Loot Ninja writes: "In the grand spectrum of point-and-click adventure games, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is one of the all-time greats. It was a brilliant game in 1996, and it still holds up well today - thanks largely to its excellent plot, memorable characters and well thought-out puzzles. And now it's back, coming to the Wii and DS as part of what increasingly looks to be a revival of the genre - perhaps thanks to the success of the Sam & Max games. Either way, this is good news all round."
Warner Brother's DC Entertainment has been known for putting out (mostly) consistent content for years, and that includes forays into video games. Given that DC focuses a lot more on their solo characters, particularly Batman, Superman and Green Lantern, than Marvel does, its no wonder that DC has had an easier time adapting their IP's to other trans-media proprieties. While Marvel's team movie effort The Avengers has proven wildly successful, DC's Dark Knight trilogy, recent Man of Steel film and the entire animated universe helmed by DC animation veteran Bruce Timm has defined an era of superhero cartoons and direct-to-dvd animated features.
Man, DC Comics hasn't had great luck with games, has it? They had to resort to a few pretty average games to fill out the list.
A list of five classic graphic novels that could make outstanding video games, including works by Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and Jeph Loeb.
Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons revealed that he was paid a hefty sum to be a consultant on the critically-panned Watchmen: The End Is Nigh game even though he wasn’t heavily involved. Gibbons also says the game is not canon, and because of that, he was actually fine with liking and disliking parts of the game.
