Since being acquired by Disney in 2008, Marvel Entertainment has become an internationally recognized brand, with a highly successful film franchise propping up its recently relaunched Marvel NOW brand of comics. But the Marvel brand hasn't always been so synchronized with its other transmedia proprieties, which has often lead to the best and most innovative titles in Marvel's long list of branded games content.
At its best, "Marvel's Midnight Suns" puts you at the heart of adrenaline-pumping action sequences pulled straight from the pages of Marvel Comics.
Everyone is trying the shared universe thing these days, but Marvel and Capcom were mashing up their most beloved characters decades ago. Perhaps their best crossover effort was Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, which was released on the PlayStation 2 & Xbox on Nov. 19, 2002, in North America. Previous releases took place in arcades and on Sega’s beloved but ill-fated Dreamcast console. Later releases came out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360’s digital storefronts.
Former employees of Backbone Entertainment have formed a new company called Digital Eclipse. On Twitter studio head Mike Mika confirmed they would love to help the fans. In addition to having ported MvC 2 before, the studio has worked with Disney on re-releases of the Disney Afternoon Collection, Aladdin and The Lion King. Legions of fans are waiting for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 to take them for one more ride.
Arcade1Up reveals how the company was able to bring back the retro fighting game, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, with brand-new arcade cabinets.
People are gonna go wild for that LEGO one. Looks hot!
i'd put Xmen: The Clone Wars up there also