They've been making games based on Marvel characters for decades now, but like most comic book-based games...there is a lot of crap out there. A lot of it is just cheap tie-ins to make a quick buck from a movie, leaving the gems few and far between. But like with Batman and the DC characters, there are occasionally Marvel games that rise above the rest to become true classics. Not just for being... more.

In the light of Mac sales growing faster than the PC market, more big games are coming to the Mac. Just look at Elder Scrolls Online, which will be cross platform from day 1. Yesterday's release of Diablo 3 was as well, as Blizzard has always released games on both platforms. ... more.

Those who have finished Halo 3 would have seen Master Chief go into cryo-sleep to be awoken at some future date, and those who beat it on Legendary would have seen his ship flying towards some planet. This holiday season is when Master Chief finally is awoken in the first Halo game not to be developed by Bungie. The box art for the game has leaked out and it's pretty epic. You can click more.

If you played The Old Republic, you'd remember how dead the planets always felt due to BioWare instancing every zone in the game. You could run around questing and almost never see another human player doing the same. It made the game feel more like a single player game than a MMO, even though you were playing $15 a month to access it. That feeling is one of the reasons my entire guild quite TOR. ... more.

It's pretty easy to predict what Lego video games are coming. Basically when a popular franchise is licensed to become Lego sets it won't take long for it to become a video game. It happened with Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Harry Potter. Now it looks to be happening to Lord of the Rings.more.

Earlier this week, rumors came out that UbiSoft was working on some kind of Avengers game subtitled "Battle for Earth". Today, Marvel revealed that the game would release this fall for the Xbox 360 with Kinect and Nintendo's upcoming Wii U. As the console announcements make it sound, the game is motion control... more.

The first solid subscription numbers that were announced for Star Wars: The Old Republic were 1.7 million active players back in February; when many players were still on their free trial. Those numbers remained static throughout March, and EA suddenly became very quiet regarding subscription numbers. You'd think if it were a runaway success they're be trumpeting the high sub numbers, but rumors b... more.

Unlike nearly every previous superhero movie, especially the Marvel ones, The Avengers doesn't have a tie-in video game on store shelves. There has been some leaked footage from a cancelled first-person THQ Avengers game online in the past, but aside from that there's nothing out there for people to play while they're recovering from the geekgasm the movie gave them.That may change as UbiSoft ... more.

Rumors of a MMO version of The Elder Scrolls have been floating around since long before Skyrim was even announced, and now it's a reality. Game Informer has revealed their June cover, and it's the very long-awaited Elder Scrolls Online and the game is going to be out next year... more.

Despite people leaving the game in droves for the Guild Wars 2 beta and next week's release of Diablo III, BioWare is standing strong and denying The Old Republic's early death. Speaking with Rock Paper Shotgun, the game's lead designer towed the company line and tried to put doubts on the re... more.