Performance Designed Products (PDP) has announced the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad, a unique Xbox 360 wired controller in time for the release of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad will be available February 14, 2011 for $39.99 MSRP (order here on GameStop.com). Besides the bold colorful illustration from Marvel’s Siege on the controller’s face, it features the fighter-friendly six button layout, a thumbstick with “micro-switch activators,” repositioned Start and Back buttons, and a unique asymmetrical design.
Watch a video from PDP below (or here on YouTube), where you will get a great little preview of the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad, complete with a preview of the snappy sounding micro-switch activators (know that you are landing those punches and kicks!). Want the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad on the PS3? PS3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 players are at the mercy of Xbox 360 players. Based on how well the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad does for the Xbox 360, it may be coming for the PlayStation 3.
New York Comic Con is on the horizon (starting tomorrow!), so expect comic and gaming announcements like today’s announcement by Marvel and Activision of X-Men: Destiny. This is an all new game for the super mutants, which is written by Marvel X-Men: Legacy writer Mike Carey. Activision noted the following brief details in the announcement: “The all-new original video game casts players as new mutant recruits in a rich, branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.”
More details on X-Men: Destiny will be revealed and discussed at NYCC’s Marvel Games Panel on Saturday, October 9, at 10:45 a.m. in Room 1A06. New York Comic Con attendees can also get a preview at Activision’s booth #1833.
Keep a lookout for the official website to go live at xmendestiny.com. X-Men: Destiny is estimated for release next fall on gaming consoles.
Gone are the days of plastic bagging and cardboard backing your comic books. Comic books go digital today on the PlayStation Portable with the launch of the PSN Digital Comics store. Just launched this afternoon, you can now download and purchase digital comics from the "Comics" section via your PSP’s or PSPgo’s PlayStation Store. Sitting alongside the Game and Video buttons on the top of the PlayStation Store menu, the Comics section brings hundreds of new digital comics from popular comic book publishers. This includes Marvel and IDW Publishing. The complete listing of comics available for the launch of Digital Comics are listed here on the PlayStation Blog. You can find comics based on Spider-Man, X-Men, Transformers, Captain America, Iron Man, Mickey Mouse, Star Trek and many more.
The price of a Digital Comic ranges from $0.99 to $1.99. The digital comics take a few MB of memory space each, most in the 10MB to 50MB range. There is a "Free Comics" section which includes many Issue #1 comics to get you hooked into a series. Sixteen comics are available for free, which include Transformers, Wallace & Gromit, G.I. Joe, The Warriors, and more.
You will need to download the free Digital Comics Reader to access the comics, which you can read more about here. There are also more instructions on how to get the reader in the Comics section on the PlayStation Store. Once installed, the Digital Comics Reader is found in the [Extras] menu of your PSP’s XMB, if you are using PSP Firmware 6.20 or later.
So are you ready to add Digital Comics to your PSP or PSPgo? How do you feel about the price, selection and digital format? Let us know with your comments below!
We’ve seen plenty ofscreenshots from the Iron Man game before, but these are among the first to show Tony Stark, the man behind the mask. SEGA has released several new character screenshots (cutscenes) from the upcoming Iron Man videogame.
“All systems ready!” SEGA’s Iron Man: The Video Game official website has launched. The website features a characters section (which will have info on “allies” and “enemies”), a media section (movies, screenshots and concept art) and a game info section. More content will be coming in the weeks ahead.
Features of Iron Man: The Video Game:
- Players will direct power to different parts of Iron Man’s suit, creating a variety of unique attacks.
- Open-ended battlefields create adrenaline-packed combat filled with unpredictable challenges.
- The game includes additional plotlines and characters from the Iron Man Comic Universe that are not featured in the movie.
- Players have complete freedom to move anywhere in the environment and make seamless transitions between ground combat and open air flight.
Iron Man: The Video Game will be available on May 2, 2008 for various game systems.
