‘Arkham City’ Soars (and Glides) To 4.6M Units Shipped

Remember just over a week ago when you didn’t have any new Batman games to play and then, suddenly, you did… and it was awesome? Well, you’re not alone. According to a press release by Warner Bros. this morning, there are about 4.6 million copies of the game that have been shipped in just seven days. Read More »

Rockstar Officially Announces ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ [Update]

Since the months following GTA IV's release back in 2008, fans have been waiting in anticipation to find out just where the next chapter of the series will take them. If Rockstar's announcement this morning is any indication, November seems like it'll have at least some of the answers. Read More »

THE PULL LIST: Week of October 26th, 2011

We've got another week of reprinted number 1s as well as stack of freshly printed second issues to a number of DC's New 52, the Ultimates battle the Future Foundation and Hulk smashes his way back into the Marvel Universe. The Pull List is a weekly rundown of all the latest releases in comics. Read More »

What If ‘Batman: Arkham City’ Took Place In The 60s?

Ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed the gritty, realistic setting of the newly released Batman: Arkham City game with the campy, cheesy presentation of the old Batman series from back in the 60s that featured Adam West? Yeah, me neither. Read More »

Red Hulk, X-23 & Ghost Rider Invading ‘Venom’

Earlier today during Marvel’s latest “Next Big Thing” conference call, writers Rick Remender, Jeff Parker, Rob Williams and artist Tony Moore broke the news that, beginning early next year, a crossover of characters would be appearing in Remender’s current Venom title including Red Hulk, X-23 and Ghost Rider. Read More »

VGPD UNBOXING: ‘Batman Arkham City’ Collector’s Edition

If you're anything like us, you're pretty excited to dive head-first into Batman's latest adventure on a console near you. However, if you're on the fence about which version of Arkham City to get, we might be able to help you out a bit with our official unboxing of the game's Collector Edition. Read More »

When Red Hulk Visits Southern Manitoba, We Get Excited

Those who read the most recent issue of Hulk (#42) from a couple of weeks back no doubt were witness to his battle with General Fortean but what most of you don't realize is that this battle could have (in a perfect world) taken place right outside our windows here. Read More »

NYCC: Phoenix Rises From Marvel’s ‘Point One’?

If you needed another reason to pick up Marvel's upcoming Point One comic, which arrives in November, they've just given you one: Phoenix. Marvel has teased fans for years of an official return and it seems like that trend will be continuing into the release of the book if Marvel's latest teaser is to believed. Read More »

NYCC: Remender & Hardman Take On ‘Secret Avengers’

Fans of Rick Remender's current run on Venom will be pleased to know that the writer will be teaming up with artist Gabriel Hardman on Secret Avengers early next year and will feature connections with the other titles that the writer has been working on lately. Read More »

THE PULL LIST: Week of October 19th, 2011

Another big week as we see another run of number 2s from DC. On the Marvel side of things, Fear Itself wraps as The Fearless begins. The Pull List is a weekly rundown of all the latest releases from major publishers such as Marvel, DC and more. Read More »

Longbox Radio Episode #12

This time around, both Rob and Wramil return from their hiatus', we all fight through exhaustion and talk about some of the NYCC news from this weekend, we seek logic in Barnes and Noble's decision to pull DC's books from their shelves, and, as always, we review the mountain of books from the past two weeks. Read More »

NYCC: Yost and Stegman Bring Back Scarlet Spider in 2012

If the 'Point One' teaser a while back wasn't indication enough of his eventual return, Marvel's now made it official: Scarlet Spider is back... or at least he will be when writer Chris Yost and artist Ryan Stegman officially relaunch the character early next year. Read More »

Sixteen Sneaky (and Violent) Minutes of ‘Hitman: Absolution’

If you're like me and have been waiting for a nice healthy sampling of Hitman: Absolution to dig your eyes into, the fine people at IGN have cooked up a video you might be interested in that features sneaking, shooting, and a little bit of cosplay from one of the game's completed levels. Read More »

THE PULL LIST: Week of October 12th, 2011

It's a holiday Monday up here in Canada but that's certainly not going to stop us from enjoying some great comics this week... is it? The Pull List is a weekly rundown of all the latest releases from major publishers such as Marvel, DC and more. Read More »

Longbox Radio Episode #11

In this episode, Rob has a prior engagement but we make do with the latest and greatest breakthrough in technology: Virtual Rob. In news, we chat about Dark Knight and Avengers set photos. In comics, we discuss Bendis' "con-retirement" and we also review the mountain of books from the past month. Read More »

Three Teasers That Shed Light on Marvel’s 2012

In what seems like a new weekly trend, the Marvel marketing machine has fired out a number of new teasers over the past couple of days for many of their upcoming titles and events over the next little while that will take us into 2012 and beyond. Read More »