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7 - Next generation games console announcements
(Sony “PlayStation 4” Microsoft “Xbox 720”) Nintendo initiated the next generation of home console gaming late last year with the release of the Wii U console, but the other major players – Sony and Microsoft – have yet to unveil the details of their latest evolutions to their signature gaming hardware. With both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles entering maturity in their product life cycles and Nintendo being first out of the gate, the major competitors’ are surely not far behind. 2013 could be the year that these new consoles, currently dubbed the “PlayStation 4” and the “Xbox 720” by the gaming press, may be announced at the swathe of videogames conferences over the year although a consumer market release may be unlikely before 2014.
8 - Superior Spider-man
relatively untouched. What makes Threshold particularly interesting is that it will be helmed by Keith Giffen, the man who reinvigorated the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe way back in 2006 with the first Annihilation saga – which eventually led to the return of Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy to the Marvel pantheon (the latter of which is now being translated to the big screen as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Expect exciting things as Threshold #1 lands, spinning out of events featured in the Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual.
(Marvel Comics - January)
After seven-hundred Amazing issues, the Peter Parker we all know and love is gone. In his place is a Spider-Man that promises to be ‘superior’ in every way to what came before. Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman initiated the next era of Spider-man in January with the first issue of Superior Spider-Man, replacing Amazing Spi