Co-created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and debuting in the pages of the Fantastic Four in 1966, it would be forty years after his introduction to the world that Black Panther would make any appearances in a video game. It was in the massive Marvel crossover action-RPG Marvel Ultimate Alliance released in 2006 that players would be able…
Fighting games should not be designed for players like me, yet in 2017, developers like Netherrealm went out of their way to make sure that they were. Fighting games were born in the arcade where two opponents would stand shoulder-to-shoulder determining who would have to put in a quarter to continue playing and who could…
2017 was a MASSIVE year for comic book video games from sheer volume alone with long gestating titles like Battle Chasers: Nightwar finally coming out, the release of two major AAA fighting games and surprises like a remaster of Rogue Trooper and a collection of NES Disney games that included the likes of DuckTales and it’s pricey sequel, DuckTales 2. So far the…
In previous years around the holiday season I’ve looked at comic book games with a Christmas twist such as Batman: Arkham Origins, the many games inspired by Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, and Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. While growing up, video games were of my most coveted Christmas gifts as it was only really around that time of year when I…
Next Tuesday won’t just see the release of the Winter Soldier, Black Widow and Venom as playable characters in Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, but also two new costume packs as well. The first set, known as “Cosmic Crusaders”, provides new skins for Rocket, Nova, Gamora, Mega Man X, Zero and Strider: The new skins for both Rocket…
Before the September launch of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, Capcom announced the DLC roster of characters that would be added to the game before the end of 2017. So far Sigma, Black Panther and Monster Hunter have been added, and now we know when to expect the remaining trio. Three Marvel characters: Winter Soldier; Black Widow and Marvel Vs.…
When the first Thor film came out in 2011, there were three unique titles released alongside it under the banner Thor: God of Thunder from Sega. 2013’s Thor: The Dark World only saw a free-to-play mobile game release next to it; however a truncated version of the films events were played out in a bonus…
