PSGamer: San Diego Comic Con (or SDCC for short) is quickly approaching and this feels like the perfect excuse to combine 2 subjects we love here at PSGamer – Comics and Games.
Over the years there have been quite a few video games based on comic book characters. Most of these games have been created to tie in with a movie release (Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) or have been ensemble games (Marvel Ultimate Alliance, LEGO Batman) but there are some fantastic examples where, given to the right studio, a comic book can inspire amazing games. The Arkham series, The Walking Dead (which is more closely related to the comics than the TV series) and some of the Spider-Man games have been outstanding so we decided to come up with this list of 10 Comic Book Characters that deserve their own game and could sit alongside these greats
A gorgeous real-world Miraidon from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been created in Japan by the Toyota Engineering Society.
JDR thinks the gaming industry needs more licensed IPs. It's basically a cry for Firefly: The Game, and why not? JDR delves deeper into why more isn't adapted for the interactive screen.
Nah. Video games are their own thing they wouldn't be improved by leeching off Hollywood more.
Read the article and it gives no mention of the many problems prevalent with licensed IPs, such as games and dlc being delisted when their licenses expire, Adult Swim games being the most recent example.
Only if they're good, if its going to be a 2D sprite art game, you can get away with a small team and small budget. But if you're going to make it a 3D polygonal game, you're going to need a large team with a large budget, and often times these licensed games are quickly pushed out the door, unpolished, rough, boring, bland, snorefest at best, and downright broken at worst.
We have an Indiana Jones and James Bond game currently being developed by two veteran teams with I assume fairly sizeable budgets. Let's hope they turn out to be worthwhile.
A new Mad Max game to coincide with the upcoming film would have been awesome. I loved the first game, I'm guessing it didn't sell too well as they never bothered following it up.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
I agree with most of those, but in the case of the villains like Deathstroke, what would you have the game be actually be about?