Posts tagged with 'video_game'

    • "Spider-Man: Friend or Foe" Preview

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 04 2007 03:00 PM | PERMALINK

      Marvel has posted a news story on the upcoming Spider-Man video game, which actually looks pretty sweet. For those that haven't been keeping up with the Activision-produced Spider-Man games of the past few years, they are a cut above the usual comic-video game quality and get better with every release. Amid the typical Marvel, overhyped language in the blurb (where they assure us it will be a "sure-fire hit"... we will be the judge of that, Marvel!) is some info that gives us a real idea of what...

    • Arcades Still Exist?

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 15 2007 04:00 PM | PERMALINK

      More comic-book-meets-video-game news in the pipeline today with Marvel and Powerplay Entertainment, LLC (a coin-op arcade machine developer) agreeing to a three-year licensing agreement to span 12 games featuring Marvel characters. Old-school fans of comics and gaming will surely think back to the brilliant 1992 X-Men arcade game and hope fervently that the new games deliver the same level of quality.

      While it is surprising to see arcade-game licensing deals in this day and age, there is...

    • A Beatdown of Marvelous Proportions

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 15 2007 10:00 AM | PERMALINK

      Fans of the old Capcom-produced Marvel video games rejoice! EA Chicago has released a press release giving some details on a new Marvel-themed fighting game, due sometime in 2008 (most likely holiday quarter, when 90% of big name games release.)

      I’m typically not excited when I hear about any EA project, given that they are really the Fox of the video game world: obsessed with the bottom line and not terribly concerned with ruining licenses (Marvel Nemesis, I'm looking at you.) The Chicago studio...