10 Potential Superhero Video Games (And Who Should Make Them)

Hellboy by From Software? Blade by Platinum? TMNT By Rocksteady?

by Ewan Paterson
Blade Platinum Game
Marvel/Platinum Games

We're set to be in a good situation when it comes to comic book video games going forward. Ever since Rocksteady shot through the proverbial Bat-ceiling in 2009 with Arkham Asylum, publishers have been scrambling (and regularly failing) to match what the studio achieved, but that looks set to change with Insomniac's Sony-exclusive Spidey reboot. Also, given how Marvel are taking things one step further with the introduction of the Avengers Project - a massive multi-project deal between the publisher and Square Enix - it looks as though the comic book video game is coming back in a big way.

Irrespective of whether or not they do so through genuine quality or just sheer quantity (we do, of course, hope it is the former), it is obvious that there's a massive audience for superhero-themed gaming projects, hence the sudden drive from Marvel to out-Arkham the competition, who - at this point - look likely to sit out the next inevitable Bat-title for at least another year.

But who else should get in on the comic book craze? I kind of sneakily hope that everyone does, to be honest. Especially if it means enjoying a title featuring the B and C-listers of the Marvel and DC Universes. Bonus points if they're from neither.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.