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The Maligned Avengers Get Second Chance on Xbox Game Pass
28.9.2021
In a world where blockbuster comic book video games flounder due to repetitive endgame content, one subscription game service takes Earth’s mightiest heroes under its wing. It’s Xbox Game Pass to Marvel’s Avengers’ rescue as the multiplayer superhero game joins Microsoft’s service this...
Black Panther: War For Wakanda Is The Best Marvel’s Avengers DLC
18.8.2021
My least-favorite moment in the story portion of the free Black Panther: War for Wakanda expansion for Marvel’s Avengers is when the rest of the Avengers show up. Until then it’s the T’Challa and Shuri show, and it’s perfect. Read more
Black Panther Leaps Into Marvel’s Avengers Next Month
29.7.2021
We finally know when Marvel’s Avengers will receive its next major expansion after a long period of uncertainty: War for Wakanda launches for free on August 17.Read more
Kratos Voices Black Panther In Marvel’s Avengers
15.7.2021
Though his time in the role as the Marvel cinematic universe’s Black Panther was tragically cut short by colon cancer, actor Chadwick Boseman embodied the role of T’Challa so fully that it’s hard to imagine anyone else providing the character’s voice. Though initially reluctant, Christopher Judge...
Our First Look At Black Panther In Marvel’s Avengers
13.6.2021
You know what Marvel’s Avengers needs? New content. Specifically, Black Panther content. Revealed at Square Enix’s E3 2021 press conference, T’Challa finally joins up with Ms. Marvel and friends later this year in the free War for Wakanda expansion, and while we don’t have a date, we at least have...
Marvel, Give Me A Dora Milaje Video Game Already
12.4.2021
Marvel Studios, Disney, whoever’s in charge of licensing Marvel properties nowadays, come, let me bend your ear for I have a proposition that is guaranteed to increase your already-incalculable fortune. Are you ready to hear my 1000% foolproof money printing idea? Here goes: Dora Milaje video game....
Fortnite Toys Make Me Wish I Knew More About Fortnite
12.4.2021
During this past Friday’s Pulse Fan Fest Event, Hasbro announced a bunch of cool-looking figures being added to its Fortnite line this fall, including a lady Black Panther with a tail, formal gas mask guy, Destiny reject, and clear blue easy. Also, there’s a giant shark that splits in two...
Black Panther Coming To Avengers, Gotham Knights Delayed, Outriders Launching On Game Pass And More
20.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we celebrate the death of Fortnite’s Peely, learn more about upcoming Square Enix games, see who’s the next big hero coming to Avengers, eat a baby(?) and get a look at the next generation of PSVR controllers.Read more
Black Panther Finally Announced For Marvel's Avengers
18.3.2021
Black Panther should have been in Marvel’s Avengers from day one. Instead, he’s a DLC character whose announcement was delayed last year due to the unfortunate passing of actor Chadwick Boseman. During today’s Square Enix Presents stream Black Panther was finally revealed, coming to the game later...
From Blackest Night to Brightest Day: How the Present Has Seen the Glorious Rise of the Black Superhero
24.2.2021
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 2Read more
The Lightning and the Storm: How an Imperfect Past Shaped the Rise of the Black Superhero
22.2.2021
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 1. Read more
Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death
11.2.2021
Though Serial Box’s Black Panther: Sins of the King audiobook is set firmly outside the continuities of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and its comic books, the new narrative drama is coursing with the same epic, politically charged energy that first made T’Challa and the nation of Wakanda some of...
Black Panther: Sins of the King Writer Geoff Thorne Wants to Ask the Tough Questions
4.2.2021
Though we’re still a long ways out from Ryan Coogler’s follow up to the first Black Panther movie and the recently-announced Wakanda series heading to Disney+, there’s quite a bit going on with T’Challa in the broader landscape of Marvel stories about mortals stepping up to the plate to become...
Japan-Exclusive Yakuza PSP Game Gets Fan Translation
12.1.2021
The popularity of the Yakuza franchise has exploded in the United States over the last few years, but we’ve mostly been getting games in the main series. Japan, on the other hand, has enjoyed a fair few exclusive spin-offs since the first game launched in 2005, one of which just got a...
Marvel's Weird New Multiplayer Mobile Game Goes Live
16.12.2020
Available worldwide today for iOS and Android devices, Marvel Realm of Champions is an online team-based brawler that taps into 2015's Secret Wars comic crossover to give players access to strange, alternate-dimension versions of their favorite heroes. Read more
Akon Unveils Major Details of $6 Billion Cryptocurrency City: Real-Life Wakanda
1.9.2020
Akon has released detailed plans of Akon City, his $6 billion futuristic cryptocurrency city, which he calls a “real-life Wakanda,” referring to the hit movie Black Panther. There will be seven major districts, and the city will be run on the akoin cryptocurrency. Akon City’s...
$6 Billion Akon City Underway: Akon Says Cryptocurrency Will Empower Africans
16.8.2020
The construction of Akon City, the $6 billion futuristic city that will function solely on the akoin cryptocurrency, is underway. Akon says cryptocurrency will empower Africans to overcome hurdles, such as high inflation and government corruption. Akon City Will Be Like ‘Wakanda’...