Game News Marvel x EA: an Iron Man game and two “exceptional experiences” in preparation, the details of the juicy collaboration

Disney and Marvel, Star Wars and superheroes galore!

Disney is aware of this: with Star Wars and Marvel, the firm has gold in its hands. And, on top of that, the parent company of Mickey Mouse does not want to miss the opportunity to make them real hens with golden eggs. Regarding Star Wars, we already knew excessive ambitions of the company created in the last century by Walt Disney. But, conversely, we didn’t really know what the company was aiming to do with Marvel superheroes. Today, many of the comic house’s icons are scattered right to left: Spider-Man and Wolverine at Insomniac Games, the Avengers at Square Enix, the Captain America duo and Black Panther at Skydance New Media (the new studio by Amy Hennig), … To make matters worse for this organization, there are studios owned by Electronic Arts that are ready to offer us their own reading of Marvel heroes, for always more games filled with superpowers.

During the summer, we started to see information about potential video game developments featuring Marvel superheroes. On the one hand, we learned that an open-world dedicated to the king of Wakandanamely T’Challa / Black Panther, would be in the pipes of the studio headed by the former director of Monolith Soft (at the origin of the games Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War) under the code name “ Project Rainier “. On the other, a few weeks after the previous revelations, hallway noises began to whisper Iron Man’s namea superhero who would also have joined the Electronic Arts purse. If the first project is still discreet, we had, conversely, a confirmation for its counterpart.

Two Mystery Projects and the Promise of “Really” Embodying Tony Stark/Iron Man

Today, this little summer soap opera in video game news has undergone a resurgence of hype due to Electronic Arts and Marvel speaking out. In a press release, the two parties announced that they would collaborate, together and in the long term, to develop ” at least three action-adventure games that will be available on consoles and PC ». And inevitably, we know the first of them well since it is Iron Man! For the occasion, Tony Stark will have the right to his own adventure, developed by Motive Studios, ” alone ” and ” third person “, all through a ” original storytelling that will tap into the character’s rich history, channeling Tony Stark’s complexity, charisma and creative genius, and allowing players to experience what it’s like to truly embody Iron Man “.

At Marvel, we strive to find best-in-class teams capable of taking our characters on heroic journeys like they’ve never taken before, and the collaboration with Electronic Arts will help us achieve this (…) We pride ourselves on being enthusiastic and creative collaborators with developers so they have the freedom to create something deeply unique and truly remarkable. The team at Motive is getting into it with their Iron Man video game and we can’t wait for players to learn more about it in the distant future. — Jay Ong, Executive Vice President of Marvel Games

Unfortunately, no information has been disclosed regarding the other two projects, but it could very well join what we mentioned above.. At least, for one of them with Black Panther. In her statement, Laura Miele, COO at Electronic Arts, confessed that they were ” can’t wait to welcome Marvel to the EA Creator Family “, that this collaboration will produce” exceptional experiences “for the players and that they can’t wait” to see the reactions of the players when they put on the Iron Man costume “. On the side of Marvel Games, this joy is widely shared according to the statements of Jay Ong, executive vice-president whose statements are to be found above. However, it will be necessary to be patient to learn more as the latter so well pointed out!

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