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…
I’ve enjoyed GT Countdown as narrated by Brandon Jones as long as I can remember, and today’s list is of special importance: The Top 10 x-Men Games. With the exception of one (the quite pricey X-Men Children of the Atom,) I’m proud to say I own all of the games on this list. Check out…
The much anticipated the Amazing Spider-Man 2 finally reaches North American theaters this week, accompanied by its tie-in game from Activision today releasing across nearly every platform and handheld available. One of the first antagonists announced for the sequel, also making his big screen debut, is Max Dillon AKA Electro. This wouldn’t be the…
This week the sequel Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two drops courtesy of Disney Interactive and Junction point studios, the developer founded by legendary game designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief). In an interview with Polygon about the game, he mentioned how much he would love to make a game starring some of Marvel’s…
Wow, not long after Kotaku released the article about the troubled development cycle of X-Men: Destiny comes another piece of news about the now controversial game. As part of the lawsuit Silicon Knights lost against Epic over their use of the Unreal engine, they now must delete the code for any title they developed using…
X-Men: Destiny came out last year to little to no fanfare. Critics bashed it, sales were less than mediocre, and by now most people (outside of me) have probably forgetting about it. But what exactly happened that made it so bad? Publisher Activision has had a pretty decent record with the license in the past,…
Capcom’s Marvel Vs. Capom: Origins is out now for both PS3 and Xbox 360. Origins is a compilation of Marvel Super Heroes and the original Marvel Vs. Capcom. Those with an Xbox 360 should also check out the deals this week, as there is several Marvel tables on sale for Pinball FX2 and Konami’s X-Men:…
EGMnow has a feature up highlighting their staffs top comic based games. The list ranges all of comic-dom, featuring super heroes, manga properties and Disney comics. Ray Carsillo lists Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage as his pick, though apparently he doesn’t remember the title that fondly, as he mentions the ability for a second player to participate…
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