive Media announced that there would be an Avengers Facebook game entitled Marvel: Avengers Alliance from developer Playdom. The initial details on the game was that the player would take control of a male or female S.H.I.E.L.D agent who would recruit various heroes from the Marvel Universe to combat a global…
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