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Even Activision’s CEO Knows Spider-Man Games Suck
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | We give Activision boss Bobby Kotick a ton of stick around here, mostly because he often says some pretty silly things. His latest comments on the Spider-Man series, however, ring as true as truth can ring. More »
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Before There Was Pink Spidey, There Was Shinobi’s Green Spidey
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | This weekend’s post about the Wii Virtual Console version of Revenge of Shinobi swapping a bubblegum pink “Spider-Man” for the copyright offending blue and red version in the Genesis original reminded me of the changes made to the XBLA Shinobi. More »
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Hey, Spidey’s Pink In VC Shinobi
4:00AM Owen Good | Revenge of Shinobi, for Genesis, went through a tortured history thanks to someone’s decision to make the Hulk, Batman, Spider-Man, etc. into bosses, without paying to licence them. More »
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ActiBlizz Confirms Tony Hawk, Bond For 2010, Dances Around Diablo
7:40AM Stephen Totilo | Activision Blizzard execs listed a bunch of new games for 2010 during a conference call today but declined to be anything other than cagey on the topic of Diablo III. More »
Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows Review: A Tangled Web
6:00AM Mike Fahey | Spider-Man has faced off against many a foe in his long and storied career, but none quite as sinister as the last two video games based on his adventures. After two excellent video game outings, the movie-based Spider-Man 3 was a bug-filled mess rushed to release, and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe grounded our favourite hero in favour of action of a more kid-friendly kind. More »
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Sam Raimi Says World of Warcraft Would Make ‘Brilliant Movie’
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | After years (no, decades) of trying but failing, Hollywood finally got comic book movies right. Video games haven’t fared as well. Director Sam Raimi is responsible for the silver screen version of Spider-Man and offers this insight as to why video games movies, well, suck: There has been 40 years of different comic books… Writers have had to really get into the characters of the superheroes themselves. They explore their relationships, their loves, their villains, their stories — there’s so much more to draw upon… More »
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Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows Impressions
2:07AM Michael McWhertor | Activision treated us to an early look at Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows at Comic-Con this week, giving us a taste of the game’s suit-switching mechanic and highlighting boss battles with classic villains Venom and Vulture. In Web of Shadows, Venom has infected the people of New York with a symbiote plague, creating hundreds of mini-Venoms that our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man must dispatch. Peter Parker has been infected by the alien symbiote, too, but has total control over its abilities, allowing him to switch from the more nimble red and blue suit to a more destructive black and white suit on the fly. Both suits have their advantages and disadvantages, as the black suit lets Spidey whip foes with symbiotic tentacles and carries a heftier punch, but can result in more collateral damage to the city. More »
Stan Lee Says Sometimes Games Look Better Than Movies
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Let’s jump right in. Here’s Spider-Man creator Stan Lee talking about video games at Comic Con: When you talk about games evolving over the years and becoming more like movies, in many ways, they’ve gone beyond movies”, he said. “To do a movie is difficult, but it’s linear. There’s a beginning, a middle and an end, and that’s it — you write a story. In a videogame, you’re writing many stories within the story. It’s a totally different structure and a totally different philosophy of writing and, I think, a much, much more difficult one. I get the feeling more work goes into these videogames than even goes into the movies. I marvel at the fact the games look as good, and in some cases better, as the most expensive movies. [Those] guys are just geniuses. Now you watch one of these games and it’s like watching the greatest superhero movie, except you’re part of it. It’s indescribable. Yep, Stan Lee is awesome. But we knew that. Games Are Exceeding Movies [Eurogamer] [Pic] More »Seize Control Of The Web Of Shadows Box Art
4:30AM Mike Fahey | Following the whole “Seize Control” theme they kicked off by allowing fans to vote on the preorder bonus for Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows, Activision is now giving players a chance to decide which box art the game ships with this fall. The choices are limited to the left image, which is almost mildly appealing, and the right one, which for some reason makes Spidey’s arms and hands into display monitors for concept art. While you struggle between mildly pleasing and completely stupid covers, keep in mind the special message below the voting section on the website. “Activision shall not be bond by the outcome of the community vote and Activisions decision(s) and selection(s) shall be final and binding”. So yeah, vote, but don’t expect it to actually matter. Awesome. Packaging Artwork Vote [Web of Shadows Official Site] More »
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