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  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Photo Mode: Vol 1

    Below you’ll find a gallery of photos I’ve put together from my time on Marvel’s Spider-Man! Enjoy!

  • Under Review!

    Well it appears as though I’ve made it to stage 2 of the application process in my quest to work for Marvel Games! They’re ‘reviewing my skills and experience’ to see if I’m a match! I wonder if knowing more about Marvel than Marvel does qualifies as a skill… Either way, wish me luck True Believers!

  • It’s Not Over.

    You all forgot. But it’s not over. Not even close.

  • I’ve Applied!

    I have applied to work for Marvel! A creative assistant for Marvel Games, to be exact, which, I’ll admit, is very exciting! Will I get to work on Ultimate Alliance 3? Contest of Champions? Marvel’s Spider-Man 2!?!? I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but… man, would this be a dream come true! Bring on the future!

  • Fate of The Defenders

    A brand new Face Front Original is here! Face Front presents: Fate of The Defenders!

    Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist gather in their last stand against destiny. Because you can dread it, and run from it, but it still arrives. Find out what really happened to the Defenders. You might wish you never knew…

    Now I know that was a little depressing, and I do apologize. It was not an easy video to make, emotionally. But then again, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Daredevil all getting cancelled after each put their best work forth was a hard pill to swallow. I decided to tribute them somehow, and this was it.

    I didn’t come up with the ‘Thanos snapped them out of existence’ idea, but I figured I could take it beyond a meme and put it on film. And with Jessica Jones and Punisher most assuredly on the chopping block, I very well may do a sequel if those get cancelled as well.

    I used the Daredevil, Punisher, and Jessica Jones figures from the Defenders Marvel Legends wave, Iron Fist from the Dr. Strange wave and Luke Cage from the Claire Temple two-pack. I also used Thor from the Infinity War wave 2 and the Build-A-Figure Thanos from wave 1. I did all the voices, including Jessica Jones. Not easy because I’m a 25-year-old man, but I’ve got a fix for that you’ll all see real soon!

    I put a solid amount of work into this, and I just hope that you guys can enjoy it, you know, once you finish crying.

    Remember, you can also catch this in the Videos section or in the HQ under Face Front Originals!

  • All-New, All-Different!

    All-New, All-Different!

    WARNING! You are about to enter Old Face Front territory. Why do you want to go down there? There’s nothing down there for you! Scroll back up, and get a taste of the All-New, All-Different Face Front!

    I mean, if you really want to keep scrolling, I suppose I can’t stop you. It’s not all bad, there’s some pretty cool stuff down there, actually. But be warned, if you continue, I won’t save you!

  • Spider-Man: Not so Far From Friend or Foe

    At Comic Con in Brazil, Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jacob Batalon discussed the plot to Spider-Man: Far From Home. It essentially went like this:

    Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and team up with Mysterio. Together, they travel the globe and stop elemental powered bad guys.

    If years ago you’d have told me that was the plot to the next Spider-Man movie, I’d have said you’re crazy. That’s so out of left field! Or is it? Because when you really think about it, that was more or less the exact plot of the 2007 videogame Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.

    Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and team up with classic villians. Together, they travel the globe and stop Symbiote powered bad guys, being controlled by Mysterio.

    Marvel and Sony have literally made a big budget blockbuster with the same premise as an old PS2 game! That’s not a bad thing, it’s actually quite fun and amusing! We need shakeups in comic book films these days, otherwise things get too predictable. Pleasant surprises that put characters in positions we would never expect, for instance, Vulture being Liz Allen’s father.

    I cannot wait to see how this turns out. It’s sure to be a blast. Check out the fun video below, the first episode in a new Face Front series, Marvel Corner!

  • Plot Twist!

    Well, I guess it wasn’t so legal after all…

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is in theaters now! And it’s awesome!

  • Ultimate Alliance 3! Guess I’m Buying a Switch!

    Marvel blindsided us in the best way possible with the announcement of Ultimate Alliance 3! Wow, it feels weird to say out loud (or type into a computer, you know what I mean!). This is what us fans have wanted for, as they keep pointing out, 10 years! One caveat though, you can only get it on the Nintendo Switch!

    Now when they announced Marvel’s Spider-Man two years ago and said it was a PS4 exclusive, I kicked back, relaxed, and said “Ha! I’ve already got one!” Granted, that didn’t stop me from buying the Spider-Man PS4 Pro Bundle (unboxing video here!) but I digress. Now, with this announcement, I find myself in a bit of trouble, that being I do not own a Nintendo Switch!

    So… I’ve got some options. Squeeze it in as a last minute addition to my Christmas list, earn some money and get one (they’re only what, $300?), or wait for the inevitable ‘Ultimate Marvel Switch’ edition and pre-order that. Because I would hate to buy a basic Switch only for a Marvel-themed one to be released later. And my Christmas list is a PDF, so I can’t really change that…

    Anyway, let’s move on how this game looks! Um, spectacular is the word! The cell-shaded art style is perfect and the character designs are nice and traditional. Now, I’m not entirely sure how they’re going to claim this is Ultimate Alliance 3 when Nick Fury is more, well, Sam Jackson than David Hasselhoff, but maybe it’s Nick Fury Jr. Maybe he crossed over from another dimension. Maybe this game is a reboot, but in that case it should just be called Ultimate Alliance: Black Order. The 3 implies it’s a continuation.

    The character lineup is solid so far. My boy Spidey is there, but that’s to be expected. We’ve got the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and hey, look, the X-Men! In a Marvel video game! Glad to see them quashing this petty ‘Fox has the rights’ deal. I mean, Disney had to buy them for it to happen, but sometimes you gotta break a few eggs, yada, yada. I also spy Inhumans, Crystal and Lockjaw to be exact. There’s Falcon and Scarlet Witch too! Of course this isn’t the final roster (at least I hope it’s not!), but I’m liking what I see so far!

    As far as villains, we’ve got, of course, the Black Order (including Supergiant). There’s also Kingpin, Green Goblin, Ultron, Sentinels, Ronan, Nebula, and… I want to say Ultimo? Of course, let’s not forget who the Black Order serves, the big guy himself, Thanos. Apparently, the heroes will be racing to collect the Infinity Stones before he does. Though, if the end of this trailer is any indication, I’d say they were about as successful as they were in Infinity War…

    Now, in terms of gameplay, what I read on Marvel.com actually makes it a bit more clear why they went with the Switch. They wanted to capture that ‘team up with a buddy’ feel that the first two games had. And while couch co-op is still a thing on PS4 and Xbox, there’s no doubt both of those systems have shifted heavily toward multiplayer. The Switch has more of that traditional 2-player feel to it. Also, an added bonus I hadn’t considered, you can take it with you! I can play Ultimate Alliance 3 wherever I go! That’s certainly a plus. There’s also an ‘over the shoulder’ heroic view, that’ll close the camera in on the character (we can see it with Wolverine fighting the Sentinels) that I really appreciate. Because top-down games are nice and all, but I’ll admit, I was always trying to get the screen closer to my characters in those first two games.

    In the end, I can’t wait for this! Marvel’s kicking their video game department into high gear, and Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, is the best possible idea we could ask for. Now, if only we could figure out more about that Avengers Project from Square Enix…

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 Pro Bundle Unboxing!