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The Amazing Bruce Campbell Gets Extreme in The Amazing Spider-Man

Since his role as the ring announcer in the first Spider-Man movie, B-movie and television star Bruce “Ash” Campbell has been a fixture in the webslinger’s video games. Next week’s The Amazing Spider-Man is no exception. Campbell plays an over-the-top journalist in the game, putting Spidey through his paces in a series of challenges that…

By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2012

Stan ‘The Man’ Lee Soaring Gracefully Over New York Might Be the Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Ever Seen

I was initially skeptical about Stan Lee’s cameo appearance as a playable character in The Amazing Spider-Man. Now that I’ve see this video, I might be persuaded to buy an entire Stan Lee game. Stan’s mission to save his script pages, likely written by someone else, is an Amazon.com exclusive preorder bonus for Beenox’s The…

By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2012

I Want to See The Amazing Spider-Man—and Spider-Man on a Budget, Too

From the same demented minds that gave us The Avengers—on a Budget now comes the summer’s next thriftily made blockbuster—The Amazing Spider-Man—on a Budget It’s another (mostly) shot-for-shot recreation of the upcoming film’s trailer, featuring loads of super string and, once again, a shirtless guy in green body paint. Gwen Stacy’s totally not hot but…

By Owen Good Published June 17, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man Made Me Nauseous. This Pleases Me.

As the Beenox representative controlling The Amazing Spider-Man during the game’s E3 2012 presentation launched Peter Parker off the top of a tall building in virtual New York City, my stomach heaved sympathetically. The piece of pizza I had consumed during a previous meeting (thanks, Sony Online Entertainment!) threatened to make an encore appearance all…

By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2012

X-Men, Spider-Man Make Appearances In Avengers: Battle for Earth Trailer

Here’s a first look at Avengers: Battle for Earth, which Ubisoft will release this fall for Wii U and Xbox 360/Kinect

By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012

Spider-Man’s in a Rush in his Newest Gameplay Trailer

Not sure how I feel about “web rush” having seen this latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. I’m sure everyone’s going to call this a quicktime event mechanic, and that sequence where Spidey taps the stooge on the shoulder and then wraps him up does look scripted. But as the game’s executive producer explains, “web…

By Owen Good Published May 20, 2012

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When Optimus Prime and Spider-Man Won the Chinese Lottery

Optimus Prime? Lucky guy. The same goes for Spider-Man and Ultraman. All three won the Chinese lottery. Ditto for several bigheaded Pandas. It’s not that these lotto winners are shy. Rather, they’re actually worried about keeping things relatively low-key after their winnings are made public in order not to draw unwanted attention. As website China…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 10, 2012

Amazon-Exclusive Spider-Man Preorder Bonus Lets You Play as the Amazing Stan Lee

Just look at it, folks. That’s how you generate preorders right there. Amazon is going to be swamped. I didn’t believe it when Stan Lee said it back in March, and now that Activision’s made it official I’m still not sure I believe it. And I call myself a true believer. But yes, it is…

By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2012

Nine Comics That Will Magically Extend Your Life This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012

Drawing Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Means David Marquez’s Girlfriend Has A Bigger Gamerscore Than He Does

Part of Panel Discussion’s mission is to look at the ways and places where comics and video games intersect and here in Crossover, we’ll be talking to game creators about the comics stories and creators who’ve shaped their sensibilities. So far in Crossover, we’ve spoken to game creators about comics. This time, we’re talking to…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012

Finally, The Amazing Spider-Man Game Swings Back to the Gorgeous Open-World Action You’ve Been Waiting For

Spider-Man had run out of web-fluid. That’s what most people thought after playing the last web-slinging game from Activision. Spider-Man: Edge of Time met with harsh reviews and felt like a rushed, muddled time-traveling mess. Where was all the freedom, fans asked? And what about the speed? The evils of annualization dealt Marvel Comics’ most…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 14, 2012

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Spider-Man, Like You’ve Never Eaten Before

Remember when Japan got meat buns shaped like the Slime character from Dragon Quest? Well, now your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is getting his own bun, too. Ditto for Hello Kitty. There will be Snoopy buns with custard in them, instead of meat. Starting March 14, they’ll be available at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka for…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2012

Stan Lee as a Playable Character in The Amazing Spider-Man, Can You True-Believe It?

The interwebs are abuzz with the news that comic book legend Stan Lee will upgrade from his usual cameo role to playable character in Activision’s Spider-Man movie tie-in. Seriously? I will give the good folks at addict of fiction this: Stan Lee does indeed say he is going to be a playable character in Beenox’s…

By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012

Peter Parker Fights Marvel Comics’ Horniest Super-Villain in This Amazing Spider-Man Trailer

Superhero movies flirt with distaster when they try to throw more than one antagonist at the main character. But, superhero video games? They thrive on that formula. So, in the first of what we have to assume will be many unveilings, Activision’s rolling out a look at how old-school bad guy the Rhino will look…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 24, 2012

See Watchmen, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers in All Their Toy Fair 2012 Glory

Spider-Man’s new movie mask sports yellow eyes. Catwoman’s nightvision-glasses-as-ears look works. And I still think Hawkeye’s going to be the best character in the Avengers movie. Feast your eyes on the big offerings from Marvel and DC from this year’s celebration of plastic (or porcelain) collectibles.

By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012

Skyrim Teams Up with Spider-Man, Thanks to This PC Mod

There’s no credit given forFancyPantz is the creator of this mod—which takes the giant spiders found in Bethesda’s mega-hit action role-playing game and turns them in creepy multiples of Marvel Comics’ flagship character—but I’m thinking the guy’s last name in real life has to be Osborn. You’d need to share the Green Goblin’s insane obsession…

By Evan Narcisse Published December 22, 2011

I’m Not Really Feeling the Official Name of the Marvel Universe MMO

After years of being referred to as simply Marvel Universe, Gazillion’s massively multiplayer superhero game finally has an official name. Unfortunately, it’s Marvel Heroes. How can a name featuring such a recognizable name sound so generic? I would have preferred Marvel Super Hero Squad, but that name is taken by Gazillion’s kid-friendly free-to-play MMO already,…

By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2011

The Amazing Spider-Man Battles Berzerk Robots, Because Non-Beserk Robots Would Be Boring

After two games that weren’t exactly dripping with hot web-slinging action, developer Beenox takes things open world in the Amazing Spider-Man. How focused are they on swinging this time around? So focused that they haven’t noticed they’ve stolen the plot from a Robocop move. Come on folks, haven’t we learned by now that when you…

By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2011

Action is His Your Reward in Activision’s New Amazing Spider-Man Game

There’s a Spider-Man movie reboot coming next summer, with The Social Network‘s Andrew Garfield wearing the webbed uniform of Marvel Comics’ premier character. The Amazing Spider-Man movie will be accompanied by a game of the same name, built by Montreal’s Quebec City’s Beenox dev studio. That collective turned out the last two Spidey games for…

By Evan Narcisse Published December 7, 2011

Activision Promises Amazing Spider-Man Will Have More Web-Slinging than Its Predecessors

When Beenox and Activision revealed the impressive, all-gameplay trailer for the Amazing Spider-Man game, the New York Comic-Con attendees at the Marvel Video Games all reacted enthusiastically. But, during the panel’s Q&A session, one fan expressed concern over just how long the tie-in game would be when it comes out next year. Complaining that Spider-Man:…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011