It's a big month for superhero video games, between the upcoming launch of Batman: Arkham City, last week's debut of X-Men Destiny, and the return of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
The wall crawler stars in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, a follow-up to 2010's Shattered Dimensions, that pairs two web slingers from different timelines together to battle an evil scientist trying to kill Peter Parker.
But just in case you knew those details, here are a few more tidbits you may not know courtesy of creative director Gerard Lehiany and executive producer Brant Nicholas from studio Beenox.
In honor of the new Spider-Man game arriving September 7th, now’s good time to look at the webslinger’s history in games. Despite being a pop culture icon, Spider-Man has had a fair share of spectacular video games.
Jerry from BagoGames writes, "Beenox Games really outdid themselves with their first entry into the Spider-Man franchise. Shattered Dimensions did everything right and very little wrong. Seeing that success Activision had them pump out a sequel, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, and while the game stands alone very well, it doesn’t compare very well to its predecessor. So in this review […]
"With all the recent news and excitement surrounding the Batman: Arkham Knight, I got to thinking about how much praise was levied on the Arkham franchise–one of the few good game series based on a comic book superhero. " | Explosion.com
6: its a step down from the promising Shattered Dimensions title.
nah!!! who cares!!! spiderman now days