Marvel’s April 27 release of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (opens in new tab) (2022) aims to make way for Spider-Man’s upcoming 60th-anniversary celebration by dropping Peter down to a whole new level of rock bottom out of which he will (hopefully) emerge heroically. Arguably the biggest draw to this issue is …
Read More »Marvel Zombies explained before Doctor Strange 2
After the Marvel Zombies (opens in new tab) appearance in Marvel’s What If…? series on Disney Plus and the announcement that they would be getting their own series on the streaming service, many are wondering what role the undead heroes might have in the upcoming Doctor Strange and the Multiverse …
Read More »Dune Spice Wars enters Early Access with sandworms, strategy, and serious lore
Sadly, Dune: Spice Wars isn’t a game where Zendaya chucks packages of cayenne at Timothée Chalamet’s head. Happily, instead, it’s a deep real-time strategy game that makes the most of the Frank Herbert series’ complicated lore. Created by the same studio that built the Viking strategy game Northgard, Dune: Spice …
Read More »The newest Avenger Nighthawk – the strange history of Marvels Batman
On April 20, the current version of classic Marvel Comics anti-hero Nighthawk, known as Marvel’s homage to Batman, joined the Avengers in Avengers #55 (opens in new tab). But the somewhat convoluted history of Nighthawk has fans asking which version of the character is on the team, and where the …
Read More »Everything we know about DCs Death of the Justice League and Dark Crisis
The Justice League is going to die (well, most of them anyway) and lead to a Dark Crisis. And no, not in an Elseworlds title or Injustice game. Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and more are really going to perish in the DC continuity. Though there is a matter of when …
Read More »TMNT: The Last Ronin #5 first impressions – finale concludes Michelangelos story brilliantly
Who is The Last Ronin? It was the biggest question of 2020 for the TMNT fanbase. Now, three issues and nearly two years after the release of the first chapter, readers have not just the answer to the Last Ronin’s identity, but how his brothers and father died, how Shredder’s …
Read More »Have you tried… selling your soul for gold in the immersive sim Blood West?
Blood West would be a terrible parent, but it’s a great immersive sim. You barely get your bearings by the time it turns you loose in a desert frontier crawling with monsters, little more than a rusty axe and revolver to your name. It’s a first-person shooter that’s big on …
Read More »Can you name all the superhero Hawks?
Can you name all the superhero ‘Hawks?’ Newsarama can name 16. Can you add any more? As of Avengers #55, the Avengers have a new member. We’re not going to spoil it right here, but we’ll go as far as to say they’re one of the many superheroes with some …
Read More »Mephisto leads Marvels supervillains to watch out for in 2022
In April 20’s Avengers #55, classic Marvel villain Mephisto rears his head as one of the biggest coming threats in the Marvel Universe with an entire cadre of his own Multiverse ‘Variants’ known as the Council of Red at his side. To match the building threat of Mephisto and his …
Read More »Saints Row is raising the bar on character customization with prosthetic limbs, elf ears, and killbot eyeballs
One of the best parts about becoming a criminal mastermind is crafting a look that says “scams are my day job, but my fashion sense is legit”. Saints Row leans into that fact, with an embarrassing number of options for your character, your cars, your guns, and your headquarters. At …
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