
Kamala Khan Will be Playable in Marvel's Avengers - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 January 2020 / 2,765 ViewsSquare Enix announced at New York Comic-Con 2019 Kamala Khan will be playable in Marvel’s Avengers.
"An optimistic fan girl of the Avengers, Kamala Khan is the perfect character for the story we’re telling in Marvel’s Avengers,” said Creative Director and Writer at Crystal Dynamics Shaun Escayg. "Telling our story of Kamala’s coming-of-age brings a fresh, hopeful perspective to the gameplay experience and her unique abilities as Ms. Marvel make her a character every person can relate to and will want to play. Kamala Khan is one of the unique characters that makes our game stand apart from any Avengers story experienced before."
View a trailer of the character below:
"Kamala is an inspired and perfectly fitting choice to join the ranks of, and reassemble, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes," added VP of Creative at Marvel Games said Bill Rosemann. :Perhaps more than any other character invented over the past decade, Ms. Marvel has not only charmed the hearts of longtime True Believers, but her unique mix of classic Marvel heroic elements and modern cultural relevancy has resulted in a headline-generating cultural icon."
"It is a thrill to see Kamala in the Marvel’s Avengers game," said Sana Amanat, VP of Content and Character Development at Marvel. "Crystal Dynamics has done a marvelous job of crafting a brand-new take on Kamala, while staying true to the spirit of her inspiring character, charismatic persona, and relatable purpose. Fans of the character are in for quite a ride, along with a few surprises, when Marvel’s Avengers makes its debut next year."
"I think Kamala is a perfect fit for a game like this, since she sees the Marvel world the same way we do as fans and players," said G. Willow Wilson, co-creator of Ms. Marvel. "Kamala allows us to imagine what we ourselves would do if we suddenly discovered we had superpowers and got to stand alongside our heroes in their time of greatest need."
Here is an overview of the character:
Co-created by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Sana Amanat, and Stephen Wacker, in the comics, Kamala is an enthusiastic teenager who defends her hometown Jersey City as the costumed Ms. Marvel. First appearing in Captain Marvel #14 in August 2013, Kamala quickly captured the imagination of generations of True Believers, leading to her own monthly comic series in February 2014.
A self-avowed Avengers fan, in the game’s original story, Kamala Khan must apply her intellect, optimism, and unique abilities to the task of unraveling a global conspiracy and reassembling her personal heroes in time to stop a new secretive organization, Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM), before they unleash one of the greatest threats Earth has ever faced.
Players first encounter a young Kamala during A-Day, where Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor are unveiling a hi-tech Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco—including the reveal of their own helicarrier powered by an experimental energy source. The celebration turns deadly when a catastrophic accident results in massive devastation. Kamala is exposed to the mysterious Terrigen Mist, and finds herself developing extraordinary polymorphic powers, which she subsequently hides for years. Blamed for the tragedy, the Avengers disband. Five years later, with all Super Heroes outlawed and the world in peril, Kamala uncovers a shocking conspiracy and embarks on a quest to reassemble the heroes she believes in and to become the hero she was destined to be.
Players begin the journey as Kamala Khan and learn the origins of her extraordinary powers. As the story expands, Kamala plays an essential role in bringing the disbanded Avengers back together. As each Super Hero is added to the roster, players must master all of their unique abilities, rebuild and customize the Avengers team to face increasingly growing threats only the Avengers together can defeat.
Here is an overview of the game:
Marvel’s Avengers begins at A-Day, where Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor are unveiling a hi-tech Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco — including the reveal of their own helicarrier powered by an experimental energy source. The celebration turns deadly when a catastrophic accident results in massive devastation. Blamed for the tragedy, the Avengers disband. Five years later, with all Super Heroes outlawed and the world in peril, the only hope is to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Marvel Entertainment and Square Enix are excited to unveil Marvel’s Avengers, an epic action-adventure game that combines cinematic storytelling with single-player and co-operative gameplay.
Marvel’s Avengers will launch for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Google Stadia on May 15, 2020.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Ah, everybody's favourite character.
Can't wait to see what type of personality she has in this. She seems to have a different one in all media she appears in.
I guess Wonder Man was too obvious right? One day Marvel will acknowledge him as a great character and do something with him.
Gumo Gumo No!!
Kamala's model looks good. I feel bad for Crystal Dynamics. Obviously they were instructed to get as close to the MCU actors as they could without paying for their likenesses, so the game looks really off. Taken on their own merits though, there's nothing wrong with them.
meh to her and the game.
Kamala Khan? who? Looks like a rip off of Mister Fantastic
That depends on what you consider a rip off I guess. There are only so many potential superpowers, so unless you repeat you wind up with characters who have really weird abilities just for the sake of variety (Marrow, Gold Balls, etc). Her powers work somewhat differently (she can't completely stretch her body like Mr. Fantastic, she can only really lengthen or "embiggen" certain parts) and personality wise she's not in the least bit similar.
Nah she is not like Mister Fantastic. She has Bioluminescence, Morphogenic Abilities, Polymorph, Shapeshifting, Healing Factor, Superhuman Speed, and Superhuman Strength.
What a weird choice. Why have her as the beginning character? That's not really a good way to draw people in. Why not one of the Avengers? And then you meet Kamala at some point in time in the game and can control her, too.
I mean that would be like starting Spider-Man for PS4 as Mary Jane and only watching as Spider-Man fights some villains for the first few chapters.
It's not like that at all, because Ms. Marvel actually has abilities and can fight as opposed to MJ who was just able to hide behind chest high walls and push things a bit.
It's pretty common in both movies and games to start with someone from outside an established team, so that their perspective (everything is new and weird) is in line with the player's. It makes sense for Ms. Marvel to need to go through tutorials and learn the basics, whereas Iron Man should be competent from the beginning. X-men Legends starts you as Magma for that reason, the X-men Animated series focused on Jubilee at the beginning, South Park Stick of Truth has you play as the new kid, and so on.