Square Enix and Marvel Announce Multi-Year Deal, Starting with The Avengers Project - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 26 January 2017 / 7,105 Views
Square Enix and Marvel have announced a multi-year and multi-game partnership starting with The Avengers project. The game is in development at the Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics. Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal will also be assisting in development.
View the announcement trailer below:
Here is an overview of the partnership:
"A game based on beloved Marvel heroes, The Avengers project is being crafted by Crystal Dynamics – longtime developers of the award winning Tomb Raider series – in collaboration with lauded Deus Ex developer Eidos-Montréal.
"The Avengers project is being designed for gamers worldwide and will be packed with all the characters, environments, and iconic moments that have thrilled longtime fans of the franchise. Featuring a completely original story, it will introduce a universe gamers can play in for years to come."
More information will be announced in 2018.
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I am so sad for Eidos montreal and Crystal Dynamics, from making awesome games with total creative freedom to being dragged down with Marvel IP is so sad. They were great developers and people are tired of avengers, so the developers won't be able to achieve their full potential. They both could be naughty dog caliber developers if they were given room to grow.
I'm tired of crappy Avengers games. This one should be good.
Totally, another great developer who will be wasted on a goddamn superheroe game.
I don't understand the negative reactions, this is Marvel's answer to the Rocksteady Batman games.
PS4 exclusive?
Square seems like an odd pick for Marvel considering how slowly they tend to release projects....
Squenix's Western studios seem to be pretty quick. It's just the Final Fantasy guys who are slow.
I agree but it looks like it will be their western studios making the games not the japanese ones that take forever to make one game
Yeah.... this news is a bit.....ya know......meh
Expect DCU Online kind of MMO. yawn
And they already have that. It's called Marvel Heroes.
it could be a step in the right direction!
This better not delay FFVII Remake.
"Featuring a completely original story" - this alone makes this better than the Marvel movies.
I'm all in!
I expected a bigger announcement but this is still huge. I hope it can meet my expectations.
As long as it has the majority of the Avengers characters playable. Unlike MUA2... I'm all for it.
Marvel Super Emos!
Maybe we'll get another one next gen :(
