Have you ever looked at a piece of box art and wondered what the f$ck the company was thinking when they did that? Well now you can affect what you see on the next Marvel game to be released, Spider Man: Web of Shadows.
You can vote on two versions of artwork that will be used to represent the game to the masses. I don’t really like either but if I have to go with one I am going with the one on the left. Hit the link below if you want more info on Spider Man: Web of Shadows or would like to officially cast your vote. What do you think?
Another free-roaming Spider-Man game is coming our way. Web of Shadows looks to be a Spidey vs. Venom ordeal, which could make for a damn cool game. The game is being developed by Treyarch, the people behind Call of Duty 3. I hope the camera issues that plagued Spider-Man 3 get worked out for this release, because that really ruined what would have been a pretty damn fun game.
Seems with the recent success of the Lego Themed Star Wars video games, all kinds of franchises are trying to cash in now. There is soon to come a Lego Batman and a Lego Indiana Jones video game as well. This makes me think that there will be a flood gate of more of these clones to come as well, perhaps Lego Spiderman and Superman or even Harry Potter?
The Lego games do have a certain appeal especially in the humor department, but will fans and gamers flock to more Lego games? The Star Wars game was pretty fun and played very well as a coop game and lets face it who didn’t like playing as Chewbaca and ripping the arms off of StormTroopers? But once the nostalgia and the comedy run out what you are left with is a kid game and I am not sure that Indiana Jones will have the same pull as Star Wars, Batman may especially with some of the screenshots we have scene of Scorpion and the Joker, as well as the ability to play through the game as a bad guy.
Ok with Thanksgiving being tomorrow this marks one of the worst shoppings days ever, Black Friday! For those of you that may not know about this god forsaken day, it is when the women folk convince the men that they need to get up at the crack of dawn to go shopping in order to exploit doorbuster sales! Sometimes these sales are good, but you have to stand in line outside of a store at 4am just to get a shot at any of the things on sale, typically the good stuff is limited to a few per store and it becomes a huge headache!
Best Buy is no different and they have given us a preview of what to expect during the crack of dawn sale:
* FREE GHII with Xbox 360 (minimum 15 per store, limit 1 per customer)
* Stuntman Ignition, COD3:Gold Edition, SpiderMan 3 and GRAW2 for $19.99 on the Xbox 360 (minimum 20 per tore, 1 per customer)
* On the movie side of things you can get a DVD copy of Knocked Up or 300 for $6.99
All and all not anything that screams to me that I need to get up before the sun comes out, but we will see.
Activision sent over a press release letting us know that Spider-Man 3 for the PSP is now available.
In Spider-Man 3 for the PSP system, players must draw upon Spider-Man’s unique combat and powerful, upgradeable moves to protect the citizens of Manhattan by defeating arch-rivals from the blockbuster film as well as classic Marvel villains during missions and epic boss battles. In the PSP system exclusive Conquest Mode, missions must be completed by dawn, and if successful, players will be rewarded generously with Hero Points, which allow them to upgrade and customize their Spider-Man skills.
I was disappointed with Spider-Man 3 on the PS3, after really loving the first two movie-based games. Hopefully the camera has been re-worked for the PSP, which was the biggest issue with the console title.
One of our readers sent us this tip via Engadget, thanks to Fragloser.
Looks like someone has uncovered a few Best Buy documents showing a $399 Playstation 3 with a 40GB HDD and Spiderman 3 bundle with an “In Stock Date” of October 28. Why pick Spider Man 3, go with 300!
Although these documents look real enough they are still very much a rumor at this point, but keep your eyes pealed as Sony might be looking to drop a new bundle as a surprise to us all. No official street date has been named, but lets see what else Best Buy lets out of the bag.
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Spiderman games are like Afghanistan; bombed out and depleted. No, seriously, this game is not that bad, but it fails to impress. You can play co-op and add a sidekick which can either be Venom or Green Goblin. The controls are not bad, but Venom is by far the strongest of the three. The graphics look like a very good Xbox game, hardly next gen. You play through a level against some kind of robots and a boss battle that is just frustrating. There seem to be power ups and the game encourages teamwork, but the fun level is way low. Its a quick download so its worth at least checking out, but I would not add this to your Christmas list.
A demo for Activision’s new Spider-Man title is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. From the description on the Marketplace:
Join Spider-Man and one of his Sidekicks in Co-Op or Single Player action on the rain-slick rooftops of downtown Tokyo.
The demo for Spider-Man: Friend or For weighs in at 431.29 MB and is available everywhere except Asia. I’m anxious to see how the gameplay, especially the camera, work in the game.
Activision sent over some new screens taken from the Xbox 360 version of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. The game is set to ship October 2nd for every platform you can imagine.
I really like the cartoony nature of the graphics. I just hope the gameplay holds up, because Spider-Man 3 was pretty crappy.
Spider-Man 3 had me intrigued since the minute it was announced. You could probably even say before it was announced, since we all knew it would be coming along side the movie. Especially after playing the terrific Spider-Man 2 game, this was highly anticipated. After reading some previews of the game, I became pretty skeptical about the game. Some of my fears were dashed, some weren’t. Here is the breakdown of some of the facets of Spider-Man 3 Collector’s Edition:
Presentation and Graphics: The first thing I was hit with was the loading screen, where the game is pre-loaded onto the hard drive. The fonts here looked like they came out of a Windows 3.1 installation application, with very simple backgrounds. I think for the “next-gen” of gaming, something more elaborate is needed. Let’s face it, the graphics are nothing to write home about here. This is especially evident during cut-scenes. Character faces are jagged, have huge bug eyes, and have the worst facial expressions you can think of. The graphics of the city aren’t that bad, and when roaming the city, they aren’t too bad either. 2.5 of 5
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Seems with the recent success of the Lego Themed Star Wars video games, all kinds of franchises are trying to cash in now. There is soon to come a Lego Batman and a Lego Indiana Jones video game as well. This makes me think that there will be a flood gate of more of these clones to come as well, perhaps Lego Spiderman and Superman or even Harry Potter?
Ok with Thanksgiving being tomorrow this marks one of the worst shoppings days ever, Black Friday! For those of you that may not know about this god forsaken day, it is when the women folk convince the men that they need to get up at the crack of dawn to go shopping in order to exploit doorbuster sales! Sometimes these sales are good, but you have to stand in line outside of a store at 4am just to get a shot at any of the things on sale, typically the good stuff is limited to a few per store and it becomes a huge headache!
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