Following the success of games like Streets of Rage 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Dotemu is giving Marvel the beat ’em up treatment next via Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

We are having a beat ’em up renaissance in the video game world, and Tribute Games is leading the charge. Their latest game, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, aims to continue that trend, and based on our ...

The beat-em-up genre is always toeing the line between mindless brawling and cathartic mayhem, and in my limited time with it, Cosmic Invasion kept me on my toes.

You can also combine attack buttons for a super attack, at the cost of some health--which is a mechanic steeped in 2D beat-'em-up history that I absolutely appreciated seeing here again.