Expanding on the proof-of-concept Kinect fighting game from Ubisoft that was PowerUp Heroes, Marvel Avengers Battle for Earth puts you in the shoes of your favorite heroes and villains from the Secret Invasion storyline as you…well…battle. Y’know, for earth and stuff. The game will include a co-op mode, and campaign, arcade, challenge, versus, and tournament modes. It will be ava...[Read More]
With Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, there seem to be three camps: anticipatory, apathetic, and dismissive. I place myself firmly in the anticipatory camp, because I honestly think that the potential entertainment value of this game is being nurtured and developed by the right hands: Ubisoft. The trailers, while definitely not representative of gameplay when compared to the less than stellar sc...[Read More]
When Ubisoft pushed out PowerUp Heroes last year, I immediately saw it as a shovelware title. There was little promotion in the lead-up to it, and it was just suddenly released at a budget price point. When the title showed up at my door, I gave it a try, and found myself pleasantly surprised. I immediately felt like I was back on the playground during recess, running around pretending to be super...[Read More]
Ubisoft has easily been one of my favorite developers over the last couple of years. They have been consistently strong with their major releases, if you exclude their shovelware titles, and have shown fantastic support for new hardware launches. Their PS Vita launch support included some absolute hits, along with a dud or two. Regardless, Ubisoft committed to five launch titles for the PS Vita mo...[Read More]