Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Because Iron Fist video games won't sell, Marvel is releasing yet another Spider-Man video game. This one's titled Web of Shadows, and because he's popular, Wolverine is in it. Great. I watched the trailer for this one and it looks like alien symbiotes invade Earth, so this one looks like a button masher. I'll definitely pass on this one. Some of the combo stuff looks neat but even if I had a current game system, I'd pass on this one and wait for Ultimate Alliance 2.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

Article over on Marvel.com about the sequel to that Ultimate Alliance game from a few years ago; Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion. There's a preview video on that link as well. It looks interesting, it's supposed to follow the events of Secrets Wars storyline from a couple of years ago and then segue into the Civil War storyline.

A couple of notes; 1. Chris is going to be bummed that he's going to have to buy a PS3 to play it, and, 2. They couldn't just call it Ultimate Alliance 2? They had to tack on "Fusion" at the end? Now it's just a totally unwieldy name. I bought the first one (or maybe Chris got it for my birthday) when the price dropped down to $19.99 and I was excited to play it at first, but then I never finished it. It was almost exactly like X-Men Legends, and, after playing two of those games, there wasn't a whole lot to keep me interested. I think I stopped playing shortly after I got Luke Cage's alt costume from the 70s.

Worlds Collide

I know we don't usually talk about DC stuff on here, but thought this was interesting - the next Mortal Kombat game will be Mortal Kombat vs. DC. I guess Midway wanted to try their hand at something new, in the vein of the Marvel vs. Capcom series. Early word is there will be no fatalities but they will push the Teen rating as close to Mature as they can. Also, Superman's powers will be affected by travelling to this dimension so he'll be on par with the MK characters. The only confirmed characters so far are Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Batman and Superman. You gotta figure the DC mainstays will be in it. Check out the trailer below.