Marvel Games’ flurry of huge bulletins will proceed, as there are lots of different unannounced video games within the works.
The video games arm of Marvel has been very lively just lately now that the corporate’s returned to licensing its IPs to 3rd occasion publishers. We have a brand new Marvel vs. Capcom game coming this yr, a brand new Spider-Man sport in growth at Insomniac, The Avengers Project at Square Enix, and extra.
All of those are massive, AAA video games that exist within the Marvel Universe with their very own tales and aren’t simply right here to advertise present films or TV exhibits. This development will proceed, based on senior vice chairman of video games and innovation at Marvel Jay Ong.
The govt confirmed to Gamespot that Marvel Games has quite a lot of unannounced video games in growth, throughout dwelling consoles, cellular, and even VR/AR.
Ong additionally stated that Marvel Games is now a core pillar for Marvel, and is handled as standalone relating to creating new tales within the Marvel universe. Previously, the unit had extra of a supportive position.
“You know, Spider-Man’s costume in the [2017 Spider-Man] game, for instance, is original, right?” stated Ong, giving an instance of some outdoors contributions to the Marvel canon.
“It’s neither the theatrical costume nor is it from the comic books. The white spider design is totally original. We’ve come a long way.”
Creating video games like Insomniac’s Spider-Man is a collaborative course of between Marvel Games and the builders, based on Ong. In this occasion, Marvel acts as each a collaborator and a curator that picks which IPs to license, and which studios to license them to.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is out in September. Spider-Man, and The Avengers Project are but to be dated.
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