Marvel Archive

  • Deadpool Lands Starring Role in His Own Game (Finally!)

    Deadpool Lands Starring Role in His Own Game (Finally!)

    Suck it, Wolverine! Marvel’s mouthiest anti-hero has finally landed the lead gig in his own video game. That’s right, nutso mercenary Deadpool will be starring in a self-titled action game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision, to be released in 2013 for […]

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  • Review: Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles

    Review: Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles

    Zen Studios has been making top notch pinball tables for the last several years, combining wild and imaginative boards with fantastic ball physics and the occasional licensed property, most notably in the Marvel Pinball collection.  Previous tables from the Marvel Universe have included Wolverine, Captain […]

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  • Marvel vs. Capcom Origins Compilation Tag-Team Combos PSN, XBLA

    Marvel vs. Capcom Origins Compilation Tag-Team Combos PSN, XBLA

    90’s arcade fighting game favorites Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes are joining forces for a digital download tag-team compilation on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this September for $14.99/1200 MS Points. Marvel vs. Capcom Origins, as the collection […]

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  • The Amazing Spider-Man PS3 Box Art Reveals PS Move Support

    The Amazing Spider-Man PS3 Box Art Reveals PS Move Support

    Late Friday, Activision PR dropped a box art download into my inbox for The Amazing Spider-Man. I didn’t think much of it at the time because, well, it’s box art, and as much as I enjoy seeing what game covers look like, I had sorta […]

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  • Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles First Look

    Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles First Look

    Avengers Chronicles rocks Marvel Pinball with another four-table add-on pack this spring, launching as DLC for Pinball FX2 on XBLA and Marvel Pinball on PSN and as a standalone downloadable pinball pack for the PlayStation Vita. Zen Studios says these new tables will emphasize the […]

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  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Looks Snazzy on PS Vita, Too!

    Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Looks Snazzy on PS Vita, Too!

    Another top-ranked fighting champ ready for a PS Vita rumble in the jungle is Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, which, unlike Mortal Kombat, will be out for launch day, February 22nd (it’ll actually be out Feb. 15 for First Edition bundle buyers as well). Clearly […]

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  • Review: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

    Review: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

    Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 stirs up a lot of conflicting emotions inside my gamer geek heart. I don’t fault Capcom for releasing yearly updates to its fighting game franchises. After all, fighting games are basically in the same boat as sports games, in that […]

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  • Review: Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue

    Review: Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue

    With six Marvel superhero-themed tables already under their utility belts, Zen Studios doesn’t need to convince us any longer that comic books and pinball go together like Aurora and Northstar, to reach for a totally unnecessary Alpha Flight reference. In fact, at this point, it’s […]

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  • Ultimate MvC3’s Heroes & Heralds Mode Lands Next Week

    Ultimate MvC3’s Heroes & Heralds Mode Lands Next Week

    Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been out for about a month now, and the touted Heroes & Heralds post-launch DLC mode has been missing in action this whole time. Until now. The Capcom Unity folks have announced the impending release of Heroes & Heralds, […]

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  • Spider-Man’s Free-Roaming Web-Slinging Return to NYC

    Spider-Man’s Free-Roaming Web-Slinging Return to NYC

    Spider-Man’s two most recent video game appearances have been mixed bags of surprisingly solid and disappointingly lousy. But Activision and returning developer Beenox, rushing to get another yearly installment out the door, will attempt to recapture the magic of Spider-Man 2 in next summer’s movie […]

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