Sony has officially announced an exclusive title based around Marvel Comics character the Punisher as a PlayStation Network exclusive. Rumors of the game started when Kotaku spotted a post on Marvel’s game blog, The Danger Room. Now the The Punisher: No Mercy, in development by Zen Studios, is official. Read the rest of this entry »
Today EA announced that Mirror’s Edge will get a comic treatment starting today at booth #5233 at Comic Con. EA has planned to publish a six-issue mini-series through DC Comic’s Wildstorm imprint focusing on Faith and the crew of ‘Runners.’ Hopefully every panel will be filled with shots of the back of protagonist Faith’s hands and the tops of her feet. The comics will serve to as a prequel storyline setting up the game for its release this winter. Let there be marketing schwag for all.
DC Universe Online for the PC and PS3 will hit shelves sometime in 2009. But players will not get a chance to assume the role of Batman, Green Lantern or even the lowly Aquaman. Which really kind of seems like bullshit. The game is going to be a cross between an action title and an MMO. Why not have multiple Superman’s flying around? You will get to design your own superhero, pick out some abilities from a buffet of powers and choose between good and evil. DC characters will appear in the game but only as NPCs. If it’s a dealbreaker, or you already left City of Heroes behind, stick with Worlds Collide.
MTV Multiplayer has put up a compendium of comics based off of video games. They list 31 titles with a rundown on each title. If you don’t remember such classics as Atari Force or Adventures of the Super Mario Bros., don’t worry. You probably weren’t alive. Since we’re talking comics this seems like the spot to mention that Nintendo will spice up their WiiWare offerings with comic distribution but only in Japan. As pointed out by Se Ajala over at ThatVideoGameBlog, Nintendo needs to shore up the Wii’s onboard memory shortage to make the most of downloadable content.
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